kindness Copy link Outline I. The feeling or disposition1. bĕnignĭtas (esp. on the part of a superior; graciousness)2. cōmĭtas3. bĕnĕvŏlentia (good-will)4. bĕnĕfĭcentia (doing kind acts)5. hūmānĭtas6. expr. by bĕnĕfĭcia (pl. concrete for abstr.II. An act of kindness1. bĕnĕfĭcium2. offĭcium3. bĕnĕfactum (rare and poet., and only in pl.)4. grātia • kindness: I. The feeling or disposition: 1. bĕnignĭtas (esp. on the part of a superior; graciousness): you are listening to me with the greatest k., me summa cum b. auditis, Cic. Sext. 13, 31: Hor.: v. generosity. 2. cōmĭtas: v. kindliness (1). 3. bĕnĕvŏlentia (good-will): Cic. 4. bĕnĕfĭcentia (doing kind acts): what is more excellent than goodness and k.? quid praestantius bonitate et b.? Cic. N. D. 1, 43, fin. 5. hūmānĭtas: v. kindliness (4). 6. expr. by bĕnĕfĭcia (pl. concrete for abstr.: L. G. § 591): such was his k. to me, *tanta erant illius in me beneficia collata: v. infr. (II.). Phr.: to show k. to any one, benevolum, benignum se praebere erga aliquem: v. kind. II. An act of kindness: 1. bĕnĕfĭcium: to return a k. for an injury, pro maleficio b. reddere, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 22: to bestow a k. on any one, b. apud aliquem collocare, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70 (with the idea of a return for the "investment"); so, b. ponere, id. Fam. 13, 54. also, to do an act of k. (freely), b. dare, id. Off. 1, 15, 48; conferre in aliquem, ib. 1, 14, 45. 2. offĭcium: to do acts of k. to people, officia in homines conferre, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48: that is so far from being a k. that ..., id tantum abest ab off. ut ..., ib. 1, 14, 43: interchange of affection and acts of k., vicissitudo studiorum off.que, Cic. Am. 14, 49. 3. bĕnĕfactum (rare and poet., and only in pl.): Enn.: Pl. (In later writers usu. = good deeds, services.) 4. grātia: v. favour (II.). Phr.: to do a k.: (1.) prōsum, irr. (with dat.): to wish to do any one a k., alicui p. velle, Cic. Off. 1, 14, 42: v. GOOD (TO DO). (2.) bĕnĕfăcio, 3 (or as two words: rare): Pl.