Latin

Adjective

benevolēns m, f, n ‎(genitive benevolentis); third declension

1. kind, wishing well, benevolent, friendly, with a kind heart, propitious, favorable

   Ero benevolens.

   I'll be kind.

   Benevolentes inter se.

   Friendly to each other.

2. (substantive) a friend, a well-wisher, someone of a kind heart

   Alicui amicus et benevolens.

   A friend and well-wisher to some.

Inflection

Third declension.

Usage notes

• Much used in anteclassical. In the classical era the adjective benevolus was used.

References

• benevolens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• benevolens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “benevolens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.