munificentia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mūnĭfĭcentĭa, ae, f. [munificus],

bountifulness, munificence, liberality, generosity (class., but not in Cic. or Caes.): Caesar beneficiis ac munificentiā magnus habebatur, Sall. C. 54, 2: Caesaris, Suet. Caes. 10: naturae, Plin. 27, 1, 1, § 1: liberalitatem et munificentiam exercere, Dig. 39, 5, 1.

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