A.disposed to do good, beneficent, εἰς or περὶ χρήματα, Arist.Rh.1381a20, 1366b16; τινος towards one, ib.1379b32, Porph.Abst.3.26; τὸ εὐ. beneficence, Arist.Rh.1371b3, Antip.Stoic.3.249.
2. Astrol., beneficent, of planetary influences, opp. “κακοποιητικός, ἰδιοτροπία” Ptol.Tetr.210.