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.
