bĕnĕvŏlentĭa — Lewis & Short
bĕnĕvŏlentĭa (better than bĕnĭvŏ-lentĭa), ae, f.benevolus,
I 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.—
II Transf.
A In the jurists, mildness, benignity, indulgence:
interponere benevolentiam,Dig. 29, 2, 52; Just. Inst. 2, 20.—
B In plur. (post-class.), kind conduct, friendly services:
non in benevolentiis segnis,Spart. Carac. 1; Arn. 6 init.