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“benefit” in Latin
beneficiumbenefit; favour, favor, kindness, serviceūtilitāsusefulness, utility; expediency; advantageūtorto use, make use of, employ; to enjoy, indulge in, take advantage of; to experience, undergo, encountercommoduscomfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming; opportune, timely, tidy; pleasant, friendlyēmolumentumeffort, exertion, labour; advantage, benefit, gain, profittribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute; to yield, give up, concede, allow; to divide, share, distributedēferōto bear, carry or bring down or away; convey; take, remove; to bring to market, sell; to give to someone, grant, confer condūcōto lead, bring or draw together; assemble, collect; to connect, join, unite; close up; coagulate; to hire, rent, employ,iuvōto help, aid; to delight, gratify, pleaseadiuvōto help, assist; to be useful; to cheer
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
benefit
beneficium. To confer a benefit on one, beneficium alicui dare, tribuere, in aliquem conferre or deferre; beneficio aliquem afficere; benefacere alicui. Your benefits to me, tua in me officia; tua erga me raerita. As a benefit, pro beneficio; in beneficii loco.
Use, advantage, utilitas, usus; commodum, emolumentum.
benefit v.
conducere, juvare, adjuvare; utilem esse, ex usu esse, usui esse, prodesse, saluti esse. INTR., to benefit by a thing, in rem suam convertere aliquid, fructum capere ex re.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for benefit?
- The usual Latin words for “benefit” are beneficium, ūtilitās, ūtor; also commodus, ēmolumentum, tribuō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.