benigneとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• beningne, benygne, benyng, benynge, benyngne

語源

Borrowed from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus; compare maligne.

発音

• IPA: /bɛˈniːn(ə)/, /bɛˈni(n)ɡn(ə)/

形容詞

benigne

1. kind, gentle, mild
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 8, recto, lines 482-484:

     his pariſſhens / deuoutly wolde he teche / Benygne he was / and wonder diligent / And in aduerſitee / ful pacient […]

     He would devoutly teach his parishioners; / he was gentle, truly diligent, / and so patient in adversity […]

2. friendly-looking
3. humane, fair (of laws or actions)

関連する語

• benignely
• benignite

派生した語

• English: benign
• Scots: bening (obsolete)

参照

• “benīgne, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: /beˈniɡ.neː/, [bɛˈnɪŋneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /beˈniɲ.ɲe/, [beˈniɲːe]

副詞

benignē (comparative benignius, superlative benignissimē)

1. benignly, kindly, benevolently

   Synonym: benevolē

2. readily, willingly

   Antonyms: gravātē, gravanter

3. (as a response) thank you, you are very kind (in receiving); no, thank you (in declining)

関連する語

参照

• “benigne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “benigne”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• benigne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.