benignus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, bene (“well”) + -gnus (“-born”).[1] Compare malignus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /beˈniɡ.nus/, [bɛˈnɪŋnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /beˈniɲ.ɲus/, [beˈniɲːus]
Adjective
[edit]benignus (feminine benigna, neuter benignum, adverb benignē or benigniter); first/second-declension adjective
- kind, good, friendly, pleasant
- Antonym: severus
- beneficent, obliging, bounteous
- (of things) favorable, mild
- (poetic, of things) fruitful, fertile, copious
- (poetic) lucky, propitious
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | benignus | benigna | benignum | benignī | benignae | benigna | |
| genitive | benignī | benignae | benignī | benignōrum | benignārum | benignōrum | |
| dative | benignō | benignae | benignō | benignīs | |||
| accusative | benignum | benignam | benignum | benignōs | benignās | benigna | |
| ablative | benignō | benignā | benignō | benignīs | |||
| vocative | benigne | benigna | benignum | benignī | benignae | benigna | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “gignō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 260–261
Further reading
[edit]- “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
- benignus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.