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benignus
benignus
Latin
Adjective
benignus m (feminine benigna, neuter benignum); first/second declension
- kind, good, friendly, pleasant
- beneficent, obliging, bounteous
- (of things) favorable, mild
- (poetic, of things) fruitful, fertile, copious
- (poetic) lucky, propitious
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | benignus | benigna | benignum | benignī | benignae | benigna | |
| genitive | benignī | benignae | benignī | benignōrum | benignārum | benignōrum | |
| dative | benignō | benignō | benignīs | ||||
| accusative | benignum | benignam | benignum | benignōs | benignās | benigna | |
| ablative | benignō | benignā | benignō | benignīs | |||
| vocative | benigne | benigna | benignum | benignī | benignae | benigna | |
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Descendants
- English: benign
- French: bénin, bénigne
- Italian: benigno
- Portuguese: benigno
- Spanish: benigno, benigna
References
- benignus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- benignus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “benignus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.