bĕnĕvŏlentĭa | bĕnĭvŏ-lentĭa (noun F) : (better than ), , benevolus
* Good-will, benevolence, kindness, favor, friendship (diff. from amor, q.v.; in good class. prose, most freq. in Cic., esp. in Lael. and Off.): amor, ex quo amicitia nominata, princeps est ad benevolentiam conjungendam,Cic. Lael. 8, 26; id. Fam. 3, 9, 1; * Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 63 (Fleck. sapientia): capere, movere,Cic. Off. 2, 9, 32: declarare,to express,id. Fam. 3, 12, 4: multitudinis animos ad benevolentiam allicere,id. Off. 2, 14, 48: comparare,id. ib. 2, 15, 54: adjungere sibi,id. Mur. 20, 41: alicujus benevolentiam consequi,Nep. Dat. 5, 2: acquirere sibi,Quint. 3, 8, 7: capere,Auct. Her. 1, 4, 6: contrahere,id. ib. 1, 5, 8: conligere,id. ib.: pro tuā erga me benevolentiā,Cic. Fam. 13, 60, 2: desiderare benevolentiam,good-will, readiness, willingness,id. Or. 1, 1: benevolentia singularis,an exceeding friendliness of feeling,Suet. Calig. 3: cum aliquo benevolentiā in aliquem certare,Tac. A. 13, 21.
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* In the jurists, mildness, benignity, indulgence: interponere benevolentiam,Dig. 29, 2, 52; Just. Inst. 2, 20.
* In plur. (post-class.), kind conduct, friendly services: non in benevolentiis segnis,Spart. Carac. 1; Arn. 6 init.

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