beneficial

prosper, and more freq. prospĕrus, a. um, adj. [pro-spero, answering to hope; cf. spes], agreeable to one's wishes, favorable, fortunate, prosperous (freq. and class.; cf.:

faustus, propitius): sperem veteres pro spem dixerunt, unde et prospere dicimus, hoc est, pro spe,

Non. 171, 25:

auspicium prosperum,

Naev. 4, 2; cf. in sup.:

prosperrimum augurium,

Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 21:

prospera adversaque fortuna,

Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

magnis autem viris prosperae semper omnes res,

id. ib. 2, 66, 167:

prosperae res,

id. Brut. 3, 12:

non jam id ago, ut prosperos exitus consequar,

id. Att. 9, 7, 1: successus, Liv. praef. fin.:

prosperrimo rerum eventu,

Vell. 2, 122, 2.— Comp.:

prosperior civium amor,

Tac. A. 6, 51:

mox cecinit laudes prosperiore lyrā,

Ov. A. A. 3, 50:

prosperius fatum,

id. F. 3, 614:

nomina,

of good omen, Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 22; so,

verba,

Ov. P. 4, 4, 38.—In nom. sing.: prosper dicendi successus, Auct. ap. Prisc. p. 693 P.; Anthol. Lat. 5, 132:

deinde est hominum generi prosperus et salutaris ille fulgor, qui dicitur Jovis,

propitious, favorable, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17 (cited in Prisc. p. 693 P.):

immoriens magnis non prosperus ausis,

Sil. 10, 202:

prosperus in Africam transitus,

Val. Max. 3, 7, 1.—With evenio (cf. prospere):

omnia quae prospera tibi evenere,

Liv. 28, 42, 15:

si cetera prospera evenissent,

id. 21, 21, 9:

quod bellum... ut id prosperum eveniret,

id. 42, 28, 7; 37, 47, 4.—

With gen. ( poet.):

noctilucam. Prosperam frugum,

beneficial to fruits, Hor. C. 4, 6, 39.—

Subst., in plur.: prospĕra, ōrum, n., favorable circumstances, good fortune, prosperity (postAug.):

prospera belli,

Luc. 5, 782:

rerum,

id. 7, 107:

tam mala Pompeii quam prospera mundus adoret,

id. 7, 708:

Germani prosperis feroces,

Tac. H. 5, 15; Plin. Pan. 7.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

pro-spĕrē, agreeably to one's wishes, favorably, luckily, fortunately, prosperously (class.):

omnia profluenter, prospere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 53:

procedere,

id. Fam. 12, 9, 2:

cedere alicui,

Nep. Dat. 1, 2:

succedere,

id. ib. 6, 1:

cui ut omnia prospere evenirent,

Liv. 23, 27, 12:

cadere,

Tac. A. 2, 46.— Comp.:

aves quae prosperius evolant,

with better augury, Gell. 6, 6, 8:

res eventura prosperius,

id. 1, 13, 1; Col. 4, 32, 1.— Sup.: prosperrĭme geruntur omnia. Vell. 2, 97, 1:

dimicare,

Suet. Caes. 36.—

prospĕ-rĭter, favorably, fortunately, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.

prō-sum, fŭi, prōdesse, v. n., to be useful or of use, to do good, benefit, profit.

In gen., constr. with dat., a subjectclause, or absol., rarely with ad or in and acc.: sibi prodesse, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 2 (Trag. v. 310 Vahl.); cf.:

qui nec sibi nec alteri prosunt,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 36:

multis,

id. Lael. 1, 4:

nihil tibi litterae meae proderunt,

id. Fam. 2, 17, 7.—With subj.-clause:

multum prodest ea quae metuuntur ipsa contemnere,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

iis carum et jucundum esse maxime prodest,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 16; cf. id. ib. 11, 43:

quid mihi fingere prodest?

Ov. M. 13, 935:

nec quicquam tibi prodest Aërias tentasse domos,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 4; id. Epod. 17, 60; id. S. 1, 2, 113:

quae scire magis juvat quam prodest,

Sen. Ep. 106, 3.— Absol.:

prodesse aequom est,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 11:

quorum altera prosunt, Cin. Fin. 3, 21, 69: studia aliena ac nihil profutura,

Sall. J. 1, 5:

magis tamen Menenianum profuit judicium,

Liv. 2, 52; Quint. 4, 1, 3; 11, 1, 9:

quae nocuere sequar, fugiam quae profore credam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 11:

aut prodesse volunt aut delectare poëtae,

id. A. P. 333:

tu tantum corpore prodes, Nos animo,

Ov. M. 13, 365.— With ad or in and acc.:

id mirum, quantum profuit ad concordiam civitatis,

Liv. 2, 1:

in id quoque prodest, ut, etc.,

Quint. 8, 3, 9:

in commune,

id. 6, 1, 7.—With abl.:

constantia multum prodest in amore,

Prop. 2, 26, 27.—

In partic., of medicines, to be good, be beneficial:

fabam voci prodesse,

Plin. 22, 25, 69, § 141:

balineum assumo, quia prodest,

Plin. Ep. 7, 21, 3:

ad tormina,

Plin. 22, 25, 63, § 131:

contra ignem sacrum,

id. 20, 7, 25, § 59.—With inf.:

contra anginas tritum in poscā gargarizare prodest,

Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 52.

prōsum, = prorsum, q. v.

pulmōnārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Diseased in the lungs, consumptive:

ovis, sus,

Col. 7, 5, 14; 7, 10, 7.—

Beneficial to the lungs, curative of the lungs:

radicula,

Veg. 3, 2, 27.

sălūbris, e ( masc. collat. form sălū-ber, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Ov. R. Am. 704; but salubris, m., Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130; Cels. 1, 3; 2, 1; 3, 6; abl. salubri, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 30), adj. [salus], health-giving, promoting health, healthful, wholesome, salubrious; salutary, serviceable, advantageous, beneficial (v. salutaris init.).

Lit. (freq. and class.)

Absol.:

saluber locus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; so Cic. Fat. 4, 7 (opp. pestilens); id. Rep. 2, 6, 11 (opp. pestilens regio); 1, 1, 1; id. de Or. 2, 71, 290; Cels. 1, 3 (opp. gravis); cf.:

sunt partes agrorum aliae pestilentes, aliae salubres,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79.— Comp.:

salubrior ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 3.— Sup.: saluberrimae regiones, * Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.:

Apennino saluberrimo montium,

Plin. Ep. 1, 6, 2:

Esquiliae,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 14:

silvae,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 4:

aquae,

id. C. S. 31:

irriguis ora salubris aquis,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 2:

fluvius,

Verg. G. 1, 272:

aura,

Ov. A. A. 3, 693:

caelum,

Col. 1, 2:

si Baiae salubres repente factae sunt,

Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 1:

salubrisne an pestilens annus futurus sit,

id. Div. 1, 57, 130; cf.:

saluberrimum (tempus) ver est... saluberrimi sunt sereni dies... salubriores septentrionales quam subsolani, etc.... nam fere ventus ubique a mediterraneis regionibus veniens salubris, a mari gravis est,

Cels. 2, 1:

aestates,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 21:

stellae,

id. ib. 1, 7, 24:

sidus,

Luc. 1, 661:

afflatus ex Apenninis,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 29:

cultus atque victus,

strengthening, nourishing, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61; id. Or. 26, 90 infra; cf.:

suci Ambrosiae,

Verg. A. 12, 418:

saluberrimum acetum,

Plin. 21, 14, 48, § 82:

saluberrimi potus,

id. 31, 2, 19, § 28:

somnus,

Verg. G. 3, 530:

in medicinā alia salubria alia insalubria,

Quint. 3, 2, 3:

princeps,

i. e. mindful of the good of others, Suet. Aug. 42:

Phoebe saluber, ades,

Ov. R. Am. 704:

o salute meā salus salubrior!

Plaut. Cist. 3, 13:

quicquid est salsum aut salubre in oratione,

sound, solid, Cic. Or. 26, 90:

sententiae exemplo haud salubres,

Liv. 2, 30; cf.:

(factum) severitate exempli salubre,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 1:

consilia,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 5; cf.:

hiems saluberrimis consiliis absumpta,

Tac. Agr. 21:

mendacium,

Liv. 2, 64:

justitia legesque,

Hor. A. P. 198:

verba,

Ov. F. 6, 753:

factum,

Ov. R. Am. 316:

pretium,

advantageous, profitable, Col. 7, 3, 22; Mart. 10, 104, 14:

exempla,

Gell. 6, 10, 1; cf. infra, adv.—

With dat., ad aliquid, contra (cf. salutaris):

(sententiam) dixi rei publicae saluberrimam,

Cic. Dom. 7, 16:

vinum firmum, corpori salubre,

Col. 12, 27; so,

et gravi Malvae salubres corpori,

Hor. Epod. 2, 58; Cato, R. R. 157, 12; cf.:

salubris parum urbs valetudini suae,

Suet. Aug. 72:

liber salubrior studiis quam dulcior,

Quint. 3, 1, 5:

leges rem salubriorem inopi quam potenti (esse),

Liv. 2, 3, 4:

saluberrima Romano imperio juga Alpium,

Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 31:

ad omnes res salubre est,

Cato, R. R. 156, 1:

icterias existimatur salubris contra regios morbos,

Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 470.—

Transf., in a neutr. sense, of the human body, healthy, sound, well, vigorous (very rare, and for the most part not till after the Aug. per.;

not in Cic.): genus hominum salubri corpore,

Sall. J. 17, 6:

salubriora etiam credente corpora esse,

Liv. 1, 31; 3, 8:

(exercitum) mutatione locorum salubriorem esse,

id. 10, 28; Tac. H. 5, 6:

ut salubri sint corpore pecora,

Col. 6, 4, 1; Mart. 10, 47, 6; cf. Liv. 10, 25.— Sup.:

gentes quae saluberrimis corporibus utuntur,

Tac. Or. 41.—Hence, adv.: sălūbrĭ-ter, healthfully, wholesomely, salubriously; profitably, advantageously:

ubi potest illa aetas aut calescere... aut vicissim umbris aquisve refrigerari salubrius?

Cic. Sen. 16, 57; Col. 1, 8, 12; 2, 9, 14:

ut salubrius litigantes consisterent,

Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 24:

nasci,

Gell. 3, 10, 8.— Sup.:

saluberrime,

Plin. 22, 12, 14, § 29:

bellum trahi salubriter,

beneficially, advantageously, Liv. 3, 62: leges emendatae utiliter, latae salubriter, Vell. 2, 89, 4; Gell. 2, 29, 1 al.; cf.

emere,

i. e. at a cheap rate, Plin. Ep. 1, 24, 4:

ut (laesa) quam saluberrime reficiantur,

id. ib. 6, 30, 3.

sălūtāris, e, adj. [salus], of or belonging to well-being, healthful, wholesome, salutary, serviceable, beneficial, advantageous (in the most general sense, while the predominant meaning of salubris, in class. lang., is healthy in a medical sense; very freq. and class.).

In gen.

Absol.:

ut quae mala perniciosaque sunt, habeantur pro bonis ac salutaribus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

pro salutaribus mortifera conscribere,

id. ib. 2, 5, 13:

res salutares (opp. pestiferae),

id. N. D. 2, 12, 34:

res utiles et salutares,

id. ib. 1, 15, 38:

salutaris et vitalis calor,

id. ib. 2, 10, 27:

sine quo nihil nec laudabile nec salutare est,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

tuta et salutaria capessere (opp. praecipitia),

Tac. A. 15, 29:

salutares litterae,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 2; cf.:

Apollonides orationem salutarem habuit,

Liv. 24, 28:

portus eloquentiae,

Quint. 12, 7, 4; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17:

salutaris ars,

of healing, Hor. C. S. 63:

herbae,

Ov. R. Am. 45:

amurca,

Col. 6, 4, 4.—

Rarely of persons: civis,

Cic. Mil. 8, 20: bonus et salutaris Princeps, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 29.—

With dat., ad, contra aliquid, etc. (the first very freq. in Cic.):

ratio quoniam pestifera sit multis, admodum paucis salutaris,

Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 69; Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 26:

hominum generi universo cultura agrorum est salutaris,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56; id. Fam. 6, 6, 4; id. Brut. 4, 15:

corporibus tot res, animis nulla,

id. Tusc. 4, 27, 58:

vox petentibus,

Quint. 10, 7, 2; cf.:

radicem decoctam bibere, spasticis, etc.... salutare ost,

Plin. 21, 19, 77, § 132.—Once also in the comp.:

nihil est nobis salutarius,

Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 23:

stella Jovis aut Veneris conjuncta cum Lunā ad ortus puerorum salutaris sit,

id. Div. 1, 39, 85:

decoctum ad dentium dolorem,

Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 71:

herba Britannica non nervis modo salutaris sed contra anginas quoque et contra serpentes,

id. 25, 3, 6, § 20:

dicunt radicem et in pestilentiā salutarem esse in cibis,

id. 24, 16, 92, § 148. —

As subst.: sălūtāre, is, n., salvation, deliverance, health (late Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 49, 18; id. Psa. 41, 5 et saep.— Plur.: bibere salutaria alicui, to drink one ' s health, App. M. 2, p. 128, 25.—

In partic.

As an appellative: salutaris littera, i. e. the letter A, written on the voting tablets as an abbreviation for absolvo, Cic. Mil. 6, 15 (opp. littera tristis, i. e. C, for condemno): digitus, i. e. the index-finger (perh. as used in greeting), Suet. Aug. 80; Mart. Cap. 1, § 90.—

Subst.: sălūtāre, is, n., i. q. salus, welfare, prosperity, Vulg. Psa. 115, 13 (4) (for the Heb.).— Adj. prop.: Collis Salutaris, one of the four summits of the Quirinal (so called from the temple of Salus, which stood on it), Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.; cf. Salus, II.;

and v. Becker, Antiq. 1, pp. 568 and 578 sq.: Salutaris porta appellata est ab aede Salutis, quae ei proxima fuit,

Fest. p. 326 Müll.: Jovem cum Optimum et Maximum dicimus, cumque eundem Salutarem Hospitalem. Statorem: hoc intellegi volumus, salutem hominum in ejus esse tutelā (corresp. to the Gr. Zeus Sôtêr), Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

qui (Jesus) Latine dicitur salutaris sive salvator,

Lact. 4, 12, 6.—Hence, adv.: sălūtārĭter, profitably, beneficially, salutarily:

uti armis,

Cic. Brut. 2, 8: se recipere, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2:

cogitare aliquid,

id. ib. 10, 24, 2:

quinque consulatus salutariter rei publicae administrati,

Val. Max. 5, 2, 3:

haec salutariter scripsi,

Amm. 20, 8, 17.— Comp. and sup. of the adv., and sup. of the adj. do not occur.

sălūtāris, e, adj. [salus], of or belonging to well-being, healthful, wholesome, salutary, serviceable, beneficial, advantageous (in the most general sense, while the predominant meaning of salubris, in class. lang., is healthy in a medical sense; very freq. and class.).

In gen.

Absol.:

ut quae mala perniciosaque sunt, habeantur pro bonis ac salutaribus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

pro salutaribus mortifera conscribere,

id. ib. 2, 5, 13:

res salutares (opp. pestiferae),

id. N. D. 2, 12, 34:

res utiles et salutares,

id. ib. 1, 15, 38:

salutaris et vitalis calor,

id. ib. 2, 10, 27:

sine quo nihil nec laudabile nec salutare est,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

tuta et salutaria capessere (opp. praecipitia),

Tac. A. 15, 29:

salutares litterae,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 2; cf.:

Apollonides orationem salutarem habuit,

Liv. 24, 28:

portus eloquentiae,

Quint. 12, 7, 4; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17:

salutaris ars,

of healing, Hor. C. S. 63:

herbae,

Ov. R. Am. 45:

amurca,

Col. 6, 4, 4.—

Rarely of persons: civis,

Cic. Mil. 8, 20: bonus et salutaris Princeps, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 29.—

With dat., ad, contra aliquid, etc. (the first very freq. in Cic.):

ratio quoniam pestifera sit multis, admodum paucis salutaris,

Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 69; Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 26:

hominum generi universo cultura agrorum est salutaris,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56; id. Fam. 6, 6, 4; id. Brut. 4, 15:

corporibus tot res, animis nulla,

id. Tusc. 4, 27, 58:

vox petentibus,

Quint. 10, 7, 2; cf.:

radicem decoctam bibere, spasticis, etc.... salutare ost,

Plin. 21, 19, 77, § 132.—Once also in the comp.:

nihil est nobis salutarius,

Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 23:

stella Jovis aut Veneris conjuncta cum Lunā ad ortus puerorum salutaris sit,

id. Div. 1, 39, 85:

decoctum ad dentium dolorem,

Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 71:

herba Britannica non nervis modo salutaris sed contra anginas quoque et contra serpentes,

id. 25, 3, 6, § 20:

dicunt radicem et in pestilentiā salutarem esse in cibis,

id. 24, 16, 92, § 148. —

As subst.: sălūtāre, is, n., salvation, deliverance, health (late Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 49, 18; id. Psa. 41, 5 et saep.— Plur.: bibere salutaria alicui, to drink one ' s health, App. M. 2, p. 128, 25.—

In partic.

As an appellative: salutaris littera, i. e. the letter A, written on the voting tablets as an abbreviation for absolvo, Cic. Mil. 6, 15 (opp. littera tristis, i. e. C, for condemno): digitus, i. e. the index-finger (perh. as used in greeting), Suet. Aug. 80; Mart. Cap. 1, § 90.—

Subst.: sălūtāre, is, n., i. q. salus, welfare, prosperity, Vulg. Psa. 115, 13 (4) (for the Heb.).— Adj. prop.: Collis Salutaris, one of the four summits of the Quirinal (so called from the temple of Salus, which stood on it), Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.; cf. Salus, II.;

and v. Becker, Antiq. 1, pp. 568 and 578 sq.: Salutaris porta appellata est ab aede Salutis, quae ei proxima fuit,

Fest. p. 326 Müll.: Jovem cum Optimum et Maximum dicimus, cumque eundem Salutarem Hospitalem. Statorem: hoc intellegi volumus, salutem hominum in ejus esse tutelā (corresp. to the Gr. Zeus Sôtêr), Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

qui (Jesus) Latine dicitur salutaris sive salvator,

Lact. 4, 12, 6.—Hence, adv.: sălūtārĭter, profitably, beneficially, salutarily:

uti armis,

Cic. Brut. 2, 8: se recipere, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2:

cogitare aliquid,

id. ib. 10, 24, 2:

quinque consulatus salutariter rei publicae administrati,

Val. Max. 5, 2, 3:

haec salutariter scripsi,

Amm. 20, 8, 17.— Comp. and sup. of the adv., and sup. of the adj. do not occur.

sălūtāris, e, adj. [salus], of or belonging to well-being, healthful, wholesome, salutary, serviceable, beneficial, advantageous (in the most general sense, while the predominant meaning of salubris, in class. lang., is healthy in a medical sense; very freq. and class.).

In gen.

Absol.:

ut quae mala perniciosaque sunt, habeantur pro bonis ac salutaribus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

pro salutaribus mortifera conscribere,

id. ib. 2, 5, 13:

res salutares (opp. pestiferae),

id. N. D. 2, 12, 34:

res utiles et salutares,

id. ib. 1, 15, 38:

salutaris et vitalis calor,

id. ib. 2, 10, 27:

sine quo nihil nec laudabile nec salutare est,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

tuta et salutaria capessere (opp. praecipitia),

Tac. A. 15, 29:

salutares litterae,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 2; cf.:

Apollonides orationem salutarem habuit,

Liv. 24, 28:

portus eloquentiae,

Quint. 12, 7, 4; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17:

salutaris ars,

of healing, Hor. C. S. 63:

herbae,

Ov. R. Am. 45:

amurca,

Col. 6, 4, 4.—

Rarely of persons: civis,

Cic. Mil. 8, 20: bonus et salutaris Princeps, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 29.—

With dat., ad, contra aliquid, etc. (the first very freq. in Cic.):

ratio quoniam pestifera sit multis, admodum paucis salutaris,

Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 69; Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 26:

hominum generi universo cultura agrorum est salutaris,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56; id. Fam. 6, 6, 4; id. Brut. 4, 15:

corporibus tot res, animis nulla,

id. Tusc. 4, 27, 58:

vox petentibus,

Quint. 10, 7, 2; cf.:

radicem decoctam bibere, spasticis, etc.... salutare ost,

Plin. 21, 19, 77, § 132.—Once also in the comp.:

nihil est nobis salutarius,

Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 23:

stella Jovis aut Veneris conjuncta cum Lunā ad ortus puerorum salutaris sit,

id. Div. 1, 39, 85:

decoctum ad dentium dolorem,

Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 71:

herba Britannica non nervis modo salutaris sed contra anginas quoque et contra serpentes,

id. 25, 3, 6, § 20:

dicunt radicem et in pestilentiā salutarem esse in cibis,

id. 24, 16, 92, § 148. —

As subst.: sălūtāre, is, n., salvation, deliverance, health (late Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 49, 18; id. Psa. 41, 5 et saep.— Plur.: bibere salutaria alicui, to drink one ' s health, App. M. 2, p. 128, 25.—

In partic.

As an appellative: salutaris littera, i. e. the letter A, written on the voting tablets as an abbreviation for absolvo, Cic. Mil. 6, 15 (opp. littera tristis, i. e. C, for condemno): digitus, i. e. the index-finger (perh. as used in greeting), Suet. Aug. 80; Mart. Cap. 1, § 90.—

Subst.: sălūtāre, is, n., i. q. salus, welfare, prosperity, Vulg. Psa. 115, 13 (4) (for the Heb.).— Adj. prop.: Collis Salutaris, one of the four summits of the Quirinal (so called from the temple of Salus, which stood on it), Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.; cf. Salus, II.;

and v. Becker, Antiq. 1, pp. 568 and 578 sq.: Salutaris porta appellata est ab aede Salutis, quae ei proxima fuit,

Fest. p. 326 Müll.: Jovem cum Optimum et Maximum dicimus, cumque eundem Salutarem Hospitalem. Statorem: hoc intellegi volumus, salutem hominum in ejus esse tutelā (corresp. to the Gr. Zeus Sôtêr), Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

qui (Jesus) Latine dicitur salutaris sive salvator,

Lact. 4, 12, 6.—Hence, adv.: sălūtārĭter, profitably, beneficially, salutarily:

uti armis,

Cic. Brut. 2, 8: se recipere, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2:

cogitare aliquid,

id. ib. 10, 24, 2:

quinque consulatus salutariter rei publicae administrati,

Val. Max. 5, 2, 3:

haec salutariter scripsi,

Amm. 20, 8, 17.— Comp. and sup. of the adv., and sup. of the adj. do not occur.

ūtĭlis, e, adj. [utor].

In gen.

Useful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous, etc. (cf. commodus).

Absol.:

hae hamae utiles sunt,

Cato, R. R. 135, 2:

non faciat quod utile sit, quod expediat?

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76:

utiles et salutares res,

id. N. D. 1, 15, 38:

quid Sophocles et Aeschylus utile ferrent,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 163:

quernaque glans victa est utiliore cibo,

Ov. F. 1, 676.—

With dat. pers.:

tibi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10:

quam id mihi sit facile atque utile, Aliorum exempla commonent,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 16:

nec clam te est, quam illi utraeque res nunc utiles Et ad pudicitiam et ad rem tutandam sient,

id. ib. 1, 5, 52; id. Hec. 1, 2, 76:

si eam legem vobis adcommodatam atque utilem esse intellegerem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 14: sic fuit utilius finiri ipsique tibique, id. Tusc. poët. 1, 48, 115; id. Inv. 1, 1, 1:

non enim mihi est vita utilior quam animi talis affectio,

id. Off. 3, 6, 29 dub.; Nep. Milt. 3, 5; id. Them. 7, 6:

alicui utiles esse amicos,

Caes. B. G. 4, 7: quod tibi utilissimum erit consilii capies, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2:

loci muniti et sibi utiles,

Sall. J. 97, 1.—So with dat. of thing benefited:

fons... Infirmo capiti fluit utilis, utilis alvo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 14: vivit siliquis et pane secundo;

Militiae quamquam piger et malus, utilis urbi,

id. ib. 2, 1, 124:

glycyrrhizae sucus utilissimus voci,

Plin. 22, 9, 11, § 25:

palmae non utiles stomacho,

id. 23, 4, 51, § 97:

ver utile silvis,

Verg. G. 2, 323; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 138.—

With ad and acc.:

quem hominem inveniemus ad eam rem utilem,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 108; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 52 (supra, A. 2.):

nonne igitur sapiens, si fame ipse conficiatur, abstulerit cibum alteri, homini ad nullam rem utili?

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29; cf.:

quaecumque herba potens ad opem radixque medendi Utilis,

Ov. H. 5, 148.—

With abl. instr.:

ter et viciens volneratus est, ob id neutrā manu, neutro pede satis utilis,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104:

pedibus, naribus,

Ov. M. 3, 212:

bis pomis utilis arbos,

Verg. G. 2, 150.—

With inf. (poët.):

adspirare et adesse choris erat utilis (tibia),

Hor. A. P. 204.—

Neutr. absol.: ūtĭle, is, n., what is useful, the useful: omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci, Hor. A. P. 343:

bonus atque fidus Judex honestum praetulit utili,

id. C. 4, 9, 41:

utilium tardus provisor,

id. A. P. 164:

sententiae de utilibus honestisque,

Quint. 3, 8, 13; cf. id. 1, 2, 29. —

Utile est, with a subject-clause:

amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam... est utile Et conducibile,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 2:

numquam est utile peccare,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 64:

nimirum sapere est abjectis utile nugis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141:

id arbitror Apprime in vitā esse utile, ut ne quid nimis,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

ut tu, si arbitrarere utile exque re publicā esse, persequerere bello Dolabellam,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 5, 1:

utilissimum ratus inpendentem evitare tempestatem,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 4.—

In partic.

Fit, suitable, adapted, proper, etc.:

utilissimus ad vitilia holoschoenos,

Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 113:

hic castrensibus utilis armis,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 19:

utilium bello studiosus equorum,

Ov. M. 14, 321:

fraxinus hastis,

id. ib. 10, 93:

lignum Navigiis,

Verg. G. 2, 442:

passo psithia utilior,

id. ib. 2, 93:

calamus fistulis,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 164:

ventri lactuca movendo utilis,

Mart. 11, 52, 6:

(lapathum) silvestre ad multa medicamina utile est,

Plin. 19, 12, 60, § 185.— Poet. with gen.:

radix medendi Utilis,

Ov. H. 5, 147.—

In jurid. lang.: utilis actio, exceptio, interdictum, judicium, etc., i. e. which was brought on general principles of justice, in cases for which there was no express legal provision, or, as we say, in equity:

actio,

Dig. 13, 5, 5, § 9; 39, 3, 22 fin. al.:

exceptio,

ib. 4, 4, 41:

interdictum,

ib. 43, 20, 1, § 35 sq.:

judicium,

ib. 10, 2, 2, § 11.— Hence, adv.: ūtĭlĭter, usefully, profitably, beneficially, advantageously.

In gen.:

utiliter a naturā permotiones istas animis nostris datas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135:

modo ne laudarent iracundiam et dicerent utiliter a naturā datam,

id. Off. 1, 25, 89; 2, 5, 17:

utiliter in certamen respondere,

Liv. 4, 6, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; 28, 19, 3; Quint. 4, 1, 45; 6, 1, 8:

serviet utiliter (captivus),

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 70 al. — Comp.:

utilius starent etiam nunc moenia Phoebi,

Ov. H. 1, 67.— Sup.:

a Cicerone quidem utilissime praedicta sunt omnia,

Quint. 4, 2, 57; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 110.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., rightly, duly, lawfully:

stipulari,

Dig. 45, 1, 97; 45, 1, 45; 45, 1, 46:

agere ex empto,

ib. 19, 1, 30 fin.

ūtĭlis, e, adj. [utor].

In gen.

Useful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous, etc. (cf. commodus).

Absol.:

hae hamae utiles sunt,

Cato, R. R. 135, 2:

non faciat quod utile sit, quod expediat?

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76:

utiles et salutares res,

id. N. D. 1, 15, 38:

quid Sophocles et Aeschylus utile ferrent,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 163:

quernaque glans victa est utiliore cibo,

Ov. F. 1, 676.—

With dat. pers.:

tibi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10:

quam id mihi sit facile atque utile, Aliorum exempla commonent,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 16:

nec clam te est, quam illi utraeque res nunc utiles Et ad pudicitiam et ad rem tutandam sient,

id. ib. 1, 5, 52; id. Hec. 1, 2, 76:

si eam legem vobis adcommodatam atque utilem esse intellegerem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 14: sic fuit utilius finiri ipsique tibique, id. Tusc. poët. 1, 48, 115; id. Inv. 1, 1, 1:

non enim mihi est vita utilior quam animi talis affectio,

id. Off. 3, 6, 29 dub.; Nep. Milt. 3, 5; id. Them. 7, 6:

alicui utiles esse amicos,

Caes. B. G. 4, 7: quod tibi utilissimum erit consilii capies, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2:

loci muniti et sibi utiles,

Sall. J. 97, 1.—So with dat. of thing benefited:

fons... Infirmo capiti fluit utilis, utilis alvo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 14: vivit siliquis et pane secundo;

Militiae quamquam piger et malus, utilis urbi,

id. ib. 2, 1, 124:

glycyrrhizae sucus utilissimus voci,

Plin. 22, 9, 11, § 25:

palmae non utiles stomacho,

id. 23, 4, 51, § 97:

ver utile silvis,

Verg. G. 2, 323; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 138.—

With ad and acc.:

quem hominem inveniemus ad eam rem utilem,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 108; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 52 (supra, A. 2.):

nonne igitur sapiens, si fame ipse conficiatur, abstulerit cibum alteri, homini ad nullam rem utili?

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29; cf.:

quaecumque herba potens ad opem radixque medendi Utilis,

Ov. H. 5, 148.—

With abl. instr.:

ter et viciens volneratus est, ob id neutrā manu, neutro pede satis utilis,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104:

pedibus, naribus,

Ov. M. 3, 212:

bis pomis utilis arbos,

Verg. G. 2, 150.—

With inf. (poët.):

adspirare et adesse choris erat utilis (tibia),

Hor. A. P. 204.—

Neutr. absol.: ūtĭle, is, n., what is useful, the useful: omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci, Hor. A. P. 343:

bonus atque fidus Judex honestum praetulit utili,

id. C. 4, 9, 41:

utilium tardus provisor,

id. A. P. 164:

sententiae de utilibus honestisque,

Quint. 3, 8, 13; cf. id. 1, 2, 29. —

Utile est, with a subject-clause:

amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam... est utile Et conducibile,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 2:

numquam est utile peccare,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 64:

nimirum sapere est abjectis utile nugis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141:

id arbitror Apprime in vitā esse utile, ut ne quid nimis,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

ut tu, si arbitrarere utile exque re publicā esse, persequerere bello Dolabellam,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 5, 1:

utilissimum ratus inpendentem evitare tempestatem,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 4.—

In partic.

Fit, suitable, adapted, proper, etc.:

utilissimus ad vitilia holoschoenos,

Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 113:

hic castrensibus utilis armis,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 19:

utilium bello studiosus equorum,

Ov. M. 14, 321:

fraxinus hastis,

id. ib. 10, 93:

lignum Navigiis,

Verg. G. 2, 442:

passo psithia utilior,

id. ib. 2, 93:

calamus fistulis,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 164:

ventri lactuca movendo utilis,

Mart. 11, 52, 6:

(lapathum) silvestre ad multa medicamina utile est,

Plin. 19, 12, 60, § 185.— Poet. with gen.:

radix medendi Utilis,

Ov. H. 5, 147.—

In jurid. lang.: utilis actio, exceptio, interdictum, judicium, etc., i. e. which was brought on general principles of justice, in cases for which there was no express legal provision, or, as we say, in equity:

actio,

Dig. 13, 5, 5, § 9; 39, 3, 22 fin. al.:

exceptio,

ib. 4, 4, 41:

interdictum,

ib. 43, 20, 1, § 35 sq.:

judicium,

ib. 10, 2, 2, § 11.— Hence, adv.: ūtĭlĭter, usefully, profitably, beneficially, advantageously.

In gen.:

utiliter a naturā permotiones istas animis nostris datas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135:

modo ne laudarent iracundiam et dicerent utiliter a naturā datam,

id. Off. 1, 25, 89; 2, 5, 17:

utiliter in certamen respondere,

Liv. 4, 6, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; 28, 19, 3; Quint. 4, 1, 45; 6, 1, 8:

serviet utiliter (captivus),

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 70 al. — Comp.:

utilius starent etiam nunc moenia Phoebi,

Ov. H. 1, 67.— Sup.:

a Cicerone quidem utilissime praedicta sunt omnia,

Quint. 4, 2, 57; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 110.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., rightly, duly, lawfully:

stipulari,

Dig. 45, 1, 97; 45, 1, 45; 45, 1, 46:

agere ex empto,

ib. 19, 1, 30 fin.