benignus

  1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) kind, good, friendly, pleasant
  2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) beneficent, obliging, bounteous
  3. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) favorable, mild
  4. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2, poetic) fruitful, fertile, copious
  5. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2, poetic) lucky, propitious

Opposite of
severus
Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[bɛˈnɪŋ.nʊs]
Etymology

By surface analysis, bene (“well”) + -gnus (“-born”). Compare malignus.

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