Munificentĭa

Munificentĭa

Munificentĭa (lat.), Freigebigkeit, Mildthätigkeit; auf römischen Kaisermünzen, in Bezug auf die dem Volke gegebenen Spiele, durch einen Elephanten angedeutet.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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