aptus P. and adj.
I P. of *apo; cf. apiscor.
I I. As part, fastened, joined, fitted, bound, attached : gladium e setā. — Fig., depending upon, arising from : causae aliae ex aliis aptae: ex verbis ius: vita apta virtute: rudentibus fortuna, dependent on cables. — Fitted together, connected, joined : apta dissolvere ... dissipata conectere: omnia inter se apta et conexa. — Poet., adorned, fitted : caelum stellis, studded , V.—
II II. adj.with comp.and sup, suited, suitable, proper, ready, fit, appropriate, adapted, conformable : locus ad insidias aptior: castra ad bellum ducendum aptissima, C.: genera dicendi aptiora adulescentibus: dies sacrificio, L.: portūs puppibus, O.: amicis, serviceable , H.: pinus antemnis ferendis, O.: formas deus in omnes, easily changed into , O.: aptior persona, quae loqueretur: apta (ficus) legi, O.: saltūs eligit aptos, promising , O.: lar, satisfactory , H.: exercitus, ready for battle , L.— Of style: oratio.