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But, in illustration of the sense in which the Latin "benignus" and "malignus" are to be coupled with
The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859
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Here are all of the Latin words that could conceivably be translated into English as "kind": pius, lenis, genus, comis, benignus, benignitas, beneficus, et almus.
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Si quis sapienter et suo tempore adhibeat, Remedia morbis diversis diversa sunt; dolentem sermo benignus sublevat.
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Beneath it are two angels unwinding a scroll, on which is cut this motto in honor of the Grand Monarch, “Sol nobis benignus.”
Modeste Mignon 2007
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Idem verò Bathy satis est hominibus suis benignus, valdè tamen ab eis timetur, et in pugna est crudelisimus, sagax est multum et astutissimus in bello: quia iam pugnauit tempore longo.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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Idem ver� Bathy satis est hominibus suis benignus, vald� tamen ab eis timetur, et in pugna est crudelisimus, sagax est multum et astutissimus in bello: quia iam pugnauit tempore longo.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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From Ovid compare _Am_ I x 56 'praebeat Alcinoi poma benignus ager' and _Met_ XIII 719-20 'proxima Phaeacum felicibus obsita pomis/rura petunt', from Propertius III ii 13 'nec mea Phaeacas aequant pomaria siluas', and from Virgil _G_ II 87 'pomaque et Alcinoi siluae' 'the fruit-trees of Alcinous'.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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The insect mistaken for that species may be shortly characterized as P. _benignus_, length 12 lines.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Otherwise also the sources are silent concerning him, except that they call him "abba benignus" and laud his unaffected piety.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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When in 1412 the new parish church was founded by the canons, the first incumbent was one of them, W. Romer, "vir multum laudabilis religiosus et benignus".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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