The corpus record — Latin

benevolus

benevolus · adj

well-wishing

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Where it lives

Commentariolum Petitionis 2 · 4.61/10k
Laelius De Amicitia 2 · 2.14/10k
Cistellaria 1 · 1.91/10k
Topica 1 · 1.46/10k
Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
Captivi 1 · 1.16/10k
Pro T. Annio Milone 1 · 0.95/10k
Pro L. Flacco 1 · 0.92/10k
De Inventione 3 · 0.91/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 4 · 0.86/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Res Gestae 10 · 0.78/10k

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

bĕnĕ-vŏlus — Lewis & Short

bĕnĕ-vŏlus (in MSS. and inscrr. often bĕnĭvŏlus), a, um, adj.volo,

I well-wishing, benevolent, kind, friendly, favorable (class. for the ante-class. benevolens, from which it borrows the comp. and sup.; cf. malevolus): erga aliquem benevolus, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 100: facilis benivolusque tibi, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 33 Fleck.: benevolum efficere auditorem, Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8: benevolos auditores habere, id. ib. 1, 4, 6: ut benevolos beneque existimantes efficiamus, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 322; Quint. 3, 7, 24; 4, 1, 5; 10, 1, 48; Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 23: benevolentior tibi, id. Fam. 3, 12, 4; 13, 60, 1: officium benevolentissimi atque amicissimi, id. ib. 5, 16, 6: naturā benevolentissimus, Suet. Tit. 8.—

II Transf., of servants, devoted, yielding willing service: servus domino benevolus, Cic. Clu. 63, 176.—Adv.: bĕnĕvŏlē, benevolently, kindly, Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34; id. Fam. 13, 21, 2.—Sup., Aug. Ep. ad Aur. 64; id. ib. ad Hier. 28.

In the wild

benevole Seneca, De Beneficiis 2.35.1
benivolus Apuleius, Metamorphoses 3.1
benevolos Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 3.7.24
benevolum Cicero, Philippicae 11.34
benevola Cicero, Laelius De Amicitia 28
benevolum Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 4.1.41

6 of 63 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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