benefit (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A favour, kindness (q. v.)II. Advantage, profit • benefit (subs.): I. A favour, kindness (q. v.): bĕnĕfĭcĭum: you can confer no greater b. upon me, majus mihi dare b. nullum potes, Cic.: I think that a b. is better bestowed upon the good than upon the successful, melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos b. collocari puto, Cic. II. Advantage, profit: q. v. Phr.: I should wish you to do what is for your own b., ego quae in rem tuam sint, ea velim facias, Ter.