bonus

bonus adj.

old duonus, good ; as comp.in use melior,ōris cf. μᾶλλον, better ; as sup.optimus2 AP-, OP-, best : vir bonus, morally good, perfect ; rarely bonus vir: in virorum bonorum numero haberi, honest : quem voles virum bonum nominato, producam, respectable : bone accusator, honorable : socer eius vir multum bonus est: vir optimus, most worthy : optimus olim Vergilius, H.: iudex, just : imperator, skilful , S.: consul, L.: opifex, H.: pater familias, thrifty , N.: servus, faithful : vir, a good husband , L.: custos, T.: civis, a good citizen .—Of the gods: fata bonique divi, H.: pater optime (Iuppiter), O.: in templo Iovis Optimi Maximi: O di boni, gracious gods : o mihi, Manes, este boni, propitious , V.— Of things, good, of good quality, well-made, useful : scyphi optimi, most artistic : agrum Meliorem nemo habet, more fertile , T.: nummi, current : voltūs, good looks , O.: navigatio, prosperous : tempestas, fine weather : ova suci melioris, fine flavor , H.: aetas, the prime of life : melior sensus, keener : mentem vobis meliorem dari, more sense , T.: bonam deperdere famam, good name , H.: otium, valuable , S.: optimae fabulae: esse meliore condicione, better off : esse spe bonā: meliora responsa, more favorable , L.: amnis Doctus iter melius, less injurious , H.: meliore Tempore dicam, more opportune , H.: librorum Copia, ample , H.: meliorem militem id certamen fecit, L.: vobis eadem quae mihi bona malaque esse, S.: bona bello Cornus, useful , V.: pecori bonus alendo (mons) erat, L.: eloqui copiose melius est quam, etc.: optimum visum est captivos deportare, L.: constituerunt optimum esse domum reverti, Cs.: optumum factu credens exercitum augere, S.: hoc vero optimum, ut is nesciat, etc. — In particular phrases, with venia : bonā veniā, with (your) kind permission, by (your) leave : abs te hoc bonā veniā expeto, T.: oravit bonā veniā Quirites, ne, etc., L.—With pax : cum bonā pace, or bonā pace, without dispute : alteri populo cum bonā pace imperitare, by common consent , L.: omnia bonā pace obtinere, L.— With res : bonae res, comforts, luxury, prosperity : bonis rebus morte privari: omnibus optimis rebus usus est, N.: bonis Rebus agit laetum convivum, in luxury , H.: de bonis rebus in vitā, de malis, of moral good and evil . — With ars : bonae artes, honorable conduct , S.: artis bonae famam quaerere, an honorable achievement , S.: bonarum artium studia, liberal studies : optimarum artium studia, the highest cnlture .—With fides : bona fides or fides bona, good faith, sincerity, fairness : polliceor hoc vobis bonā fide: ego defendi fide optimā, in perfect sincerity : ad fidem bonam pertinere, notum esse, etc., equity : quidquid dare facere oportet ex fide bonā (in a judicial decree).—With pars : melior pars, the better party, party in the right : maior pars (senatūs) meliorem vicit, L.: gratia melioris partis, the optimates , L.: (fuit) meliorum partium, of the aristocracy : bona pars, a large part, good share : bonam magnamque partem ad te attulit, T.: sermonis: hominum, H.: melior pars acta diei, most , V.: in optimam partem accipere, most kindly : in optimam partem cognosci, most favorably . — With mores : boni mores, morality, an upright life : propter eius suavissimos et optimos mores: ex optimo more.—With animus, good spirits : bono animo es, cheer up , T.: hoc animo meliore ferre, more cheerfully , O.: bonum animum habere, L.: bono animo dicere, kindly : bono animo in populumR.videri, friendly , Cs.— With ius : iure optimo, with entire justice, deservedly : quod ei optimo iure contigit. — As subst., of persons, a good man : nec cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest: Qui meliorem vocet in ius, a better man , H.: da locum melioribus, your betters , T.: apud bonos beneficium conlocare: Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis, H.—Plur, the better classes, aristocracy, rich : meam causam omnes boni susceperant: bonis invidere, S.: comitantibus omnibus bonis, N.: bonorum consuetudo, of gentlemen : boni, my good friends , H.: me consulit, ‘O bone,’ good friend , H.: ‘O bone, ne te Frustreris,’ my good fellow , H.: optimus quisque, every good man, all the good : sua consilia optimo cuique probare: dolor quem optimus quisque suscipit: optimo cuique pereundum erat, all eminent citizens : optimo et nobilissimo cuique oratio gratissima, the patricians : imperium semper ad optumum quemque transfertur, the best man in each case , S.: qui (aditus laudis) semper optimo cuique maxime patuit.—Of things: bonum, a good thing : summum bonum, the chief good, end of being : nihil boni nosti, nothing useful : gaude isto tam excellenti bono: maximum bonum in celeritate ponere, advantage , S.: gratiam bono publico quaerere, by a public service , L.— Prov.: cui bono? for whose advantage?—Plur. : tria genera bonorum, maxima animi: bona tolerare, prosperity , T.: bona mea deripere, my property .—With aequum, fairness, equity : neque bonum atque aequom scire, T.: alqd aequi bonique impetrare: istuc Aequi bonique facio, regard as fair , T.