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  • 101 щастлив

    1. happy
    щастлив баща a proud father
    щастлива старост a green old age
    много щастлив very happy, thrice happy
    бъдете щастливи I wish you happiness
    щастлив край a happy end (ing)
    2. (късметлия) lucky, fortunate
    щастлива случайност a piece/stroke of good luck, a lucky chance
    по една щастлива случайност by a lucky chance
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    щастлѝв,
    прил.
    1. happy; безкрайно \щастлив as happy as the day is long; бъдете \щастливи I wish you happiness; много съм \щастлив be all smiles; много \щастлив very happy, thrice happy; \щастлив баща proud father; \щастлив край happy end(ing); \щастлива старост green old age; \щастливи дни halcyon days;
    2. ( късметлия) lucky, fortunate; по една \щастлива случайност by a lucky chance, by a fluke; \щастлива случайност piece/stroke of good luck, lucky chance; fluke.
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    happy: a щастлив end - щастлив край, a щастлив marriage - щастлив брак; joyful: by a щастлив chance - по щастлива случайност; fortunate ; palmy {pa;mi;}; providential
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    1. (късметлия) lucky, fortunate 2. happy 3. ЩАСТЛИВ баща a proud father 4. ЩАСТЛИВ край a happy end(ing) 5. ЩАСТЛИВa случайност a piece/ stroke of good luck, a lucky chance 6. ЩАСТЛИВa старост a green old age 7. бъдете ЩАСТЛИВи I wish you happiness 8. много ЩАСТЛИВ very happy, thrice happy 9. по една ЩАСТЛИВa случайност by a lucky chance

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  • 102 andare

    1. v/i go
    ( funzionare) work
    di macchia come out
    taglia fit
    andare a finire turn out
    come va? how are you?, how are things?
    non mi va di vestito it doesn't fit me
    non mi va di venire I don't feel like coming
    2. m: coll'andare del tempo with the passage of time
    a lungo andare in the long run
    * * *
    andare1 v. intr.
    1 to go*; ( in auto) to drive*; ( a piedi) to walk: andiamo a lavorare tutti i giorni, we go to work every day; è appena andato a scuola, he's just gone to school; vado da mia zia domani, I'm going to my auntie's tomorrow; andiamo, è tardi!, let's go, it's late!; va a Londra questo treno?, is this train going to London?; questa nave va in Australia, this ship is going to (o is bound for o is sailing to) Australia; dovrò per forza andarci in auto, I've no option but to drive there; è una bella giornata, perché non ci vai a piedi?, it's a nice day, why don't you walk there?; andò col pensiero ai giorni della sua infanzia, he thought back to when he was a child; andò con lo sguardo al gruppo di persone davanti all'ingresso, he glanced over (o across) at the people in front of the entrance; dove va il sale?, where does the salt go?; le sedie vanno in cucina, the chairs go in the kitchen // queste banconote non vanno più, these banknotes are no longer in circulation; andare in treno, per nave, in autobus, to go by train, by boat, by bus; andare in aereo, to go by plane (o to fly); andare in bicicletta, to go by bicycle (o by bike), to cycle (o to bike); sai andare in bicicletta?, can you ride a bicycle?; andare a cavallo, to go on horseback (o to ride) // andare all'estero, to go abroad; andare in campagna, to go to the country; andare in città, to go to town; andare in vacanza, to go on holiday; andare al cinema, to go to the pictures; andare a mangiare, to go to eat; andare a dormire, to go to bed; andare in campeggio, to go camping; andare a nuotare, to go swimming; andare a fare un giro in bicicletta, in automobile, to go for a ride, for a drive; andare a fare una passeggiata, to go for a walk; andare a cavalcare, to go riding; andare a giocare a tennis, a football, to go to play tennis, football // andare avanti, to go on; ( avanzare) to advance; ( precedere) to go ahead // andare avanti e indietro, to go backwards and forwards, to go to and fro // andare dentro, to go inside; ( in prigione) to be sent to prison (o to go inside) // andare dentro e fuori, to go in and out // andare fuori, to go out // andare dietro a qlcu., to follow s.o.; ( corteggiare) to run after s.o. // andare oltre, to go beyond (o to go over); (fig.) to go too far (o to exaggerate); andare troppo oltre, troppo in là, (anche fig.) to go too far // andare su, giù, to go up, down // andare lontano, to go far; (fig.) to distinguish oneself; to be successful // andare per le lunghe, to go on and on
    2 ( funzionare) to work: il mio computer va bene, my computer works well; il riscaldamento va ancora?, is the heating still working? // andare bene, male, ( di orologio) to be right, wrong; andare avanti, indietro, ( di orologio) to be fast, slow
    3 ( procedere) to go*; to get* on: come va l'inglese?, how are you getting on with your English?; come vanno gli affari?, how is business going?; la ditta è andata proprio bene, male l'anno scorso, the firm did well, badly last year; ''Come va la vita?'' ''Va'', ''How is life treating you?'' ''Not too badly'' // così va il mondo!, that's the way of the world! // andare di bene in meglio, to go better and better; andare di male in peggio, to go from bad to worse // far andare le cose per il verso giusto, to get things to go properly
    4 ( succedere) to happen: come va che sei sempre stanco?, how come you're always so tired?; vada come vada!, whatever happens!
    5 ( convenire, confarsi) to suit: ci andrebbe bene il treno delle cinque, the five o'clock train would suit us; ti andrebbe bene per domani sera?, would tomorrow evening suit you (o be all right for you)?
    6 (andar bene, di indumento) to fit: queste scarpe non mi vanno più, these shoes don't fit me any more; è così cresciuto che non gli va più niente, he has outgrown all his clothes
    7 ( occorrere) to need: vanno tanti soldi per una vacanza come quella, a holiday like that would cost a lot of money; per un abito così ci vanno tre metri di stoffa, you'll need three metres of material for a dress like that; ti andrebbe bene una bella dormita, what you need is a good sleep
    8 ( piacere) to like (costr. pers.); ( sentirsi di) to feel* like (costr. pers.): ti andrebbe qlco. da bere?; would you like sthg. to drink?; il tuo comportamento non mi va affatto, I don't like your behaviour at all; non mi va di uscire stasera, I don't feel like going out this evening
    9 ( essere di moda) to be in (fashion): quel tipo di scarpe non va più, shoes like that aren't in any more (o are out); va molto il nero quest'anno, black is in (fashion) this year // andare per la maggiore, to be very fashionable
    10 ( essere venduto) to sell*: il suo ultimo romanzo è andato a ruba, his latest novel sold like hot cakes
    11 (essere, sentirsi) to be, to feel*: va molto orgoglioso della sua nuova casa, he's very proud of his new house
    12 ( avvicinarsi) to be about: la spesa andrà sui 100.000 euro, the cost will be about 100,000 euros // andare per, to be almost: va per i 15 ( anni), he is almost fifteen // va per la pensione, he is almost retired
    13 andare a, ( con idea di futuro) to be going to, to be about: lo spettacolo andava a incominciare, the show was about (o was going) to begin
    14 ( dover essere) to have to be; must be: questa pianta va tenuta all'ombra, this plant has (o is) to be kept in the shade; questo interruttore non va toccato, this switch mustn't be touched
    15 ( con valore ausiliare di 'essere') to be, to get*: rischia di andare perduto, it's likely to get lost; se non vado errato, if I'm not mistaken
    16 (seguito da ger. per indicare la continuità di un'azione) to be + -ing: va peggiorando ogni giorno, he is getting worse every day; vanno dicendo che è partito, they are saying he's left
    17 ( con valore pleonastico o rafforzativo): dove sei andato a cacciarti?, where have you been hiding?; andare a finire bene, to end well; andare a finire male, to come to a bad end; è andato a finire nel lago, it ended up in the lake; andare in scena, to be put on // ( radio, tv) andare in onda, to be on (o broadcast) // (sport): andare a canestro, to score a point; andare a rete, to score a goal; andare al tappeto, ( di pugile) to be knocked out // (tip.) andare in macchina, to go to press // andare all'asta, to be auctioned off // andare alla deriva, to go adrift, to drift; (fig.) to drift with the tide // andare a picco, a fondo, to sink; andare a fondo di qlco., to dig into sthg.; andare fino in fondo, to carry on to the end // andare a gambe all'aria, to tumble // andare all'altro mondo, al Creatore, (fam.) to kick the bucket // andare all'inferno, in paradiso, to go to hell, to heaven // andare per la propria strada, per i fatti propri, to go one's own way // andare fuori strada, to leave the road // andare in cerca di guai, to look for trouble // andare a male, ( di cibo) to go off (o to go bad) // andare a monte, to fall through // andare per il sottile, to split hairs (o to be very particular); non andare per il sottile, to be rather rough // andare per le lunghe, to go on and on // lasciar andare un pugno, uno schiaffo a qlcu., to let fly a punch, a slap at s.o.; lascia andare!, forget it!; lasciarsi andare, to let oneself go // ma va là, andiamo!, oh, come on (o come off it)!; andiamo, coraggio!, cheer up! // va da sé che hai torto, it goes without saying, you're wrong // va' al diavolo!, go to hell!; va' a morire ammazzato!, drop dead!, go to hell!; va' in malora!, go to the devil! // andare a Canossa, to eat humble pie // andare in brodo di giuggiole, to be ecstatic; andare in visibilio per qlco., to go crazy about sthg. // è andata!, ( è finita), it's over and done with!, ( ha avuto successo) it's gone off well! // se la va, la va!, we'll be lucky if it works // e vada per questa volta, we'll let it pass for this time // andare a donne, to womanize // andare a letto con qlcu., to go to bed with s.o. // andare di corpo, to empty one's bowels.
    ◘ andarsene v.intr.pron.
    1 to go* (away), to leave*: se ne è andato appena finito il concerto, he left as soon as the concert ended; te ne vai di già?, are you going already; vattene, non ti voglio più vedere!, go away, I don't want to see you again! // se ne è andato l'anno scorso ( è morto), he passed away last year
    2 ( di macchia) to come* off.
    andare2 s.m.
    1 a lungo andare, in the long run // a tutt'andare, (anche fig.) without ceasing // con l'andare del tempo, with the passing of time; c'era tutto un andare e venire, there was a continual coming and going // di quest'andare finirà presto i suoi soldi, at this rate he'll soon get through his money
    2 ( andatura) gait, walk.
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    [an'dare]
    1. vi irreg (aus essere)
    1) (gen) to go

    dove va (messa) questa vite? — where does this screw go?

    andare per i 50 — (età) to be getting on for 50

    andrò all' università l'anno prossimo — I'm going to university next year

    2)

    va fatto entro oggi — it's got to be done today

    andare fiero di qc/qn — to be proud of sth/sb

    ne va della nostra vita — our lives are at stake

    vado pazzo per la pizza — I'm crazy about pizza, I adore pizza

    non va trascurato il fatto che... — we shouldn't forget o overlook the fact that...

    va sempre vestita di rosso — she always wears red

    3)

    (salute, situazione) come va? — bene grazie — how are you? — fine thanks

    va bene — (d'accordo) all right, O.K fam

    andare di bene in meglio — to get better and better

    com'è andata? — how did it go?

    come va (la salute)? — va bene — how are you? — I'm fine

    come va la scuola? — how's school?

    come vai a scuola? — how are you getting on at school?

    4) (funzionare) to work

    non riesco a far andare la macchina — I can't start the car

    la lavatrice non va — the washing machine won't work

    5)

    andare a qn — (calzare: scarpe, vestito) to fit sb

    (essere gradito) quest'idea non mi va — I don't like this idea

    questi jeans non mi vanno più — these jeans don't fit me any more

    ti va il cioccolato? — do you like chocolate?

    ti va di andare al cinema? — do you feel like going to the cinema?

    ti va (bene) se ci vediamo alle 5? — is it ok if we meet at 5?

    6) (essere venduto) to sell, (essere di moda) to be fashionable
    7)

    (+ infinito) andare a pescare — to go fishing

    andare a prendere qc/qn — to go and get sth/sb

    8)

    (fraseologia) va là che ti conosco bene — come off it, I know you too well

    vada per una birra — ok, I'll have a beer

    chi va piano va sano e va lontano — (Proverbio) more haste less speed

    va da sé — (è naturale) it goes without saying

    per questa volta vada — let's say no more about it this time

    andiamo! — let's go!, (coraggio!) come on!

    9)

    me ne vado — I'm off, I'm going

    10) (+ avverbio, preposizione)
    See:
    2. sm

    a lungo andare — in time, in the long run

    racconta storie a tutto andare — she's forever talking rubbish

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    I 1. [an'dare]
    verbo intransitivo (aus. essere)
    1) (spostarsi, muoversi) to go*

    andare a Roma, negli Stati Uniti, in Spagna — to go to Rome, to the (United) States, to Spain

    andare in città, in campagna, al mare — to go to town, to the country, to the seaside

    andare verso casa, verso sud — to go o head homeward(s), south

    andare in treno, aereo — to go by train, plane

    andare a piedi — to walk, to go on foot

    andare in macchina — to drive, to go by car

    non so andare in bicicletta I can't ride a bicycle; andare a cavallo to ride (a horse); andando al mercato... on the way to the market...; vado e torno I'll be back in a minute o right back; vado io! — (a rispondere alla porta) I'll get it!

    2) (andare via, partire) to go*

    devo andare — I must go o be going

    andare a scuola, al lavoro — to go to school, work

    andare a pesca, a sciare — to go fishing, skiing

    andare dal dottore, dal parrucchiere — to go to the doctor's, hairdresser's

    4) (seguito da a + infinito)

    va' a dirle che... — go and tell her that...

    andare a fare spese — to go shopping; (enfatico)

    andare veloce, a 50 km/h — to drive fast, to travel at 50 km/h

    6) (portare) [strada, corridoio] to go*, to lead* (a to); [treno, ecc.] to go* (a to), to be* bound (a for)

    andare a sud — [ strada] to head o bear south

    andare fuori strada — to go o swerve off the road

    cosa c'è che non va? — what's wrong o the matter? (stare)

    9) (funzionare) to go*, to work

    il libro sta andando bene — the book is selling (well); (essere di moda)

    ti va un gelato? — do you feel like o do you fancy an ice cream?

    l'esercizio va fatto — the exercise must be done; (essere, risultare)

    vacci piano, è delicato — be careful, it's delicate

    andarci pesante — (essere severo) to come on strong

    andarci pesante con — to be heavy on [ ingrediente]

    18) andare avanti (avanzare) to go* ahead, to go* along; (proseguire) to go* on, to keep* going; [ orologio] to run* fast, to be* fast
    19) andare bene (essere appropriato) to suit, to be* OK, to be* all right

    va benissimo! — that's great! (essere accettabile)

    quello che dice lui, va bene — what he says goes

    qualsiasi scusa andrà bene — any excuse will do; (calzare)

    quel vestito non mi va bene — that dress doesn't fit me; (essere adatto)

    la chiave va bene per questa serratura — the key fits this lock; (abbinarsi)

    andare bene insieme — [colori, mobili] to go together, to be a good match

    andare bene con — [colore, mobile] to go with; (svolgersi positivamente) [festa, operazione] to go well

    se tutto va bene — if all goes well, all being well

    mi è andata bene — I was lucky, it worked out well for me

    gli è andata bene che — it was just as well for him that; (riuscire)

    andare bene a scuola — to do well at school o in one's schoolwork

    andare bene in matematica — to be good at o to do well in maths

    andare contro le convinzioni di qcn. — to go against sb.'s beliefs

    21) andare a finire (avere un certo esito) to finish up, to wind* up colloq.

    va a finire che si fanno male — they'll end up hurting themselves; (venire a trovarsi)

    22) andare fuori to go* out

    andare a cena fuori — to dine out, to go out for dinner

    23) andare giù to go* down, to get* down; [ azioni] to go* down, to come* down

    non mi va giù — it sticks in my craw o throat (anche fig.)

    24) andare indietro to go* back, to get* back; [ orologio] to be* slow, to run* slow
    25) andare male (svolgersi negativamente) [affari, esame, colloquio] to go* badly; (non riuscire)

    andare male a scuola — to do badly o poorly at school

    26) andare su (salire) to go* up; (aumentare) [temperatura, prezzi] to go* up, to rise*
    27) andare via (partire) to go* away, to get* away, to leave*; (sparire)
    2.
    verbo pronominale andarsene
    1) (andare via, partire) to go* away, to get* away, to leave*, to go* off
    3) eufem. (morire) to go*, to pass away
    3.
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    andiamo! — (dai, muoviamoci) let's go! (su, suvvia) come on!

    va bene — (it's) all right, alright, good, OK, that's fine

    così va il mondo — that's how o the way it goes! that's the way the cookie crumbles colloq.

    va' al diavolo! o all'inferno! colloq. go to the devil o to hell! va' a farti fottere! volg. fuck you! o la va o la spacca! sink or swim! do or die! dimmi con chi vai e ti dirò chi sei — prov. you can tell a man by the company he keeps

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    Note:
    Oltre ai molti significati e usi idiomatici del verbo andare, ampiamente trattati nella voce qui sotto, vanno sottolineate le differenze tra inglese e italiano quando andare è seguito da un altro verbo. - Andare + a + infinito è reso in inglese con to go seguito da un sintagma preposizionale ( andare a fare una passeggiata = to go for a walk), da to + infinito ( è andata a prendere del vino = she's gone to get some wine), dal gerundio ( andare a sciare = to go skiing) oppure da un verbo coordinato con and ( andai a rispondere al telefono = I went and answered the phone). - Quando andare è seguito in italiano da un verbo al gerundio, va reso con to be o to get: la mia salute va migliorando = my health is getting better, i nemici si andavano avvicinando = the enemies were approaching. - Quando andare è seguito da un verbo al participio passato, esso va reso con il passivo di dovere o con un semplice passivo: va fatto subito = it must be done immediately, le tasse vanno pagate = taxes must be payed, i miei bagagli andarono perduti all'aeroporto = my luggage was lost at the airport
    II [an'dare]
    sostantivo maschile

    tutto questo andare e venire — all this toing and froing, all these comings and goings

    con l'andare del tempo — as time goes by, with the passing of time

    fa errori a tutto andare — (a tutto spiano) he makes one mistake after another

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    andare1
    /an'dare/ [6]
    Oltre ai molti significati e usi idiomatici del verbo andare, ampiamente trattati nella voce qui sotto, vanno sottolineate le differenze tra inglese e italiano quando andare è seguito da un altro verbo. - Andare + a + infinito è reso in inglese con to go seguito da un sintagma preposizionale ( andare a fare una passeggiata = to go for a walk), da to + infinito ( è andata a prendere del vino = she's gone to get some wine), dal gerundio ( andare a sciare = to go skiing) oppure da un verbo coordinato con and ( andai a rispondere al telefono = I went and answered the phone). - Quando andare è seguito in italiano da un verbo al gerundio, va reso con to be o to get: la mia salute va migliorando = my health is getting better, i nemici si andavano avvicinando = the enemies were approaching. - Quando andare è seguito da un verbo al participio passato, esso va reso con il passivo di dovere o con un semplice passivo: va fatto subito = it must be done immediately, le tasse vanno pagate = taxes must be payed, i miei bagagli andarono perduti all'aeroporto = my luggage was lost at the airport.
     (aus. essere)
     1 (spostarsi, muoversi) to go*; dove vai? where are you going? where are you off to? andare a Roma, negli Stati Uniti, in Spagna to go to Rome, to the (United) States, to Spain; andare in città, in campagna, al mare to go to town, to the country, to the seaside; andare a casa to go home; andare verso casa, verso sud to go o head homeward(s), south; andare in treno, aereo to go by train, plane; andare a piedi to walk, to go on foot; andare in macchina to drive, to go by car; non so andare in bicicletta I can't ride a bicycle; andare a cavallo to ride (a horse); andando al mercato... on the way to the market...; vado e torno I'll be back in a minute o right back; vado io! (a rispondere alla porta) I'll get it!
     2 (andare via, partire) to go*; devo andare I must go o be going; andare in vacanza to go on holiday
     3 (per indicare attività svolte regolarmente) andare a scuola, al lavoro to go to school, work; andare a pesca, a sciare to go fishing, skiing; andare dal dottore, dal parrucchiere to go to the doctor's, hairdresser's; andare in o all'ospedale to go to hospital BE o the hospital AE
     4 (seguito da a + infinito) andare a fare una passeggiata to go for a walk; andare a fare un viaggio to go on a journey; è andato a prendere del vino he's gone to get some wine; va' a dirle che... go and tell her that...; andare a fare spese to go shopping; (enfatico) è andato a dirlo a tutti! he's gone and told everybody! va' a sapere! don't ask me! who knows? va' a capirci qualcosa! just try and work that out!
     5 (procedere con un veicolo) andare veloce, a 50 km/h to drive fast, to travel at 50 km/h
     6 (portare) [strada, corridoio] to go*, to lead* (a to); [treno, ecc.] to go* (a to), to be* bound (a for); andare a sud [ strada] to head o bear south
     7 (finire) andare in terra to fall on the floor o to the ground; andare fuori strada to go o swerve off the road
     8 (procedere) com'è andata la serata? how did the evening go? come vanno gli affari? how's business? come va la scuola? how are things at school? cosa c'è che non va? what's wrong o the matter? (stare) come va il piede? how's your foot?
     9 (funzionare) to go*, to work; la sua macchina ha qualcosa che non va there's something wrong with her car; andare a benzina to run on petrol
     10 (vendersi) il libro sta andando bene the book is selling (well); (essere di moda) quest'inverno vanno (di moda) i cappotti lunghi the fashion is for long coats this winter
     11 (piacere) ti va un gelato? do you feel like o do you fancy an ice cream? oggi non mi va di studiare today I don't feel like studying
     12 (calzare) questa gonna mi va stretta this skirt is a tight fit
     13 (dover essere collocato) to go*; dove vanno questi piatti? where do these plates go? (essere utilizzabile) il piatto non va in forno the dish is not ovenproof
     14 (di età) va per i quaranta he's going on forty
     15 (con il gerundio) andare migliorando to be getting better o improving; la situazione va complicandosi the situation is getting more and more complicated
     16 (seguito da participio passato) (dover essere) l'esercizio va fatto the exercise must be done; (essere, risultare) i bagagli andarono perduti the luggage was lost
     17 andarci andarci piano con to go easy o light on [ alcolici]; vacci piano, è delicato be careful, it's delicate; vacci piano! easy does it! andarci pesante (essere severo) to come on strong; andarci pesante con to be heavy on [ ingrediente]
     18 andare avanti (avanzare) to go* ahead, to go* along; (proseguire) to go* on, to keep* going; [ orologio] to run* fast, to be* fast; non si può andare avanti così! this really won't do!
     19 andare bene (essere appropriato) to suit, to be* OK, to be* all right; non va per niente bene that's not good at all; hai visto qualcosa che possa andare bene? did you see anything suitable? (essere gradito, stare bene) lunedì (ti) va bene? does Monday suit you? mi va bene it suits me fine; va benissimo! that's great! (essere accettabile) quello che dice lui, va bene what he says goes; qualsiasi scusa andrà bene any excuse will do; (calzare) quel vestito non mi va bene that dress doesn't fit me; (essere adatto) la chiave va bene per questa serratura the key fits this lock; (abbinarsi) andare bene insieme [colori, mobili] to go together, to be a good match; andare bene con [colore, mobile] to go with; (svolgersi positivamente) [festa, operazione] to go well; va tutto bene? is everything all right? are you OK? se tutto va bene if all goes well, all being well; mi è andata bene I was lucky, it worked out well for me; gli è andata bene che it was just as well for him that; (riuscire) andare bene a scuola to do well at school o in one's schoolwork; andare bene in matematica to be good at o to do well in maths
     20 andare contro (infrangere) andare contro la legge to break the law; andare contro le convinzioni di qcn. to go against sb.'s beliefs
     21 andare a finire (avere un certo esito) to finish up, to wind* up colloq.; andare a finire bene to turn out well; va a finire che si fanno male they'll end up hurting themselves; (venire a trovarsi) dov'è andata a finire la mia penna? where has my pen got to? where did my pen go? non so dove vanno a finire tutti i miei soldi! I don't know where all my money goes (to)!
     22 andare fuori to go* out; andare a cena fuori to dine out, to go out for dinner
     23 andare giù to go* down, to get* down; [ azioni] to go* down, to come* down; non mi va giù it sticks in my craw o throat (anche fig.)
     24 andare indietro to go* back, to get* back; [ orologio] to be* slow, to run* slow
     25 andare male (svolgersi negativamente) [affari, esame, colloquio] to go* badly; (non riuscire) andare male a scuola to do badly o poorly at school; andare male in matematica to be bad at maths
     26 andare su (salire) to go* up; (aumentare) [temperatura, prezzi] to go* up, to rise*
     27 andare via (partire) to go* away, to get* away, to leave*; (sparire) la macchia non va via the stain won't come out
    II andarsene verbo pronominale
     1 (andare via, partire) to go* away, to get* away, to leave*, to go* off; vattene! get out! go away!
     2 (sparire) ecco che se ne vanno le mie possibilità di vittoria! there go my chances of winning! questo raffreddore non vuole andare this cold just won't go away
     3 eufem. (morire) to go*, to pass away
    III andarne verbo impersonale
      (essere in gioco) ne va della mia reputazione my reputation is at stake
    ma va' là! you don't say! andiamo! (dai, muoviamoci) let's go! (su, suvvia) come on! comunque vada whatever happens; vada come vada whatever! come va la vita? how's life (treating you)? va bene (it's) all right, alright, good, OK, that's fine; va da sé it goes without saying; così va il mondo that's how o the way it goes! that's the way the cookie crumbles colloq.; va' a quel paese drop dead! get lost! va' al diavolo! o all'inferno! colloq. go to the devil o to hell! va' a farti fottere! volg. fuck you! o la va o la spacca! sink or swim! do or die! dimmi con chi vai e ti dirò chi sei prov. you can tell a man by the company he keeps.
    ————————
    andare2
    /an'dare/
    sostantivo m.
    tutto questo andare e venire all this toing and froing, all these comings and goings; con l'andare del tempo as time goes by, with the passing of time; a lungo andare in the long run o term; a tutto andare (a tutta velocità) at top speed; fa errori a tutto andare (a tutto spiano) he makes one mistake after another.

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  • 103 happy

    ['hæpɪ]
    adj
    1) счастливый, довольный, испытывающий удовольствие, испытывающий наслаждение

    She was none too happy about her son. — Она беспокоилась за сына. /Ей было не спокойно за сына.

    She was happy packing for the trip. — Она с удовольствием укладывала вещи для поездки.

    I'm happy you could come. — Я рад, что вы смогли прийти.

    He was quite happy about his new teacher. — Он был вполне доволен своим новым учителем.

    - happy day
    - happy life
    - happy future     - happy birthday
    - happy at the news
    - happy at the results
    - happy at smb's promise
    - happy about visiting him
    - happy about working here
    - happy about it
    - happy about the future
    - happy at doing smth
    - happy at hearing the news
    - happy about having bought the hat
    - be happy at smth
    - look happy
    - make smb happy
    - be happy to do smth
    - happy to do smth
    - happy to see you
    2) удачный, счастливый, везучий

    Happy for you to find me home. — Вам повезло, что вы застали меня дома.

    Hhe was happy about the choice. — Ей повезло в выборе.

    It was happy for you that you found a good doctor. — Вам посчастливилось найти хорошего врача.

    - happy choice
    - happy translation
    - happy thought
    - happy suggestion
    - be happy
    - be happy in everything
    •
    USAGE:
    (1.) Русским словосочетаниям "счастливый человек" (в значении "человек, которому везет, у которого все удачно складывается") соответствует в английском языке a lucky man; "счастливый билет (день, номер)" a lucky ticket (day, number). Прилагательное happy соответствует русскому прилагательному "счастливый" только в значении "довольный (положением дел, жизнью)", рад что-либо сделать: I am happy to help you. Я рад Вам помочь. (2.) Прилагательное happy входит в группу слов, описывающих степень душевного, внутреннего состояния человека, которые часто употребляются с глаголами to feel и to look и образуют следующие ряды (от наивысшей до самой низкой степени): joyful, radian - радостный, сияющий; happy, cheerful, jolly - счастливый, бодрый, веселый; light-hearted - беззаботный; conten(ed) with smth - довольный/довольствующийся (чем-либо); dissatisfied with, moody, discontented - неудовлетворенный, не в настроении, недовольный; sad, unhappy - несчастный, грустный; gloomy - хмурый, мрачный; miserable, wretched - несчастный, жалкий: He looks/feels miserable. Он чувствует себя/выглядит несчастным. (3.) Happy употребляется при поздравлении с праздниками, при выражении пожеланий: A Happy New Year! Поздравляю с Новым Годом! Happy birthday! /Many happy returns of the day! Поздравляю с днем рождения! I wish you a happy journey. Желаю Вам доброго пути. (4.) See congratulate, v (5.) See lucky, a ASSOCIATIONS AND IMAGERY: Ощущение надежды и счастья ассоциируется с подъемом, понятием "вврерх" и яркими красками, о чем свидетельствуют следующие примеры: The news lifted his spirits. Его настроение улучшилось/поднялось от этого известия. Things are looking up. Положение, видимо, улучшается. Cheer up! Бодрись! /Все будет хорошо. My spirits rose when I got her letter. Я получил ее письмо, и мое настроение улучшилось/поднялось. I've been walking/floating on air ever since. С тех пор я нахожусь на седьмом небе. I was over the moon/in seventh heaven/on top of the world/on cloud nine when rgey told me. Когда мне об этом сказали, я прямо воспарил/был на седьмом небе от радости. I felt as high as a kite. От счастья я парила в облаках. The future looks very bright/rosy. Будущее рисуется мне в розовых/радужных тонах. She brightened up when she heard the news. Она просияла, услышав эту новость. The bride looked radiant. Невеста сияла от счастья

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  • 104 bonae

    bŏnus (old form dŭonus, Carm. Sall. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Mull.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 67 Mull.), a, um, adj. [for duonus, cf. bellum, bis, and cf. root dvi-; hence deidô, deos], good; comp. melior, us [cf. Gr. mala, mallon], better; sup. optimus ( optumus, ante-class. and often class.) [root opof ops, opes; cf. copia, apiscor], best.
    I.
    Attributively.
    A.
    As adjunct of nouns denoting persons.
    1.
    Vir bonus.
    (α).
    A man morally good (kalos kagathos):

    quoniam boni me viri pauperant, improbi alunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:

    omnibus virtutibus instructos et ornatos tum sapientes, tum viros bonos dicimus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28:

    ille vir bonus qui... intolerabili dolore lacerari potius quam aut officium prodat aut fidem,

    id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

    sive vir bonus est is qui prodest quibus potest, nocet nemini, certe istum virum bonum non facile reperimus,

    id. Off. 3, 15, 64:

    qui se ita gerunt ut eorum probitas, fides, integritas, etc.... hos viros bonos... appellandos putemus,

    id. Lael. 5, 19:

    non intellegunt se de callido homine loqui, non de bono viro,

    id. Att. 7, 2, 4:

    ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 12:

    nec enim melior vir fuit Africano quisquam, nec clarior,

    id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 14, 41; 1, 18, 48; id. Planc. 4, 9; id. Par. 3, 1, 21; id. Marcell. 6, 20; id. Fam. 7, 21; id. Off. 2, 16, 57.—
    (β).
    An honest man:

    justitia, ex qua viri boni nominantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21; 1, 44, 155; 2, 11, 39; 2, 12, 42; 2, 20, 71;

    3, 12, 50: cum is sponsionem fecisset ni vir bonus esset,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 77:

    quoniam Demosthenes nec vir bonus esset, nec bene meritus de civitate,

    id. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116.—
    (γ).
    A man of good standing in the community:

    id viri boni arbitratu deducetur,

    Cato, R. R. 143; so id. ib. 149:

    tuam partem viri bono arbitratu... dari oportet,

    Dig. 17, 1, [p. 244] 35;

    37, 6, 2, § 2: quem voles virum bonum nominato,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55:

    vir bonus est... quo res sponsore, et quo causae teste tenentur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40.—Hence, ironically of wealthy men:

    praetores jus dicunt, aediles ludos parant, viri boni usuras perscribunt,

    Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3.—
    (δ).
    Ironically of bad men:

    sed eccum lenonem Lycum, bonum virum,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 52; Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 9; 4, 3, 18; id. Ad. 3, 4, 30:

    expectabam quinam isti viri boni testes hujus manifesto deprehensi veneni dicerentur,

    Cic. Cael. 26, 63:

    nam socer ejus, vir multum bonus est,

    id. Agr. 3, 3, 13;

    so especially in addresses (mostly comic.): age tu, illuc procede, bone vir!

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 1; id. Curc. 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 4, 7, 48; id. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 3, 5, 10; 5, 2, 5; id. Ad. 4, 2, 17; id. Eun. 5, 2, 11:

    quid tu, vir optime? Ecquid habes quod dicas?

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104.—
    (ε).
    Sometimes boni viri = boni, in the sense of optimates (v. I. A. 3.):

    bonis viris quid juris reliquit tribunatus C. Gracchi?

    Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.—
    (ζ).
    As a conventional courtesy:

    homines optimi non intellegunt, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:

    bone accusator,

    id. Rosc. Am. 21, 58:

    sic illum amicum vocasti, quomodo omnes candidatos bonos viros dicimus,

    gentlemen, Sen. Ep. 3, 1.—For bonus vir, a good husband, v. 3.; and for vir optimus, as a laudatory epithet, v. 5.—
    2.
    Boni homines (rare) = boni, better classes of society, v. II. A. 3:

    in foro infimo boni homines atque dites ambulant,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14.—
    3.
    With nouns denoting persons in regard to their functions, offices, occupations, and qualities, denoting excellence:

    bonus consul,

    Liv. 4, 40, 6; 22, 39, 2 (different: consules duos, bonos quidem, sed dumtaxat bonos, amisimus, consuls of good sentiments, almost = bad consuls, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 3, 4):

    boni tribuni plebis,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 25:

    bonus senator,

    id. Prov. Cons. 15, 37:

    senator bonus,

    id. Dom. 4, 8:

    bonus judex,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 34:

    bonus augur (ironically),

    id. Phil. 2, 32, 80:

    bonus vates,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 27:

    bonus imperator,

    Sall. C. 60, 4:

    bonus dux,

    Quint. 12, 1, 43 (cf. trop.:

    naturam, optimam ducem,

    the best guide, Cic. Sen. 2, 5):

    bonus miles,

    Sall. C. 60, 4; Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:

    bonus orator,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

    optimus orator,

    id. Opt. Gen. 1, 3:

    poeta bonus,

    id. de Or. 1, 3, 11; 2, 46, 194; id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

    scriptor bonus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 104:

    bonus advocatus,

    id. 5, 13, 10:

    bonus defensor,

    id. 5, 13, 3:

    bonus altercator,

    a good debater, id. 6, 4, 10:

    bonus praeceptor,

    id. 5, 13, 44; 10, 5, 22:

    bonus gubernator,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

    optimus opifex,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 133:

    sutor bonus,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 125:

    actor optimus,

    Cic. Sest. 57, 122:

    cantor optimus est modulator,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 130:

    melior gladiator,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 33: agricola (colonus, dominus) bonus, Cato, R. R. prooem.; Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    bonus paterfamilias,

    a thrifty head of the house, Nep. Att. 13, 1:

    bonus servus,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 58; id. Am. 2, 1, 46; id. Men. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Mil. 22, 58:

    dominus bonus,

    Cato, R. R. 14:

    bonus custos,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38.—Ironically, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57:

    filius bonus,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 9:

    patres,

    Quint. 11, 3, 178:

    parens,

    id. 6, prooem. 4: bonus (melior, optimus), viz. a good husband, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51 sq.; Liv. 1, 9, 15:

    uxor melior,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    amicus,

    id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:

    amicus optimus,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 18:

    optimus testis,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:

    auctor, in two senses,

    good authority, id. Att. 5, 12, 3;

    and = bonus scriptor (post-class.),

    Quint. 10, 1, 74.—Esp.:

    bonus civis (rarely civis bonus): in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint: talem enim solemus et sentire bonum civem et dicere, Cic.-Off. 1, 34, 124: eaque est summa ratio et sapientia boni civis, commoda civium non divellere, atque omnes aequitate eadem continere,

    id. ib. 2, 23, 83:

    eum esse civem et fidelem et bonum,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; 1, 9, 10; 3, 12, 1; 6, 6, 11; id. Off. 1, 44, 155; Liv. 22, 39, 3; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 10 Dietsch:

    optimus et fortissimus civis,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; id. Sest. 17, 39.—
    4.
    Bonus and optimus as epithets of the gods.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    sed te bonus Mercurius perdat,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 23:

    fata... bonique divi,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 38:

    divis orte bonis,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 1:

    O bone deus!

    Scrib. Comp. 84 fin.: BONORVM DEORVM, Inscr. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84: totidem, pater optime, dixi, Tu mihi da cives, referring to Jupiter, Ov. M. 7, 627.—
    (β).
    Optimus Maximus, a standing epithet of Jupiter:

    (Juppiter) a majoribus nostris Optimus Maximus (nominatur), et quidem ante optimus, id est beneficentissimus, quam Maximus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64:

    Jovem optimum et maximum ob eas res appellant, non quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 3, 36, 87:

    in templo Jovis Optimi Maximi,

    id. Sest. 56, 129; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 22:

    nutu Jovis Optimi Maximi,

    id. Cat. 3, 9, 21; Liv. 1, 12, 7; id. 6, 16, 2.—
    (γ).
    Di boni, O di boni, expressing indignation, sorrow, or surprise:

    di boni, hunc visitavi antidhac!

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 16:

    di boni, boni quid porto!

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 1:

    di boni, quid hoc morbi est,

    id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 13; id. Ad. 3, 3, 86:

    alter, O di boni, quam taeter incedebat!

    Cic. Sest. 8, 19; id. Brut. 84, 288; id. Phil. 2, 8, 20; 2, 32, 80; id. Att. 1, 16, 5; 14, 21, 2; Val. Max. 3, 5, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 3.—
    (δ).
    Bona Dea, etc., v. 6.—
    5.
    Optimus as a laudatory epithet.
    (α).
    Vir optimus:

    per vos nobis, per optimos viros optimis civibus periculum inferre conantur,

    Cic. Sest. 1, 2:

    virum optimum et constantissimum M. Cispium,

    id. ib. 35, 76:

    fratrem meum, virum optimum, fortissimum,

    id. ib.:

    consolabor hos praesentes, viros optimos,

    id. Balb. 19, 44; id. Planc. 21, 51; 23, 55; id. Mil. 14, 38; id. Marcell. 4, 10; id. Att. 5, 1, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 53.—
    (β).
    Femina bona, optima:

    tua conjunx bona femina,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

    hujus sanctissimae feminae atque optimae pater,

    id. ib. —
    (γ).
    Senex, pater, frater, etc.:

    optimus: parentes ejus, prudentissimi atque optimi senis,

    Cic. Planc. 41, 97:

    insuevit pater optimus hoc me,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 105; 2, 1, 12:

    C. Marcelli, fratris optimi,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 6 (8), 2; 2, 4, 2.—
    (δ).
    With proper names ( poet.):

    optimus Vergilius,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 54:

    Maecenas optimus,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 27:

    optime Quinti,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 1.—
    (ε).
    Esp. as an epithet of the Roman emperors:

    quid tam civile, tam senatorium quam illud, additum a nobis Optimi cognomen?

    Plin. Pan. 2, 7:

    gratias, inquit, ago, optime Princeps!

    Sen. Tranq. 14. 4:

    ex epistula optimi imperatoris Antonini,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 102; cf.:

    bene te patriae pater optime Caesar,

    Ov. F. 2, 637:

    optime Romulae Custos gentis,

    Hor. C. 4, 5, 1.—
    6.
    Bonus and Bona, names of deities.
    (α).
    Bona Dea, the goddess of Chastity, whose temple could not be entered by males (cf. Macr. S. 1, 12; Lact. 1, 22):

    Bonae Deae pulvinaribus,

    Cic. Pis. 39, 95; id. Mil. 31, 86; id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; cf.

    in mal. part.,

    Juv. 2, 86 sq.; 6, 314 sq.; 6, 335 sq.—
    (β).
    Bonus Eventus, Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.; Amm. 29, 6, 19; Inscr. Orell. 907; 1780 sq.—
    (γ).
    Bona Fortuna:

    si bona Fortuna veniat, ne intromiseris,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 22:

    Bonae Fortunae (signum),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 7:

    FORTVNAE BONAE DOMESTICAE,

    Inscr. Orell. 1743 sq. —
    (δ).
    Bona Spes:

    Spes Bona, obsecro, subventa mihi,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 12:

    BONAE SPEI,

    Aug. Inscr. Grut. 1075, 1.—
    (ε).
    BONA MENS, Inscr. Orell. 1818 sqq.:

    Mens Bona, si qua dea es, tua me in sacraria dono,

    Prop. 3, 24, 19.
    B.
    With nouns denoting things.
    1.
    Things concrete, denoting excellence:

    navis bona dicitur non quae pretiosis coloribus picta est... sed stabilis et firma,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

    gladium bonum dices, non cui auratus est balteus, etc., sed cui et ad secandum subtilis acies est, et, etc.,

    id. ib. 76, 14:

    id vinum erit lene et bono colore,

    Cato, R. R. 109; Lucr. 2, 418; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 9:

    tabulas... collocare in bono lumine,

    Cic. Brut. 75, 261: ex quavis olea oleum... bonum fieri potest. Cato, R. R. 3:

    per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato,

    id. ib. 73; cf.:

    bonae aquae, ironically compared to wine,

    Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 28:

    praedium bonum caelum habeat,

    good temperature, Cato, R. R. 1:

    bona tempestate,

    in good weather, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

    (praedium) solo bono valeat,

    by good soil, Cato, R. R. 1:

    bonae (aedes) cum curantur male,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24:

    villam bonam,

    Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:

    bonus pons,

    Cat. 17, 5:

    scyphi optimi (= optime facti),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:

    perbona toreumata,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 18, §

    38: bona domicilia,

    comfortable residences, id. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

    agrum Meliorem nemo habet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:

    fundum meliorem,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: fundos optimos et fructuosissimos, id. Agr. 3, 4, 14:

    equus melior,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    bona cena,

    Cat. 13, 3:

    boni nummi,

    good, not counterfeit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144; Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:

    super omnia vultus accessere boni,

    good looks, Ov. M. 8, 678:

    mulier bona forma,

    of a fine form, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 13:

    equus formae melioris,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 52:

    tam bona cervix, simul ac jussero, demetur,

    fine, beautiful, Suet. Calig. 33:

    fruges bonae,

    Cat. 34, 19:

    ova suci melioris,

    of better flavor, Hor. S. 2, 4, 13.— Trop.:

    animus aequus optimum est aerumnae condimentum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 71: bona dextra, a lucky hand (cf.:

    bonum omen, 2. e.),

    Quint. 6, 3, 69:

    scio te bona esse voce, ne clama nimis,

    good, sound, loud voice, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 43; so,

    bona firmaque vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 13.—
    2.
    Things abstract.
    a.
    Of physical well-being:

    ut si qui neget sine bona valetudine posse bene vivi,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 2; Lucr. 3, 102; Val. Max. 2, 5, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 26; 11, 2, 35 et saep.:

    non bonus somnus de prandio est,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 8:

    bona aetas,

    prime of life, Cic. Sen. 14, 48:

    optima aetate,

    id. Fam. 10, 3, 3.—Ironically:

    bona, inquis, aetate, etc.,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 1.—
    b.
    Of the mind and soul:

    meliore esse sensu,

    Cic. Sest. 21, 47:

    optima indoles,

    id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:

    bona conscientia,

    Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5:

    bono ingenio me esse ornatam quam auro multo mavolo,

    with a good heart, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 91; id. Stich. 1, 21, 59; Sall. C. 10, 5:

    mens melior,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 78; Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Liv. 39, 16, 5; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 4; id. Ep. 10, 4; Pers. 2, 8; Petr. 61.—Personified, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 19; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 31:

    duos optimae indolis filios,

    Val. Max. 5, 7, 2; Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 6; Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    bonum consilium,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6; id. Rud. 4, 3, 18; Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    bona voluntas,

    a good purpose, Quint. 12, 11, 31:

    memoria bona,

    Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    bona ratio cum perdita... confligit,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

    bonae rationes,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 50:

    pronuntiatio bona,

    Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—
    c.
    Of moral relations:

    ego si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71; Cic. Sest. 66, 139; Liv. 6, 11, 7; Hor. S. 1, 2, 61 (cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1;

    v. e. infra): si ego in causa tam bona cessi tribuni plebis furori,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; id. Planc. 36, 87; Ov. M. 5, 220:

    fac, sis, bonae frugi sies,

    of good, regular habits, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 35; id. Cas. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 19; id. Ps. 1, 5, 53; id. Truc. 1, 1, 13; id. Capt. 5, 2, 3 sq. (v. frux, II. B. 1. b.): vilicus disciplina bona utatur. Cato, R. R. 5:

    bona studia,

    moral pursuits, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:

    quidquid vita meliore parasti,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 15: ad spem mortis melioris, an honorable death; so as an epithet of religious exercises:

    Juppiter, te bonas preces precor,

    Cato, R. R. 134; 139.—
    d.
    Of external, artistic, and literary value and usefulness:

    bono usui estis nulli,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15:

    Optumo optume optumam operam das,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 122:

    bonam dedistis mihi operam,

    a valuable service to me, id. Poen. 2, 3, 70; 3, 6, 11; id. Pers. 4, 7, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 11 (in a different sense: me bona opera aut mala Tibi inventurum esse auxilium argentarium, by fair or unfair means, id. Ps. 1, 1, 102;

    v. e. infra): optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis... gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    bonum otium,

    valuable leisure, Sall. C. 4, 1:

    bonis versibus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    versus meliores,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 81:

    meliora poemata,

    Hor. A. P. 303:

    in illa pro Ctesiphonte oratione longe optima,

    Cic. Or. 8, 26:

    optimas fabulas,

    id. Off. 1, 31, 114:

    melius munus,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 7.—
    e.
    Favorable, prosperous, lucky, fortunate:

    de Procilio rumores non boni,

    unfavorable rumors, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 5:

    bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est,

    about their success in the war, id. ib. 7, 26, 1:

    si fuisset in discipulo comparando meliore fortuna,

    id. Pis. 29, 71; cf.

    fortuna optima esse,

    to be in the best pecuniary circumstances, id. ad Brut. 1, 1, 2:

    occasio tam bona,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:

    senex est eo meliore condicione quam adulesoens cum, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 19, 68; id. Fam. 4, 32:

    bona navigatio,

    id. N. D. 3, 34, 83;

    esp. in phrase bona spes.—Object.: ergo in iis adulescentibus bonam spem esse dicemus et magnam indolem quos, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117.—Subject.:

    ego sum spe bona,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 3; id. Cat. 2, 11, 25; [p. 245] id. Att. 14, 1 a, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:

    optima spe,

    id. Fam. 12, 11, 2.—Pregn., = spes bonarum rerum, Sall. C. 21, 1;

    v. C. 1. c. infra: meliora responsa,

    more favorable, Liv. 7, 21, 6:

    melior interpretatio,

    Tac. H. 3, 65:

    cum laude et bonis recordationibus,

    id. A. 4, 38:

    amnis Doctus iter melius,

    i. e. less injurious, Hor. A. P. 68:

    omen bonum,

    a good, lucky omen, Cic. Pis. 13, 31; cf.

    Liv. praef. § 13: melius omen,

    Ov. F. 1, 221;

    optimum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2:

    bona scaeva,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 24:

    auspicio optumo,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 6; cf.:

    memini bene, sed meliore Tempore dicam = opportuniore tempore,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 68.—
    f.
    Of public affairs, si mihi bona re publica frui non licuerit, Cic. Mil. 34, 93:

    optima res publica,

    id. Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:

    minus bonis temporibus,

    id. Dom. 4, 8; so,

    optimis temporibus,

    id. Sest. 3, 6:

    nostrae res meliore loco videbantur,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 3, 1:

    lex optima,

    id. Pis. 16, 37; id. Sest. 64, 137; id. Phil, 1, 8, 19.—
    g.
    Good = large, considerable:

    bono atque amplo lucro,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 6:

    bona librorum copia,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 109; cf.:

    bona copia cornu,

    Ov. M. 9, 88; v. bona pars, C. 8. g.—
    h.
    Noble; with genus, good family, noble extraction, honorable birth: quali me arbitraris genere prognatum? Eu. Bono, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 35; so id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; 2, 1, 3; id. Pers. 4, 4, 94:

    si bono genere natus sit,

    Auct. Her. 3, 7, 13.—
    k.
    Referring to good-will, kindness, faithfulness, in certain phrases.
    (α).
    Bona venia or cum bona venia, with the kind permission of a person addressed, especially bona venia orare, expetere, etc.:

    primum abs te hoc bona venia expeto,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:

    bona tua venia dixerim,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:

    oravit bona venia Quirites, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 41, 3:

    obsecro vos.. bona venia vestra liceat, etc.,

    id. 6, 40, 10:

    cum bona venia quaeso audiatis, etc.,

    id. 29, 17, 6; Arn. c. Gent. 1, p. 5; cf.

    . sed des veniam bonus oro = venia bona oro,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 5.—
    (β).
    Bona pax, without quarrelling:

    bona pax sit potius,

    let us have no quarrel about that, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 7;

    so especially cum bona pace, or bona pace: Hannibal ad Alpis cum bona pace incolentium... pervenit,

    without a difficulty with the inhabitants, Liv. 21, 32, 6; 21, 24, 5; 1, 24, 3; 28, 37, 4; 8, 15, 1; cf.: si bonam (pacem) dederitis, = a fair peace, under acceptable conditions, id. 8, 21, 4.—
    (γ).
    Amicitia bona = bona fide servata, faithful, undisturbed friendship:

    igitur amicitia Masinissae bona atque honesta nobis permansit,

    Sall. J. 5, 5.—
    (δ).
    Bona societas, alliance:

    Segestes, memoria bonae societatis, impavidus,

    Tac. A. 1, 58.
    C.
    In particular phrases.
    1.
    Bonae res.
    a.
    = Vitae commoda, comforts of life, abstract or concrete:

    concedatur bonis rebus homines morte privari,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87:

    optimis rebus usus est,

    he had every most desirable thing, Nep. Att. 18, 1.—
    b.
    = Res secundae, opp. res adversae, prosperity:

    bonis rebus tuis, meas irrides malas,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:

    in bonis rebus,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 2. —
    c.
    Res bona = res familiaris bona, wealth ( poet.): in re bona esse, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4.—Also an object of value:

    homines quibus mala abunde omnia erant, sed neque res neque spes bona ulla,

    who had no property, nor the hope of any, Sall. C. 21, 1. —
    d.
    Costly things, articles of luxury:

    capere urbem in Arabia plenam bonarum rerum,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 46; 4, 4, 82:

    nimium rei bonae,

    id. Stich. 2, 3, 55:

    ignorantia bonarum rerum,

    Nep. Ages. 8, 5 ' bonis rebus gaudere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 110:

    re bona copiosum esse,

    Gell. 16, 19, 7.—
    e.
    Moral, morally good:

    illi cum res non bonas tractent,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 72:

    ut de virtutibus et vitiis, omninoque de bonis rebus et malis quaererent,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 15:

    quid habemus in rebus bonis et malis explorati?

    id. ib. 2, 42, 129; so id. Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Leg. 1, 22, 58:

    quae tamen omnia dulciora fuint et moribus bonis et artibus,

    id. Sen. 18, 65.—
    f.
    In literary composition, important or interesting matter, subjects, or questions:

    res bonas verbis electis dictas quis non legat?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8:

    studiis generorum, praesertim in re bona,

    Plaut. Am. 8, 26.—
    2.
    Bonae artes.
    (α).
    A good, laudable way of dealing:

    qui praeclari facinoris aut artis bonae famam quaerit,

    Sall. C. 2, 9:

    huic bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit,

    id. ib. 11, 2:

    quod is bonarum artium cupiens erat,

    Tac. A. 6, 46.—
    (β).
    Liberal arts and sciences:

    litteris aut ulli bonae arti,

    Quint. 12, 1, 7:

    conservate civem bonarum artium, bonarum partium, bonorum virorum,

    Cic. Sest. 32, 77. —Esp.:

    optimae artes: optimarum artium scientia,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 4; id. Ac. 2, 1, 1; id. Cael. 10, 24; id. Marcell. 1, 4.—
    3.
    Bona fides, or fides bona.
    a.
    Good faith, i. e. conscious honesty in acts or words: qui nummos fide bona solvit, who pays (the price of labor) in good faith, i. e. as it is honestly earned, Cato, R. R. 14:

    dic, bona fide, tu id aurum non subripuisti?

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46; 4, 10, 47; id. Capt. 4, 2, 111; id. Most. 3, 1, 137; id. Poen. 1, 3, 30; id. Pers. 4, 3, 16; id. Ps. 4, 6, 33:

    si tibi optima fide omnia concessit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144; Quint. 10, 3, 23.—Hence, bonae fidei vir, a conscientious man, Quint. 10, 7, 1.—
    b.
    Jurid. t. t.
    (α).
    Good faith in contracts and legal acts in general, opposed to dolus malus, honesty and fairness in dealing with another:

    ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere, notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67.—Hence, alienam rem bona fide emere, to buy, believing the seller to be the rightful owner, Dig. 41, 3, 10; 41, 3, 13, § 1. bonae fidei possessor (also possessio), believing that he is the rightful owner, ib. 5, 3, 25, § 11; 5, 3, 22; 41, 3, 15, § 2;

    41, 3, 24: conventio contra bonam fidem et mores bonos,

    ib. 16, 31, § 7: bonam fidem praestare, to be responsible for one ' s good faith, ib. 17, 1, 10 prooem.—Hence,
    (β).
    Bonae fidei actiones or judicia, actions in equity, i. e. certain classes of actions in which the strict civil law was set aside by the praetorian edict in favor of equity:

    actiones quaedam bonae fidei sunt, quaedam stricti juris. Bonae fidei sunt haec: exempto vendito, locato conducto, etc.,

    Just. Inst. 4, 6, 28, § 19.—In the republican time the praetor added in such actions to his formula for the judex the words ex fide bona, or, in full:

    quidquid dare facere oportet ex fide bona,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

    iste dolus malus et legibus erat vindicatus, et sine lege, judiciis in quibus additur ex fide bona,

    id. ib. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. ib. 3, 17, 70.—
    4.
    Bona verba.
    (α).
    Kind words:

    Bona verba quaeso,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 33.—
    (β).
    Words of good omen (v. omen):

    dicamus bona verba,

    Tib. 2, 2, 1:

    dicite suffuso ter bona verba mero,

    Ov. F. 2, 638.—
    (γ).
    Elegant or well-chosen expressions:

    quid est tam furiosum quam verborum vel optimorum atque ornatissimorum sonitus inanis,

    Cic. Or. 1, 12, 51:

    verborum bonorum cursu,

    id. Brut. 66, 233:

    omnia verba sunt alicubi optima,

    Quint. 10, 1, 9.—
    (δ).
    Moral sayings:

    non est quod contemnas bona verba et bonis cogitationibus plena praecordia,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 1. —
    5.
    Bona dicta.
    (α).
    Polite, courteous language:

    hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit leniter dictis bonis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 25.—
    (β).
    Witticisms ( bon-mots): flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi, quam bona dicta teneat, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 2, 54, 222:

    dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus quibus solebam menstruales epulas ante adipiscier,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22:

    ibo intro ad libros ut discam de dictis melioribus,

    id. Stich. 2, 3, 75.—
    6.
    Bona facta.
    (α).
    = bene facta (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.), laudable deeds:

    nobilitas ambobus et majorum bona facta (sc. erant),

    Tac. A. 3, 40.—
    (β).
    Bonum factum est, colloq., = bene est, bene factum est (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.):

    bonum factum est, ut edicta servetis mea,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 16:

    haec imperata quae sunt pro imperio histrico, bonum hercle factum (est) pro se quisque ut meminerit,

    id. ib. 45.— Hence,
    (γ).
    Elliptically, introducing commands which cannot be enforced, = if you will do so, it will be well:

    peregrinis in senatum allectis, libellus propositus est: bonum factum, ne quis senatori novo curiam monstrare velit,

    Suet. Caes. 80:

    et Chaldaeos edicere: bonum factum, ne Vitellius... usquam esset,

    id. Vit. 14:

    hac die Carthaginem vici: bonum factum, in Capitolium eamus, et deos supplicemus,

    Aur. Vict. 49; cf.:

    o edictum, cui adscribi non poterit bonum factum,

    Tert. Pud. 1.—
    7.
    Bona gratia.
    (α).
    A friendly understanding:

    cur non videmus inter nos haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17; so,

    per gratiam bonam abire,

    to part with good feelings, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 33.—In jest: sine bona gratia abire, of things cast away, Plaut Truc. 2, 7, 15.—
    (β).
    Pleon., in the phrase bonam gratiam habere, = gratiam habere, to thank (v. B. 2. k.), Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 32; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 99.—
    8.
    Bona pars.
    (α).
    The well-disposed part of a body of persons:

    ut plerumque fit, major pars (i. e. of the senate) meliorem vicit,

    Liv. 21, 4, 1:

    pars melior senatus ad meliora responsa trahere,

    id. 7, 21, 6.—
    (β).
    The good party, i. e. the optimates (gen. in plur.):

    civem bonarum partium,

    Cic. Sest. 32, 77:

    (fuit) meliorum partium aliquando,

    id. Cael. 6, 13:

    qui sibi gratiam melioris partis velit quaesitam,

    Liv. 2, 44, 3.—Paronom.: (Roscius) semper partium in re publica tam quam in scaena optimarum, i. e. party and part in a drama, Cic. Sest. 56, 120.—
    (γ).
    Of things or persons, a considerable part (cf. a good deal):

    bonam partem ad te adtulit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 43:

    bonam partem sermonis in hunc diem esse dilatam,

    Cic. Or. 2, 3, 14:

    bonam magnamque partem exercitus,

    Val. Max. 5, 2, ext. 4:

    bona pars noctium,

    Quint. 12, 11, 19:

    bona pars hominum,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:

    meae vocis... bona pars,

    id. C. 4, 2, 46; so id. A. P. 297; Ov. P. 1, 8, 74:

    melior pars diei,

    Verg. A. 9, 156.—
    (δ).
    Rarely, and mostly eccl. Lat.: optima pars, the best part or lot:

    nostri melior pars animus est,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, prooem. § 14; cf.:

    quae pars optima est in homine,

    best, most valuable, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 67:

    major pars aetatis, certe melior reipublicae data sit,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 1:

    Maria optimam partem elegit, quae non auferetur ab ea,

    Vulg. Luc. 10, 42.—
    (ε).
    Adverb.:

    bonam partem = ex magna parte,

    Lucr. 6, 1249.—
    (ζ).
    Aliquem in optimam partem cognoscere, to know somebody from his most favorable side, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46: aliquid in optimam partem accipere, to take something in good part, interpret it most favorably:

    Caesar mihi ignoscit quod non venerim, seseque in optimam partem id accipere dicit,

    id. Att. 10, 3 a, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 3:

    quaeso ut hoc in bonam partem accipias,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 45.—
    9.
    Dies bonus or bona.
    (α).
    A day of good omen, a fortunate day (= dies laetus, faustus):

    tum tu igitur die bono, Aphrodisiis, addice, etc.,

    Plaut. Poen. 2, 49:

    nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die,

    Ov. F. 1, 72.—
    (β).
    A beautiful, serene day, Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 3.—
    10.
    Bonus mos.
    (α).
    Boni mores, referring to individuals, good, decent, moral habits:

    nihil est amabilius quam morum similitudo bonorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56:

    nam hic nimium morbus mores invasit bonos,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 6:

    domi militiaeque boni mores colebantur,

    Sall. C. 9, 1:

    propter ejus suavissimos et optimos mores,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:

    cum per tot annos matronae optimis moribus vixerint,

    Liv. 34, 6, 9:

    mores meliores,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 18.—
    (β).
    Bonus mos or boni mores, in the abstract, morality, the laws, rules of morality: ei vos morigerari mos bonu'st, it is a rule of morality that you should, etc., Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 4:

    ex optimo more et sanctissima disciplina,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69:

    neglegentia boni moris,

    Sen. Ep. 97, 1.—Jurid. t. t.:

    conventio, mandatum contra bonos mores,

    in conflict with morality, Quint. 3, 1, 57; Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 7; Gai. Inst. 3, 157 et saep. —
    11.
    Adverbial phrases.
    a.
    Bono animo esse, or bonum animum habere.
    (α).
    To be of good cheer or courage:

    bono animo es! Liberabit ille te homo,

    Plaut. Merc 3, 1, 33; so id. Aul. 4, 10, 61; id. Mil. 4, 8, 32; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4; id. Heaut. 4, 6, 18; id. Ad. 2, 4, 20; 3, 5, 1; 4, 2, 4; 4, 5, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 72:

    animo bono es,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 103; id. Am. 2, 2, 48; 5, 2, 1:

    bono animo es, inquit Scrofa, et fiscinam expedi,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 26:

    bono animo sint et tui et mei familiares,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1; 6, 10, 29:

    bono animo esse jubere eam consul,

    Liv. 39, 13, 7:

    habe modo bonum animum,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 58; so id. Am. 1, 3, 47; id. Truc. 2, 6, 44; id. Aul. 2, 2, 15:

    habe animum bonum,

    id. Cas. 2, 6, 35; id. Ep. 2, 2, 1; 4, 2, 31:

    bonum animum habe,

    Liv. 45, 8, 5:

    clamor ortus ut bonum animum haberet,

    id. 8, 32, 1; so Sen. Ep. 87, 38.—
    (β).
    Bono animo esse, or facere aliquid, to be of a good or friendly disposition, or to do with good, honest intentions:

    audire jubet vos imperator histricus, bonoque ut animo sedeant in subselliis qui, etc.,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 5: sunt enim (consules) [p. 246] optimo animo, summo consilio, of the best disposition, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:

    bono te animo tum populus Romanus... dicere existimavit ea quae sentiebatis, sed, etc.,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:

    quod nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Quint. 7, 4, 15.—
    (γ).
    Bonus animus, good temper, patience:

    bonus animus in mala re dimidium mali est,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 37:

    vos etiam hoc animo meliore feratis,

    Ov. M. 9, 433.—
    b.
    Bono modo.
    (α).
    = placide, with composure, moderation:

    si quis quid deliquerit, pro noxa bono modo vindicet,

    Cato, R. R. 5:

    haec tibi tam sunt defendenda quam moenia, mihi autem bono modo, tantum quantum videbitur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 137.—
    (β).
    In a decent manner:

    neu quisquam prohibeto filium quin amet... quod bono fiat modo,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 62. —
    c.
    Jure optimo or optimo jure, with good, perfect right:

    te ipse jure optumo incuses licet,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23; id. Rud. 2, 6, 53:

    ut jure optimo me deserere posses,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6; Sen. Ot. Sap. 2 (29), 2.—With pass. or intr. verb, deservedly:

    ne jure optimo irrideamur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 151; id. Marcell. 1, 4;

    similarly, optimo judicio,

    Val. Max. 2, 9, 2.
    II.
    As subst.
    A.
    bŏnus, boni, m.; of persons.
    1.
    In sing. or plur. orig. = bonus vir, boni viri; v. I. A. 1. a. b, supra, a morally good man.
    (α).
    Plur.:

    bonis quod bene fit haud perit,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 2, 108; id. Trin. 2, 1, 55; id. Pers. 4, 5, 2:

    melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto,

    Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:

    verum esse ut bonos boni diligant, quamobrem... bonis inter bonos quasi necessariam (esse) benevolentiam,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    diverso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra... habere,

    Sall. C. 52, 13; 7, 2; 52, 22:

    oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52:

    tam bonis quam malis conduntur urbes,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 28, 4; so id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 9, 2, 76.—Rarely bŏnae, arum, f., good women:

    quia omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 41.—
    (β).
    Sing.:

    malus bonum malum esse volt ut sit sui similis,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 8:

    nec enim cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99; cf.:

    qui meliorem audax vocet in jus,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 29.—
    2.
    Bonus, a man of honor.
    (α).
    A brave man:

    pro qua (patria) quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere si ei sit profuturus?

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:

    libertatem quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittat,

    Sall. C. 33, 5:

    fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 29 (opp. ignavi):

    fama impari boni atque ignavi erant,

    Sall. J. 57, 6; 53, 8; id. C. 11, 2. —
    (β).
    A gentleman:

    quis enim umquam, qui paululum modo bonorum consuetudinem nosset, litteras ad se ab amico missas... in medium protulit?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.—
    3.
    Boni, the better (i. e. higher) classes of society.
    (α).
    In gen. (of political sentiments, = optimates, opp. populares, seditiosi, perditi cives, etc.;

    so usu. in Cic.): meam causam omnes boni proprie enixeque susceperant,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 38:

    audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur... boni, nescio quomodo, tardiores sunt, etc.,

    id. ib. 47, 100:

    ego Kal. Jan. senatum et bonos omnes legis agrariae... metu liberavi,

    id. Pis. 2, 4:

    etenim omnes boni, quantum in ipsis fuit, Caesarem occiderunt,

    id. Phil. 2, 13, 29; id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; 5, 21, 2; id. Sest. 2, 5; 16, 36; 48, 103; id. Planc. 35, 86; id. Mil. 2, 5; id. Off. 2. 12, 43:

    maledictis increpat omnes bonos,

    Sall. C. 21, 4; 19, 2; 33, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; so,

    optimi,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 37; and, ironically, boni identified with the rich:

    bonorum, id est lautorum et locupletum,

    id. Att. 8, 1, 3.—
    (β).
    Without reference to political views;

    opp. vulgus (rare): nihil ego istos moror fatuos mores quibus boni dedecorant se,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22:

    semper in civitate quibus opes nullae sunt bonis invident,

    Sall. C. 37, 3:

    elatus est sine ulla pompa funeris, comitantibus omnibus bonis, maxima vulgi frequentia,

    Nep. Att. 22, 2.—So, mĕlĭōres, um, m., one ' s betters:

    ut quaestui habeant male loqui melioribus,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 13:

    da locum melioribus,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 37.—
    4.
    Boni, bone, in addresses, as an expression of courtesy, Hor. S. 2, 2, 1; 2, 6, 51; 2, 6, 95; id. Ep. 2, 2, 37; ironice, id. S. 2, 3, 31.—
    5.
    Optimus quisque = quivis bonus, omnes boni.
    (α).
    Referring to morality:

    esse aliquid natura pulcrum quod optimus quisque sequeretur,

    every good man, Cic. Sen. 13, 43:

    qui ita se gerebant ut sua consilia optimo cuique probarent, optimates habebantur,

    id. Sest. 45, 96; id. Off. 1, 43, 154; id. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Sest. 54, 115; and = even the best:

    quare deus optimum quemque mala valetudine adficit?

    Sen. Prov. 4, 8.—
    (β).
    Of the educated classes:

    adhibenda est quaedam reverentia adversus homines, et optimi cujusque et reliquorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 85:

    Catilina plerisque consularibus, praeterea optumo cuique, litteras mittit,

    Sall. C. 34, 2:

    optimo cuique infesta libertas,

    Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 2 (32 fin.).—
    (γ).
    Honorable, brave:

    optumus quisque cadere et sauciari, ceteris metus augeri,

    Sall. J. 92, 8.—
    (δ).
    In gen., excellent:

    optimus quisque facere quam dicere... malebat,

    Sall. C. 8, 5.—
    (ε).
    Distributively:

    ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,

    to the best man in each instance, Sall. C. 2, 6.—
    (ζ).
    Referring to another superlative ( = quo quisque melior eo magis, etc.):

    hic aditus laudis qui semper optimo cuique maxime patuit,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; so id. Lael. 4, 14; id. Inv. 2, 11, 36; Sen. Vit. Beat. 18, 1.—
    (η).
    Attributively, with a noun:

    optimam quamque causam,

    Cic. Sest. 43, 93:

    optima quaeque dies,

    Verg. G. 3, 66.
    2.
    bŏnum, i, n., plur. bona; mĕlĭus, ōris, n.; optĭmum, i, n. (v. infra); of things in gen.
    1.
    Bonum, or plur. bona, a good, or goods in a moral and metaphysical sense, a moral good, a blessing: sunt autem hae de finibus defensae sententiae: nihil bonum nisi honestum, ut Stoici; nihil bonum nisi voluptatem, ut Epicurus;

    nihil bonum nisi vacuitatem doloris, ut Hieronymus... tria genera bonorum, maxima animi, secunda corporis, externa tertia, ut Peripatetici, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 84 sq.:

    quid est igitur bonum? Si quid recte fit et honeste et cum virtute, id bene fieri vere dicitur, et quod rectum et honestum et cum virtute est, id solum opinor bonum,

    id. Par. 1, 1, 9:

    ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud simplex et verum bonum quod non possit ab honestate sejungi,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

    non-est igitur voluptas bonum,

    id. Fin. 1, 11, 39: finis bonorum et malorum (telos agathôn) = summa bona et mala:

    sunt nonnullae disciplinae quae, propositis bonorum et malorum finibus, officium omne pervertant. Nam qui summum bonum sic instituit ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 2, 5; cf. id. Par. 1, 3, 14; id. Ac. 2, 9, 29; 2, 36, 114; 2, 42, 129; id. Fin. 1, 9, 29; 1, 12, 42; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 5; id. Ep. 117, 1 et saep.—
    2.
    Bonum, what is valuable, beneficial, estimable, favorable, pleasant, physically or mentally:

    quoi boni Tantum adfero quantum ipsus a diis optat,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 9:

    multa bona vobis volt facere,

    will do you much good, id. Poen. 5, 4, 60; id. Am. prol. 43, 49; id. Pers. 4, 8, 4; 2, 3, 14; id. Cas. 2, 8, 32:

    tum demum nostra intellegemus bona quom ea amisimus,

    id. Capt. 1, 2, 33:

    multa tibi di dent bona,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 54; 3, 3, 74; id. Mil. 3, 1, 120; id. Men. 3, 3, 34; id. Pers. 4, 3, 23; id. Truc. 1, 2, 23; id. Merc. 1, 2, 40; id. Most. 1, 1, 47:

    omnia Bona dicere,

    to speak in the highest terms of one, Ter. And. 1, 1, 70:

    sed ne vivus quidem bono caret, si eo non indiget,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    cum quaecumque bona Peripateticis, eadem Stoicis commoda viderentur,

    id. ib. 5, 41, 120:

    nihil enim boni nosti,

    nothing that is good for any thing, id. Phil. 2, 7, 16:

    mala pro bonis legere dementia est,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 1; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 73:

    quia bonum sit valere,

    a good thing, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (cf. III. A. 5. infra):

    melius: quo quidem haud scio an... quidquam melius sit homini a dis immortalibus datum,

    id. Lael. 6, 20:

    meliora... Aristotelem de istis rebus scripsisse,

    id. Or. 1, 10, 43:

    optimum: difficillimum est formam exponere optimi,

    id. ib. 11, 36.— Here belongs the phrase boni consulere;

    v. consulo.—So after prepositions: in bonum vertere, v. under verto: in melius ire,

    to change for the better, Tac. A. 12, 68.—In the same sense: in melius aliquid referre, or reflectere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 281; 11, 426; 10, 632:

    ad melius transcurrere,

    to pass over to something better, Hor. S. 2, 2, 82.—
    3.
    Bonum or bona, prosperity:

    fortiter malum qui patitur, idem post patitur bonum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 58:

    nulli est homini perpetuum bonum,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 33:

    unā tecum bona, mala tolerabimus,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 23:

    quibus in bonis fuerint et nunc quibus in malis sint, ostenditur ( = in secundis, in adversis rebus),

    Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 107.—
    4.
    Good qualities, gifts:

    omnia adsunt bona, quem penes'st virtus,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 30:

    magnis illi et divinis bonis hanc licentiam adsequebantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:

    nisi qui se suā gravitate et castimoniā... tum etiam naturali quodam bono defenderet, etc.,

    id. Cael. 5, 11:

    hunc meā sententiā divinis quibusdam bonis instructum atque ornatum puto,

    id. ib. 17, 39:

    non intellego quod bonum cuiquam sit apud tales viros profuturum,

    id. Balb. 28, 63:

    gaude isto tuo tam excellenti bono,

    id. Marcell. 6, 19; so id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
    5.
    Advantage, benefit:

    si plus adipiscare, re explicatā, boni, quam addubitatā mali,

    Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:

    saepe cogitavi bonine an mali plus adtulerit... eloquentiae studium,

    id. Inv. 1, 1, 1; 2, 35, 106; id. Off. 2, 2, 5; id. Sest. 10, 24:

    maximum bonum in celeritate ponebat,

    Sall. C. 43, 4; so, bono publico (abl.), for the public good:

    hoc ita si fit, publico fiat bono,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 183; Liv. 2, 44, 3; Dig. 41, 3, 1.—
    6.
    With aequum, what is fair and good, the fair ( thing), fairness, equity:

    si bonum aequomque oras,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 149; so id. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Rud. 1, 2, 94; id. Men. 4, 2, 11:

    si tu aliquam partem aequi bonique dixeris,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 32; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 29; id. Ad. 1, 1, 39:

    a quo vivo nec praesens nec absens quidquam aequi bonique impetravit,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 94.—Hence, aequo et bono, or ex aequo et bono, in ( with) fairness, in equity, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 30; Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14; 2, 12, 18; 2, 13, 20; Gai. Inst. 3, 137: aequi bonique, as gen. of value, with facere:

    istuc, Chreme, Aequi bonique facio,

    I place a fair and proper value on it, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 40.—
    7.
    Bona, one ' s property, fortunes, almost always denoting the whole of one's possessions.
    a.
    In gen.:

    paterna oportet reddi filio bona,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 120:

    bona sua med habiturum omnia,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 6; 4, 2, 29; id. Rud. 2, 6, 22; id. Most. 1, 3, 77; id. Trin. 4, 4, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 4:

    bona mea diripiebantur atque ad consulem deferebantur,

    Cic. Sest. 24, 54:

    cum de capite, civis et de bonis proscriptio ferretur,

    id. ib. 30, 65:

    bona, fortunas, possessiones omnium,

    id. Caecin. 13, 38:

    at mulctantur bonis exsules,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106; id. Off. 2, 23, 81; id. Par. 1, 1, 7; id. Sest. 19, 42; 43, 94; 52, 111; id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; Caes. B. G. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 3, 5; 2, 5, 5; 4, 15, 8; Tac. A. 2, 48; Quint. 6, 1, 19 et saep.—
    b.
    Bonorum possessio, the possession of one ' s property by another.
    (α).
    Bonorum possessio in consequence of bonorum cessio, i. e. an assignment of one ' s property for the benefit of creditors, Dig. 42, tit. 3.—
    (β).
    Bonorum possessio granted by the prætor against a contumacious or insolvent debtor (in bona mittere, in bona ire jubere, bona possidere jubere, etc.); cf. Dig. 42, tit. 4:

    postulat a Burrieno Naevius ut ex edicto bona possidere liceat,

    Cic. Quint. 6, 25, and the whole of c. 8:

    edixit... neu quis militis... bona possideret aut venderet,

    Liv. 2, 24, 6:

    bona proscribere,

    to offer the property thus transferred for sale, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.—
    (γ).
    Chiefly referring to the property of a defunct person (hereditas), where the prætor, till the heir had proved his right, granted a bonorum possessio secundum tabulas or contra tabulas, Dig. 37, tit. 4; 37, tit. 11.—
    c.
    In bonis esse;

    with reference to the older civil law, which distinguished between civil property (habere rem ex jure Quiritium) and natural property (rem in bonis habere, res in bonis est),

    Gai. Inst. 2, 40, 41; Dig. 40, 12, 38, § 2; 37, 6, 2, § 1; 37, 6, 3, § 2; ib. Fragm. 1, 16; Gai. Inst. 1, 22; 1, 35; 1, 222; 1, 167; Dig. 1, 8, 1; 27, 10, 10:

    neque bonorum possessorum, neque... res pleno jure fiunt, sed in bonis efficiuntur,

    ib. Fragm. 3, 80.—Hence, nullam omnino arbitrabamur de eā hereditate controversiam eum habiturum, et est hodie in bonis, i. e. [p. 247] the bonorum possessio has been granted to him, which did not give full ownership, but effected only that the hereditas was in bonis. Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1.
    III.
    Predicative use.
    A.
    With nouns or pronouns as subjects.
    1.
    Bonum esse, to be morally good, honest:

    nunc mihi bonae necessum est esse ingratiis, Quamquam esse nolo,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 82:

    bonam ego quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo,

    id. Poen. 1, 2, 93; so id. Capt. 2, 1, 44; id. Men. 4, 2, 6; id. Rud. prol. 29:

    itaque viros fortes magnanimos eosdem, bonos et simplices... esse volumus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; cf. id. ib. 3, 21, 84; id. Att. 15, 6, 1:

    Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat,

    Sall. C. 54, 5:

    ut politiora, non ut meliora fiant ingenia,

    Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 5 fin. —
    2.
    To be beneficial, prosperous, advantageous, valuable, favorable, serviceable, correct, with reference to both persons and things as subjects, and in regard to physical and mental relations:

    jam istuc non bonumst,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 29; Cato, R. R. 157:

    oleum viridius et melius fiet,

    id. ib. 3:

    vinum ut alvum bonam faciat,

    to correct the bowels, id. ib. 156:

    quid est homini salute melius?

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:

    non optuma haec sunt, verum meliora quam deterruma,

    id. Trin. 2, 3, 1:

    quid est quod huc possit quod melius sit accedere?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 41; 1, 18, 57; id. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:

    in quo (vestitu), sicut in plerisque rebus, mediocritas optima est,

    id. Off. 1, 36, 130; 2, 17, 59; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Or. 2, 6; 11, 36:

    meliorem tamen militem... in futura proelia id certamen fecit,

    Liv. 2, 51, 3:

    parvus ut est cygni melior canor, ille gruum quam Clamor,

    Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 191:

    si meliora dies, ut vina, poemata reddit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 34.—So in the optative formula:

    quod bonum, faustum, felixque sit,

    Liv. 1, 28, 7; 1, 17, 10; 39, 15, 1; 3, 54;

    3, 34.—Also, quod bonum atque fortunatum mihi sit,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 50;

    and with a noun as subject: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix, fortunataque evenat,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3.—
    3.
    To be kind:

    bonus cum probis'st (erus), malus cum malis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22:

    hic si vellet bonus ac benignus Esse,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 52.—
    4.
    With reference to the gods:

    ecastor ambae (Fortuna et Salus sunt bonae,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 129:

    Palladis aut oculos ausa negare bonos (esse),

    Prop. 3, 24, 12 (2, 28, 12).—
    B.
    Impers.
    1.
    Bonum est (very rare for the class. bene est; v. bene).
    (α).
    Without a subject:

    bonum sit!

    may it be fortunate, favorable! Verg. E. 8, 106.—
    (β).
    With subject inf.:

    nam et stulte facere, et stulte fabularier in aetate haud bonum est,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 61:

    bonum est pauxillum amare, insane non bonum est,

    id. Curc. 1, 3,20.—
    2.
    Melius est.
    (α).
    With subject inf.:

    melius sanam est mentem sumere,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 51:

    nihil sentire est melius quam tam prava sentire,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125; cf. id. Fin. 1, 19, 62; id. Off. 1, 43, 156; so,

    melius fuit, fuisset, or fuerat,

    it would have been better, id. N. D. 3, 33; id. Sen. 23, 82; id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

    proinde quiesse erit melius,

    Liv. 3, 48, 3; 3, 41, 3; Verg. A. 11, 303.—
    (β).
    With subject inf.-clause:

    meliu'st te quae sunt mandata tibi praevortier,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 125; id. Men. 5, 9, 32.—
    (γ).
    With ut-clause:

    quid melius quam ut hinc intro abeam et me suspendam clanculum,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 145; so id. Ps. 4, 7, 18.—
    (δ).
    With subjectclause in the subjunctive:

    nunc quid mihi meliu'st quam ilico hic opperiar erum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 22.—
    3.
    Optimum est.
    (α).
    With subject inf.:

    optimum visum est, captivos quam primum deportare,

    Liv. 23, 34, 8:

    si quis dicit optimum esse navigare,

    Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 4 (32 fin.); so, optimum fuit, it would have been better, and optimum erat, it would be better, Quint. 6, prooem. 3; 11, 2, 33; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7.—
    (β).
    With inf.-clause:

    constituerunt optimum esse, domum suam quemque reverti,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 10: optimum visum est, in fluctuantem aciem tradi equos, etc., Liv 6, 24, 10; 22, 27, 6.—
    (γ).
    With ut and subj:

    hoc vero optimum, ut is qui, etc., id ultimum bonorum, id ipsum quid et quale sit nesciat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 6.—
    (δ).
    With quod:

    illa vero optima (sunt) quod cum Haluntium venisset Archagathum vocari jussit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:

    optimum vero (est) quod dictaturae nomen in perpetuum de re publica sustulisti,

    id. Phil. 2, 36, 91.—
    (ε).
    With second sup., in the phrase optumum factu est (where factu is redundant):

    sed hoc mihi optumum factu arbitror,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 16:

    optimum factu esse duxerant frumento... nostros prohibere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

    optumum factu credens exercitum augere,

    Sall. C. 32, 1 (Kritz, factum); 57, 5 (Kritz, factum).
    IV.
    Ellipt. use: di meliora, i. e. dent or velint, i. e. let the gods grant better things than what you say, etc.; God forbid! in full:

    di melius duint,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 16:

    di meliora velint!

    Ov. M. 7, 37.—Ellipt.:

    di meliora! inquit,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 47:

    id ubi mulier audivit, perturbata, dii meliora inquit, etc.,

    Liv. 39, 10, 2; 9, 9, 6; Verg. G. 3, 513;

    similarly, di melius, i. e. fecerunt,

    Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3.
    V.
    With object expressed,
    1.
    By dat.
    (α).
    = good, useful, beneficial for:

    ambula, id lieni optumum est,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 25:

    quia vobis eadem quae mihi bona malaque esse intellexi,

    Sall. C. 20, 3:

    bona bello Cornus, jaculis, etc.,

    Verg. G. 2, 447.—
    (β).
    = benignus or propitius, kind to:

    vicinis bonus esto,

    Cato, R. R. 4:

    bene merenti mala es, male merenti bona es,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 3:

    vos o mihi Manes, Este boni,

    Verg. A. 12, 647.—
    (γ).
    = idoneus, fit for, adapted to:

    qui locus vino optimus dicetur esse,

    Cato, R. R. 6:

    tum erit ei rei optumum tempus,

    id. ib. 26:

    terra cui putre solum, Optima frumentis,

    Verg. G. 2, 205; 2, 319; 1, 286.—
    (δ).
    With sum and dat., in the phrase alicui bono est, it is of service to one, profits him:

    accusant in quibus occidi patrem Sex. Roscii bono fuit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:

    bono fuisse Romanis adventum eorum constabat,

    Liv. 7, 12, 4.—Hence, with rel. dat.: cui bono (est), for whose advantage it is:

    quod si quis usurpet illud Cassianum cui bono fuerit, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:

    cui bono fuisset,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Mil. 12, 32 Ascon. ad loc.; cf.

    ellipt. form cui bono?

    Prisc. p. 1208 P.—
    (ε).
    With dat. gerund:

    ager oleto conserundo qui in Favonium spectavit, aliis bonus nullus erit,

    Cato, R. R. 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

    (mons) quia pecori bonus alendo erat,

    Liv. 29, 31; 9, 10.—
    2.
    By ad and acc.:

    refert et ad quam rem bona aut non bona sit,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 91:

    occasio quaeritur idoneane fuerit ad rem adoriendam, an alia melior,

    Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7:

    non campos modo militi Romano ad proelium bonos, etc.,

    Tac. A. 2, 14.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > bonae

  • 105 bonus

    bŏnus (old form dŭonus, Carm. Sall. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Mull.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 67 Mull.), a, um, adj. [for duonus, cf. bellum, bis, and cf. root dvi-; hence deidô, deos], good; comp. melior, us [cf. Gr. mala, mallon], better; sup. optimus ( optumus, ante-class. and often class.) [root opof ops, opes; cf. copia, apiscor], best.
    I.
    Attributively.
    A.
    As adjunct of nouns denoting persons.
    1.
    Vir bonus.
    (α).
    A man morally good (kalos kagathos):

    quoniam boni me viri pauperant, improbi alunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:

    omnibus virtutibus instructos et ornatos tum sapientes, tum viros bonos dicimus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28:

    ille vir bonus qui... intolerabili dolore lacerari potius quam aut officium prodat aut fidem,

    id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

    sive vir bonus est is qui prodest quibus potest, nocet nemini, certe istum virum bonum non facile reperimus,

    id. Off. 3, 15, 64:

    qui se ita gerunt ut eorum probitas, fides, integritas, etc.... hos viros bonos... appellandos putemus,

    id. Lael. 5, 19:

    non intellegunt se de callido homine loqui, non de bono viro,

    id. Att. 7, 2, 4:

    ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 12:

    nec enim melior vir fuit Africano quisquam, nec clarior,

    id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 14, 41; 1, 18, 48; id. Planc. 4, 9; id. Par. 3, 1, 21; id. Marcell. 6, 20; id. Fam. 7, 21; id. Off. 2, 16, 57.—
    (β).
    An honest man:

    justitia, ex qua viri boni nominantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21; 1, 44, 155; 2, 11, 39; 2, 12, 42; 2, 20, 71;

    3, 12, 50: cum is sponsionem fecisset ni vir bonus esset,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 77:

    quoniam Demosthenes nec vir bonus esset, nec bene meritus de civitate,

    id. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116.—
    (γ).
    A man of good standing in the community:

    id viri boni arbitratu deducetur,

    Cato, R. R. 143; so id. ib. 149:

    tuam partem viri bono arbitratu... dari oportet,

    Dig. 17, 1, [p. 244] 35;

    37, 6, 2, § 2: quem voles virum bonum nominato,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55:

    vir bonus est... quo res sponsore, et quo causae teste tenentur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40.—Hence, ironically of wealthy men:

    praetores jus dicunt, aediles ludos parant, viri boni usuras perscribunt,

    Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3.—
    (δ).
    Ironically of bad men:

    sed eccum lenonem Lycum, bonum virum,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 52; Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 9; 4, 3, 18; id. Ad. 3, 4, 30:

    expectabam quinam isti viri boni testes hujus manifesto deprehensi veneni dicerentur,

    Cic. Cael. 26, 63:

    nam socer ejus, vir multum bonus est,

    id. Agr. 3, 3, 13;

    so especially in addresses (mostly comic.): age tu, illuc procede, bone vir!

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 1; id. Curc. 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 4, 7, 48; id. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 3, 5, 10; 5, 2, 5; id. Ad. 4, 2, 17; id. Eun. 5, 2, 11:

    quid tu, vir optime? Ecquid habes quod dicas?

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104.—
    (ε).
    Sometimes boni viri = boni, in the sense of optimates (v. I. A. 3.):

    bonis viris quid juris reliquit tribunatus C. Gracchi?

    Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.—
    (ζ).
    As a conventional courtesy:

    homines optimi non intellegunt, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:

    bone accusator,

    id. Rosc. Am. 21, 58:

    sic illum amicum vocasti, quomodo omnes candidatos bonos viros dicimus,

    gentlemen, Sen. Ep. 3, 1.—For bonus vir, a good husband, v. 3.; and for vir optimus, as a laudatory epithet, v. 5.—
    2.
    Boni homines (rare) = boni, better classes of society, v. II. A. 3:

    in foro infimo boni homines atque dites ambulant,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14.—
    3.
    With nouns denoting persons in regard to their functions, offices, occupations, and qualities, denoting excellence:

    bonus consul,

    Liv. 4, 40, 6; 22, 39, 2 (different: consules duos, bonos quidem, sed dumtaxat bonos, amisimus, consuls of good sentiments, almost = bad consuls, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 3, 4):

    boni tribuni plebis,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 25:

    bonus senator,

    id. Prov. Cons. 15, 37:

    senator bonus,

    id. Dom. 4, 8:

    bonus judex,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 34:

    bonus augur (ironically),

    id. Phil. 2, 32, 80:

    bonus vates,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 27:

    bonus imperator,

    Sall. C. 60, 4:

    bonus dux,

    Quint. 12, 1, 43 (cf. trop.:

    naturam, optimam ducem,

    the best guide, Cic. Sen. 2, 5):

    bonus miles,

    Sall. C. 60, 4; Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:

    bonus orator,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

    optimus orator,

    id. Opt. Gen. 1, 3:

    poeta bonus,

    id. de Or. 1, 3, 11; 2, 46, 194; id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

    scriptor bonus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 104:

    bonus advocatus,

    id. 5, 13, 10:

    bonus defensor,

    id. 5, 13, 3:

    bonus altercator,

    a good debater, id. 6, 4, 10:

    bonus praeceptor,

    id. 5, 13, 44; 10, 5, 22:

    bonus gubernator,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

    optimus opifex,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 133:

    sutor bonus,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 125:

    actor optimus,

    Cic. Sest. 57, 122:

    cantor optimus est modulator,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 130:

    melior gladiator,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 33: agricola (colonus, dominus) bonus, Cato, R. R. prooem.; Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    bonus paterfamilias,

    a thrifty head of the house, Nep. Att. 13, 1:

    bonus servus,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 58; id. Am. 2, 1, 46; id. Men. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Mil. 22, 58:

    dominus bonus,

    Cato, R. R. 14:

    bonus custos,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38.—Ironically, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57:

    filius bonus,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 9:

    patres,

    Quint. 11, 3, 178:

    parens,

    id. 6, prooem. 4: bonus (melior, optimus), viz. a good husband, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51 sq.; Liv. 1, 9, 15:

    uxor melior,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    amicus,

    id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:

    amicus optimus,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 18:

    optimus testis,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:

    auctor, in two senses,

    good authority, id. Att. 5, 12, 3;

    and = bonus scriptor (post-class.),

    Quint. 10, 1, 74.—Esp.:

    bonus civis (rarely civis bonus): in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint: talem enim solemus et sentire bonum civem et dicere, Cic.-Off. 1, 34, 124: eaque est summa ratio et sapientia boni civis, commoda civium non divellere, atque omnes aequitate eadem continere,

    id. ib. 2, 23, 83:

    eum esse civem et fidelem et bonum,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; 1, 9, 10; 3, 12, 1; 6, 6, 11; id. Off. 1, 44, 155; Liv. 22, 39, 3; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 10 Dietsch:

    optimus et fortissimus civis,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; id. Sest. 17, 39.—
    4.
    Bonus and optimus as epithets of the gods.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    sed te bonus Mercurius perdat,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 23:

    fata... bonique divi,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 38:

    divis orte bonis,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 1:

    O bone deus!

    Scrib. Comp. 84 fin.: BONORVM DEORVM, Inscr. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84: totidem, pater optime, dixi, Tu mihi da cives, referring to Jupiter, Ov. M. 7, 627.—
    (β).
    Optimus Maximus, a standing epithet of Jupiter:

    (Juppiter) a majoribus nostris Optimus Maximus (nominatur), et quidem ante optimus, id est beneficentissimus, quam Maximus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64:

    Jovem optimum et maximum ob eas res appellant, non quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 3, 36, 87:

    in templo Jovis Optimi Maximi,

    id. Sest. 56, 129; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 22:

    nutu Jovis Optimi Maximi,

    id. Cat. 3, 9, 21; Liv. 1, 12, 7; id. 6, 16, 2.—
    (γ).
    Di boni, O di boni, expressing indignation, sorrow, or surprise:

    di boni, hunc visitavi antidhac!

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 16:

    di boni, boni quid porto!

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 1:

    di boni, quid hoc morbi est,

    id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 13; id. Ad. 3, 3, 86:

    alter, O di boni, quam taeter incedebat!

    Cic. Sest. 8, 19; id. Brut. 84, 288; id. Phil. 2, 8, 20; 2, 32, 80; id. Att. 1, 16, 5; 14, 21, 2; Val. Max. 3, 5, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 3.—
    (δ).
    Bona Dea, etc., v. 6.—
    5.
    Optimus as a laudatory epithet.
    (α).
    Vir optimus:

    per vos nobis, per optimos viros optimis civibus periculum inferre conantur,

    Cic. Sest. 1, 2:

    virum optimum et constantissimum M. Cispium,

    id. ib. 35, 76:

    fratrem meum, virum optimum, fortissimum,

    id. ib.:

    consolabor hos praesentes, viros optimos,

    id. Balb. 19, 44; id. Planc. 21, 51; 23, 55; id. Mil. 14, 38; id. Marcell. 4, 10; id. Att. 5, 1, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 53.—
    (β).
    Femina bona, optima:

    tua conjunx bona femina,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

    hujus sanctissimae feminae atque optimae pater,

    id. ib. —
    (γ).
    Senex, pater, frater, etc.:

    optimus: parentes ejus, prudentissimi atque optimi senis,

    Cic. Planc. 41, 97:

    insuevit pater optimus hoc me,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 105; 2, 1, 12:

    C. Marcelli, fratris optimi,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 6 (8), 2; 2, 4, 2.—
    (δ).
    With proper names ( poet.):

    optimus Vergilius,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 54:

    Maecenas optimus,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 27:

    optime Quinti,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 1.—
    (ε).
    Esp. as an epithet of the Roman emperors:

    quid tam civile, tam senatorium quam illud, additum a nobis Optimi cognomen?

    Plin. Pan. 2, 7:

    gratias, inquit, ago, optime Princeps!

    Sen. Tranq. 14. 4:

    ex epistula optimi imperatoris Antonini,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 102; cf.:

    bene te patriae pater optime Caesar,

    Ov. F. 2, 637:

    optime Romulae Custos gentis,

    Hor. C. 4, 5, 1.—
    6.
    Bonus and Bona, names of deities.
    (α).
    Bona Dea, the goddess of Chastity, whose temple could not be entered by males (cf. Macr. S. 1, 12; Lact. 1, 22):

    Bonae Deae pulvinaribus,

    Cic. Pis. 39, 95; id. Mil. 31, 86; id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; cf.

    in mal. part.,

    Juv. 2, 86 sq.; 6, 314 sq.; 6, 335 sq.—
    (β).
    Bonus Eventus, Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.; Amm. 29, 6, 19; Inscr. Orell. 907; 1780 sq.—
    (γ).
    Bona Fortuna:

    si bona Fortuna veniat, ne intromiseris,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 22:

    Bonae Fortunae (signum),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 7:

    FORTVNAE BONAE DOMESTICAE,

    Inscr. Orell. 1743 sq. —
    (δ).
    Bona Spes:

    Spes Bona, obsecro, subventa mihi,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 12:

    BONAE SPEI,

    Aug. Inscr. Grut. 1075, 1.—
    (ε).
    BONA MENS, Inscr. Orell. 1818 sqq.:

    Mens Bona, si qua dea es, tua me in sacraria dono,

    Prop. 3, 24, 19.
    B.
    With nouns denoting things.
    1.
    Things concrete, denoting excellence:

    navis bona dicitur non quae pretiosis coloribus picta est... sed stabilis et firma,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

    gladium bonum dices, non cui auratus est balteus, etc., sed cui et ad secandum subtilis acies est, et, etc.,

    id. ib. 76, 14:

    id vinum erit lene et bono colore,

    Cato, R. R. 109; Lucr. 2, 418; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 9:

    tabulas... collocare in bono lumine,

    Cic. Brut. 75, 261: ex quavis olea oleum... bonum fieri potest. Cato, R. R. 3:

    per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato,

    id. ib. 73; cf.:

    bonae aquae, ironically compared to wine,

    Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 28:

    praedium bonum caelum habeat,

    good temperature, Cato, R. R. 1:

    bona tempestate,

    in good weather, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

    (praedium) solo bono valeat,

    by good soil, Cato, R. R. 1:

    bonae (aedes) cum curantur male,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24:

    villam bonam,

    Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:

    bonus pons,

    Cat. 17, 5:

    scyphi optimi (= optime facti),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:

    perbona toreumata,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 18, §

    38: bona domicilia,

    comfortable residences, id. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

    agrum Meliorem nemo habet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:

    fundum meliorem,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: fundos optimos et fructuosissimos, id. Agr. 3, 4, 14:

    equus melior,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    bona cena,

    Cat. 13, 3:

    boni nummi,

    good, not counterfeit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144; Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:

    super omnia vultus accessere boni,

    good looks, Ov. M. 8, 678:

    mulier bona forma,

    of a fine form, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 13:

    equus formae melioris,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 52:

    tam bona cervix, simul ac jussero, demetur,

    fine, beautiful, Suet. Calig. 33:

    fruges bonae,

    Cat. 34, 19:

    ova suci melioris,

    of better flavor, Hor. S. 2, 4, 13.— Trop.:

    animus aequus optimum est aerumnae condimentum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 71: bona dextra, a lucky hand (cf.:

    bonum omen, 2. e.),

    Quint. 6, 3, 69:

    scio te bona esse voce, ne clama nimis,

    good, sound, loud voice, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 43; so,

    bona firmaque vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 13.—
    2.
    Things abstract.
    a.
    Of physical well-being:

    ut si qui neget sine bona valetudine posse bene vivi,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 2; Lucr. 3, 102; Val. Max. 2, 5, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 26; 11, 2, 35 et saep.:

    non bonus somnus de prandio est,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 8:

    bona aetas,

    prime of life, Cic. Sen. 14, 48:

    optima aetate,

    id. Fam. 10, 3, 3.—Ironically:

    bona, inquis, aetate, etc.,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 1.—
    b.
    Of the mind and soul:

    meliore esse sensu,

    Cic. Sest. 21, 47:

    optima indoles,

    id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:

    bona conscientia,

    Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5:

    bono ingenio me esse ornatam quam auro multo mavolo,

    with a good heart, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 91; id. Stich. 1, 21, 59; Sall. C. 10, 5:

    mens melior,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 78; Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Liv. 39, 16, 5; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 4; id. Ep. 10, 4; Pers. 2, 8; Petr. 61.—Personified, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 19; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 31:

    duos optimae indolis filios,

    Val. Max. 5, 7, 2; Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 6; Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    bonum consilium,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6; id. Rud. 4, 3, 18; Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    bona voluntas,

    a good purpose, Quint. 12, 11, 31:

    memoria bona,

    Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    bona ratio cum perdita... confligit,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

    bonae rationes,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 50:

    pronuntiatio bona,

    Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—
    c.
    Of moral relations:

    ego si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71; Cic. Sest. 66, 139; Liv. 6, 11, 7; Hor. S. 1, 2, 61 (cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1;

    v. e. infra): si ego in causa tam bona cessi tribuni plebis furori,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; id. Planc. 36, 87; Ov. M. 5, 220:

    fac, sis, bonae frugi sies,

    of good, regular habits, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 35; id. Cas. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 19; id. Ps. 1, 5, 53; id. Truc. 1, 1, 13; id. Capt. 5, 2, 3 sq. (v. frux, II. B. 1. b.): vilicus disciplina bona utatur. Cato, R. R. 5:

    bona studia,

    moral pursuits, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:

    quidquid vita meliore parasti,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 15: ad spem mortis melioris, an honorable death; so as an epithet of religious exercises:

    Juppiter, te bonas preces precor,

    Cato, R. R. 134; 139.—
    d.
    Of external, artistic, and literary value and usefulness:

    bono usui estis nulli,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15:

    Optumo optume optumam operam das,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 122:

    bonam dedistis mihi operam,

    a valuable service to me, id. Poen. 2, 3, 70; 3, 6, 11; id. Pers. 4, 7, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 11 (in a different sense: me bona opera aut mala Tibi inventurum esse auxilium argentarium, by fair or unfair means, id. Ps. 1, 1, 102;

    v. e. infra): optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis... gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    bonum otium,

    valuable leisure, Sall. C. 4, 1:

    bonis versibus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    versus meliores,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 81:

    meliora poemata,

    Hor. A. P. 303:

    in illa pro Ctesiphonte oratione longe optima,

    Cic. Or. 8, 26:

    optimas fabulas,

    id. Off. 1, 31, 114:

    melius munus,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 7.—
    e.
    Favorable, prosperous, lucky, fortunate:

    de Procilio rumores non boni,

    unfavorable rumors, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 5:

    bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est,

    about their success in the war, id. ib. 7, 26, 1:

    si fuisset in discipulo comparando meliore fortuna,

    id. Pis. 29, 71; cf.

    fortuna optima esse,

    to be in the best pecuniary circumstances, id. ad Brut. 1, 1, 2:

    occasio tam bona,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:

    senex est eo meliore condicione quam adulesoens cum, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 19, 68; id. Fam. 4, 32:

    bona navigatio,

    id. N. D. 3, 34, 83;

    esp. in phrase bona spes.—Object.: ergo in iis adulescentibus bonam spem esse dicemus et magnam indolem quos, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117.—Subject.:

    ego sum spe bona,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 3; id. Cat. 2, 11, 25; [p. 245] id. Att. 14, 1 a, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:

    optima spe,

    id. Fam. 12, 11, 2.—Pregn., = spes bonarum rerum, Sall. C. 21, 1;

    v. C. 1. c. infra: meliora responsa,

    more favorable, Liv. 7, 21, 6:

    melior interpretatio,

    Tac. H. 3, 65:

    cum laude et bonis recordationibus,

    id. A. 4, 38:

    amnis Doctus iter melius,

    i. e. less injurious, Hor. A. P. 68:

    omen bonum,

    a good, lucky omen, Cic. Pis. 13, 31; cf.

    Liv. praef. § 13: melius omen,

    Ov. F. 1, 221;

    optimum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2:

    bona scaeva,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 24:

    auspicio optumo,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 6; cf.:

    memini bene, sed meliore Tempore dicam = opportuniore tempore,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 68.—
    f.
    Of public affairs, si mihi bona re publica frui non licuerit, Cic. Mil. 34, 93:

    optima res publica,

    id. Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:

    minus bonis temporibus,

    id. Dom. 4, 8; so,

    optimis temporibus,

    id. Sest. 3, 6:

    nostrae res meliore loco videbantur,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 3, 1:

    lex optima,

    id. Pis. 16, 37; id. Sest. 64, 137; id. Phil, 1, 8, 19.—
    g.
    Good = large, considerable:

    bono atque amplo lucro,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 6:

    bona librorum copia,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 109; cf.:

    bona copia cornu,

    Ov. M. 9, 88; v. bona pars, C. 8. g.—
    h.
    Noble; with genus, good family, noble extraction, honorable birth: quali me arbitraris genere prognatum? Eu. Bono, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 35; so id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; 2, 1, 3; id. Pers. 4, 4, 94:

    si bono genere natus sit,

    Auct. Her. 3, 7, 13.—
    k.
    Referring to good-will, kindness, faithfulness, in certain phrases.
    (α).
    Bona venia or cum bona venia, with the kind permission of a person addressed, especially bona venia orare, expetere, etc.:

    primum abs te hoc bona venia expeto,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:

    bona tua venia dixerim,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:

    oravit bona venia Quirites, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 41, 3:

    obsecro vos.. bona venia vestra liceat, etc.,

    id. 6, 40, 10:

    cum bona venia quaeso audiatis, etc.,

    id. 29, 17, 6; Arn. c. Gent. 1, p. 5; cf.

    . sed des veniam bonus oro = venia bona oro,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 5.—
    (β).
    Bona pax, without quarrelling:

    bona pax sit potius,

    let us have no quarrel about that, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 7;

    so especially cum bona pace, or bona pace: Hannibal ad Alpis cum bona pace incolentium... pervenit,

    without a difficulty with the inhabitants, Liv. 21, 32, 6; 21, 24, 5; 1, 24, 3; 28, 37, 4; 8, 15, 1; cf.: si bonam (pacem) dederitis, = a fair peace, under acceptable conditions, id. 8, 21, 4.—
    (γ).
    Amicitia bona = bona fide servata, faithful, undisturbed friendship:

    igitur amicitia Masinissae bona atque honesta nobis permansit,

    Sall. J. 5, 5.—
    (δ).
    Bona societas, alliance:

    Segestes, memoria bonae societatis, impavidus,

    Tac. A. 1, 58.
    C.
    In particular phrases.
    1.
    Bonae res.
    a.
    = Vitae commoda, comforts of life, abstract or concrete:

    concedatur bonis rebus homines morte privari,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87:

    optimis rebus usus est,

    he had every most desirable thing, Nep. Att. 18, 1.—
    b.
    = Res secundae, opp. res adversae, prosperity:

    bonis rebus tuis, meas irrides malas,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:

    in bonis rebus,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 2. —
    c.
    Res bona = res familiaris bona, wealth ( poet.): in re bona esse, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4.—Also an object of value:

    homines quibus mala abunde omnia erant, sed neque res neque spes bona ulla,

    who had no property, nor the hope of any, Sall. C. 21, 1. —
    d.
    Costly things, articles of luxury:

    capere urbem in Arabia plenam bonarum rerum,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 46; 4, 4, 82:

    nimium rei bonae,

    id. Stich. 2, 3, 55:

    ignorantia bonarum rerum,

    Nep. Ages. 8, 5 ' bonis rebus gaudere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 110:

    re bona copiosum esse,

    Gell. 16, 19, 7.—
    e.
    Moral, morally good:

    illi cum res non bonas tractent,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 72:

    ut de virtutibus et vitiis, omninoque de bonis rebus et malis quaererent,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 15:

    quid habemus in rebus bonis et malis explorati?

    id. ib. 2, 42, 129; so id. Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Leg. 1, 22, 58:

    quae tamen omnia dulciora fuint et moribus bonis et artibus,

    id. Sen. 18, 65.—
    f.
    In literary composition, important or interesting matter, subjects, or questions:

    res bonas verbis electis dictas quis non legat?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8:

    studiis generorum, praesertim in re bona,

    Plaut. Am. 8, 26.—
    2.
    Bonae artes.
    (α).
    A good, laudable way of dealing:

    qui praeclari facinoris aut artis bonae famam quaerit,

    Sall. C. 2, 9:

    huic bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit,

    id. ib. 11, 2:

    quod is bonarum artium cupiens erat,

    Tac. A. 6, 46.—
    (β).
    Liberal arts and sciences:

    litteris aut ulli bonae arti,

    Quint. 12, 1, 7:

    conservate civem bonarum artium, bonarum partium, bonorum virorum,

    Cic. Sest. 32, 77. —Esp.:

    optimae artes: optimarum artium scientia,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 4; id. Ac. 2, 1, 1; id. Cael. 10, 24; id. Marcell. 1, 4.—
    3.
    Bona fides, or fides bona.
    a.
    Good faith, i. e. conscious honesty in acts or words: qui nummos fide bona solvit, who pays (the price of labor) in good faith, i. e. as it is honestly earned, Cato, R. R. 14:

    dic, bona fide, tu id aurum non subripuisti?

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46; 4, 10, 47; id. Capt. 4, 2, 111; id. Most. 3, 1, 137; id. Poen. 1, 3, 30; id. Pers. 4, 3, 16; id. Ps. 4, 6, 33:

    si tibi optima fide omnia concessit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144; Quint. 10, 3, 23.—Hence, bonae fidei vir, a conscientious man, Quint. 10, 7, 1.—
    b.
    Jurid. t. t.
    (α).
    Good faith in contracts and legal acts in general, opposed to dolus malus, honesty and fairness in dealing with another:

    ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere, notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67.—Hence, alienam rem bona fide emere, to buy, believing the seller to be the rightful owner, Dig. 41, 3, 10; 41, 3, 13, § 1. bonae fidei possessor (also possessio), believing that he is the rightful owner, ib. 5, 3, 25, § 11; 5, 3, 22; 41, 3, 15, § 2;

    41, 3, 24: conventio contra bonam fidem et mores bonos,

    ib. 16, 31, § 7: bonam fidem praestare, to be responsible for one ' s good faith, ib. 17, 1, 10 prooem.—Hence,
    (β).
    Bonae fidei actiones or judicia, actions in equity, i. e. certain classes of actions in which the strict civil law was set aside by the praetorian edict in favor of equity:

    actiones quaedam bonae fidei sunt, quaedam stricti juris. Bonae fidei sunt haec: exempto vendito, locato conducto, etc.,

    Just. Inst. 4, 6, 28, § 19.—In the republican time the praetor added in such actions to his formula for the judex the words ex fide bona, or, in full:

    quidquid dare facere oportet ex fide bona,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

    iste dolus malus et legibus erat vindicatus, et sine lege, judiciis in quibus additur ex fide bona,

    id. ib. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. ib. 3, 17, 70.—
    4.
    Bona verba.
    (α).
    Kind words:

    Bona verba quaeso,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 33.—
    (β).
    Words of good omen (v. omen):

    dicamus bona verba,

    Tib. 2, 2, 1:

    dicite suffuso ter bona verba mero,

    Ov. F. 2, 638.—
    (γ).
    Elegant or well-chosen expressions:

    quid est tam furiosum quam verborum vel optimorum atque ornatissimorum sonitus inanis,

    Cic. Or. 1, 12, 51:

    verborum bonorum cursu,

    id. Brut. 66, 233:

    omnia verba sunt alicubi optima,

    Quint. 10, 1, 9.—
    (δ).
    Moral sayings:

    non est quod contemnas bona verba et bonis cogitationibus plena praecordia,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 1. —
    5.
    Bona dicta.
    (α).
    Polite, courteous language:

    hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit leniter dictis bonis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 25.—
    (β).
    Witticisms ( bon-mots): flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi, quam bona dicta teneat, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 2, 54, 222:

    dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus quibus solebam menstruales epulas ante adipiscier,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22:

    ibo intro ad libros ut discam de dictis melioribus,

    id. Stich. 2, 3, 75.—
    6.
    Bona facta.
    (α).
    = bene facta (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.), laudable deeds:

    nobilitas ambobus et majorum bona facta (sc. erant),

    Tac. A. 3, 40.—
    (β).
    Bonum factum est, colloq., = bene est, bene factum est (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.):

    bonum factum est, ut edicta servetis mea,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 16:

    haec imperata quae sunt pro imperio histrico, bonum hercle factum (est) pro se quisque ut meminerit,

    id. ib. 45.— Hence,
    (γ).
    Elliptically, introducing commands which cannot be enforced, = if you will do so, it will be well:

    peregrinis in senatum allectis, libellus propositus est: bonum factum, ne quis senatori novo curiam monstrare velit,

    Suet. Caes. 80:

    et Chaldaeos edicere: bonum factum, ne Vitellius... usquam esset,

    id. Vit. 14:

    hac die Carthaginem vici: bonum factum, in Capitolium eamus, et deos supplicemus,

    Aur. Vict. 49; cf.:

    o edictum, cui adscribi non poterit bonum factum,

    Tert. Pud. 1.—
    7.
    Bona gratia.
    (α).
    A friendly understanding:

    cur non videmus inter nos haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17; so,

    per gratiam bonam abire,

    to part with good feelings, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 33.—In jest: sine bona gratia abire, of things cast away, Plaut Truc. 2, 7, 15.—
    (β).
    Pleon., in the phrase bonam gratiam habere, = gratiam habere, to thank (v. B. 2. k.), Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 32; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 99.—
    8.
    Bona pars.
    (α).
    The well-disposed part of a body of persons:

    ut plerumque fit, major pars (i. e. of the senate) meliorem vicit,

    Liv. 21, 4, 1:

    pars melior senatus ad meliora responsa trahere,

    id. 7, 21, 6.—
    (β).
    The good party, i. e. the optimates (gen. in plur.):

    civem bonarum partium,

    Cic. Sest. 32, 77:

    (fuit) meliorum partium aliquando,

    id. Cael. 6, 13:

    qui sibi gratiam melioris partis velit quaesitam,

    Liv. 2, 44, 3.—Paronom.: (Roscius) semper partium in re publica tam quam in scaena optimarum, i. e. party and part in a drama, Cic. Sest. 56, 120.—
    (γ).
    Of things or persons, a considerable part (cf. a good deal):

    bonam partem ad te adtulit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 43:

    bonam partem sermonis in hunc diem esse dilatam,

    Cic. Or. 2, 3, 14:

    bonam magnamque partem exercitus,

    Val. Max. 5, 2, ext. 4:

    bona pars noctium,

    Quint. 12, 11, 19:

    bona pars hominum,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:

    meae vocis... bona pars,

    id. C. 4, 2, 46; so id. A. P. 297; Ov. P. 1, 8, 74:

    melior pars diei,

    Verg. A. 9, 156.—
    (δ).
    Rarely, and mostly eccl. Lat.: optima pars, the best part or lot:

    nostri melior pars animus est,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, prooem. § 14; cf.:

    quae pars optima est in homine,

    best, most valuable, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 67:

    major pars aetatis, certe melior reipublicae data sit,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 1:

    Maria optimam partem elegit, quae non auferetur ab ea,

    Vulg. Luc. 10, 42.—
    (ε).
    Adverb.:

    bonam partem = ex magna parte,

    Lucr. 6, 1249.—
    (ζ).
    Aliquem in optimam partem cognoscere, to know somebody from his most favorable side, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46: aliquid in optimam partem accipere, to take something in good part, interpret it most favorably:

    Caesar mihi ignoscit quod non venerim, seseque in optimam partem id accipere dicit,

    id. Att. 10, 3 a, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 3:

    quaeso ut hoc in bonam partem accipias,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 45.—
    9.
    Dies bonus or bona.
    (α).
    A day of good omen, a fortunate day (= dies laetus, faustus):

    tum tu igitur die bono, Aphrodisiis, addice, etc.,

    Plaut. Poen. 2, 49:

    nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die,

    Ov. F. 1, 72.—
    (β).
    A beautiful, serene day, Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 3.—
    10.
    Bonus mos.
    (α).
    Boni mores, referring to individuals, good, decent, moral habits:

    nihil est amabilius quam morum similitudo bonorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56:

    nam hic nimium morbus mores invasit bonos,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 6:

    domi militiaeque boni mores colebantur,

    Sall. C. 9, 1:

    propter ejus suavissimos et optimos mores,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:

    cum per tot annos matronae optimis moribus vixerint,

    Liv. 34, 6, 9:

    mores meliores,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 18.—
    (β).
    Bonus mos or boni mores, in the abstract, morality, the laws, rules of morality: ei vos morigerari mos bonu'st, it is a rule of morality that you should, etc., Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 4:

    ex optimo more et sanctissima disciplina,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69:

    neglegentia boni moris,

    Sen. Ep. 97, 1.—Jurid. t. t.:

    conventio, mandatum contra bonos mores,

    in conflict with morality, Quint. 3, 1, 57; Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 7; Gai. Inst. 3, 157 et saep. —
    11.
    Adverbial phrases.
    a.
    Bono animo esse, or bonum animum habere.
    (α).
    To be of good cheer or courage:

    bono animo es! Liberabit ille te homo,

    Plaut. Merc 3, 1, 33; so id. Aul. 4, 10, 61; id. Mil. 4, 8, 32; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4; id. Heaut. 4, 6, 18; id. Ad. 2, 4, 20; 3, 5, 1; 4, 2, 4; 4, 5, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 72:

    animo bono es,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 103; id. Am. 2, 2, 48; 5, 2, 1:

    bono animo es, inquit Scrofa, et fiscinam expedi,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 26:

    bono animo sint et tui et mei familiares,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1; 6, 10, 29:

    bono animo esse jubere eam consul,

    Liv. 39, 13, 7:

    habe modo bonum animum,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 58; so id. Am. 1, 3, 47; id. Truc. 2, 6, 44; id. Aul. 2, 2, 15:

    habe animum bonum,

    id. Cas. 2, 6, 35; id. Ep. 2, 2, 1; 4, 2, 31:

    bonum animum habe,

    Liv. 45, 8, 5:

    clamor ortus ut bonum animum haberet,

    id. 8, 32, 1; so Sen. Ep. 87, 38.—
    (β).
    Bono animo esse, or facere aliquid, to be of a good or friendly disposition, or to do with good, honest intentions:

    audire jubet vos imperator histricus, bonoque ut animo sedeant in subselliis qui, etc.,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 5: sunt enim (consules) [p. 246] optimo animo, summo consilio, of the best disposition, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:

    bono te animo tum populus Romanus... dicere existimavit ea quae sentiebatis, sed, etc.,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:

    quod nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Quint. 7, 4, 15.—
    (γ).
    Bonus animus, good temper, patience:

    bonus animus in mala re dimidium mali est,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 37:

    vos etiam hoc animo meliore feratis,

    Ov. M. 9, 433.—
    b.
    Bono modo.
    (α).
    = placide, with composure, moderation:

    si quis quid deliquerit, pro noxa bono modo vindicet,

    Cato, R. R. 5:

    haec tibi tam sunt defendenda quam moenia, mihi autem bono modo, tantum quantum videbitur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 137.—
    (β).
    In a decent manner:

    neu quisquam prohibeto filium quin amet... quod bono fiat modo,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 62. —
    c.
    Jure optimo or optimo jure, with good, perfect right:

    te ipse jure optumo incuses licet,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23; id. Rud. 2, 6, 53:

    ut jure optimo me deserere posses,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6; Sen. Ot. Sap. 2 (29), 2.—With pass. or intr. verb, deservedly:

    ne jure optimo irrideamur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 151; id. Marcell. 1, 4;

    similarly, optimo judicio,

    Val. Max. 2, 9, 2.
    II.
    As subst.
    A.
    bŏnus, boni, m.; of persons.
    1.
    In sing. or plur. orig. = bonus vir, boni viri; v. I. A. 1. a. b, supra, a morally good man.
    (α).
    Plur.:

    bonis quod bene fit haud perit,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 2, 108; id. Trin. 2, 1, 55; id. Pers. 4, 5, 2:

    melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto,

    Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:

    verum esse ut bonos boni diligant, quamobrem... bonis inter bonos quasi necessariam (esse) benevolentiam,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    diverso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra... habere,

    Sall. C. 52, 13; 7, 2; 52, 22:

    oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52:

    tam bonis quam malis conduntur urbes,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 28, 4; so id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 9, 2, 76.—Rarely bŏnae, arum, f., good women:

    quia omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 41.—
    (β).
    Sing.:

    malus bonum malum esse volt ut sit sui similis,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 8:

    nec enim cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99; cf.:

    qui meliorem audax vocet in jus,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 29.—
    2.
    Bonus, a man of honor.
    (α).
    A brave man:

    pro qua (patria) quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere si ei sit profuturus?

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:

    libertatem quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittat,

    Sall. C. 33, 5:

    fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 29 (opp. ignavi):

    fama impari boni atque ignavi erant,

    Sall. J. 57, 6; 53, 8; id. C. 11, 2. —
    (β).
    A gentleman:

    quis enim umquam, qui paululum modo bonorum consuetudinem nosset, litteras ad se ab amico missas... in medium protulit?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.—
    3.
    Boni, the better (i. e. higher) classes of society.
    (α).
    In gen. (of political sentiments, = optimates, opp. populares, seditiosi, perditi cives, etc.;

    so usu. in Cic.): meam causam omnes boni proprie enixeque susceperant,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 38:

    audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur... boni, nescio quomodo, tardiores sunt, etc.,

    id. ib. 47, 100:

    ego Kal. Jan. senatum et bonos omnes legis agrariae... metu liberavi,

    id. Pis. 2, 4:

    etenim omnes boni, quantum in ipsis fuit, Caesarem occiderunt,

    id. Phil. 2, 13, 29; id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; 5, 21, 2; id. Sest. 2, 5; 16, 36; 48, 103; id. Planc. 35, 86; id. Mil. 2, 5; id. Off. 2. 12, 43:

    maledictis increpat omnes bonos,

    Sall. C. 21, 4; 19, 2; 33, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; so,

    optimi,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 37; and, ironically, boni identified with the rich:

    bonorum, id est lautorum et locupletum,

    id. Att. 8, 1, 3.—
    (β).
    Without reference to political views;

    opp. vulgus (rare): nihil ego istos moror fatuos mores quibus boni dedecorant se,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22:

    semper in civitate quibus opes nullae sunt bonis invident,

    Sall. C. 37, 3:

    elatus est sine ulla pompa funeris, comitantibus omnibus bonis, maxima vulgi frequentia,

    Nep. Att. 22, 2.—So, mĕlĭōres, um, m., one ' s betters:

    ut quaestui habeant male loqui melioribus,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 13:

    da locum melioribus,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 37.—
    4.
    Boni, bone, in addresses, as an expression of courtesy, Hor. S. 2, 2, 1; 2, 6, 51; 2, 6, 95; id. Ep. 2, 2, 37; ironice, id. S. 2, 3, 31.—
    5.
    Optimus quisque = quivis bonus, omnes boni.
    (α).
    Referring to morality:

    esse aliquid natura pulcrum quod optimus quisque sequeretur,

    every good man, Cic. Sen. 13, 43:

    qui ita se gerebant ut sua consilia optimo cuique probarent, optimates habebantur,

    id. Sest. 45, 96; id. Off. 1, 43, 154; id. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Sest. 54, 115; and = even the best:

    quare deus optimum quemque mala valetudine adficit?

    Sen. Prov. 4, 8.—
    (β).
    Of the educated classes:

    adhibenda est quaedam reverentia adversus homines, et optimi cujusque et reliquorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 85:

    Catilina plerisque consularibus, praeterea optumo cuique, litteras mittit,

    Sall. C. 34, 2:

    optimo cuique infesta libertas,

    Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 2 (32 fin.).—
    (γ).
    Honorable, brave:

    optumus quisque cadere et sauciari, ceteris metus augeri,

    Sall. J. 92, 8.—
    (δ).
    In gen., excellent:

    optimus quisque facere quam dicere... malebat,

    Sall. C. 8, 5.—
    (ε).
    Distributively:

    ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,

    to the best man in each instance, Sall. C. 2, 6.—
    (ζ).
    Referring to another superlative ( = quo quisque melior eo magis, etc.):

    hic aditus laudis qui semper optimo cuique maxime patuit,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; so id. Lael. 4, 14; id. Inv. 2, 11, 36; Sen. Vit. Beat. 18, 1.—
    (η).
    Attributively, with a noun:

    optimam quamque causam,

    Cic. Sest. 43, 93:

    optima quaeque dies,

    Verg. G. 3, 66.
    2.
    bŏnum, i, n., plur. bona; mĕlĭus, ōris, n.; optĭmum, i, n. (v. infra); of things in gen.
    1.
    Bonum, or plur. bona, a good, or goods in a moral and metaphysical sense, a moral good, a blessing: sunt autem hae de finibus defensae sententiae: nihil bonum nisi honestum, ut Stoici; nihil bonum nisi voluptatem, ut Epicurus;

    nihil bonum nisi vacuitatem doloris, ut Hieronymus... tria genera bonorum, maxima animi, secunda corporis, externa tertia, ut Peripatetici, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 84 sq.:

    quid est igitur bonum? Si quid recte fit et honeste et cum virtute, id bene fieri vere dicitur, et quod rectum et honestum et cum virtute est, id solum opinor bonum,

    id. Par. 1, 1, 9:

    ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud simplex et verum bonum quod non possit ab honestate sejungi,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

    non-est igitur voluptas bonum,

    id. Fin. 1, 11, 39: finis bonorum et malorum (telos agathôn) = summa bona et mala:

    sunt nonnullae disciplinae quae, propositis bonorum et malorum finibus, officium omne pervertant. Nam qui summum bonum sic instituit ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 2, 5; cf. id. Par. 1, 3, 14; id. Ac. 2, 9, 29; 2, 36, 114; 2, 42, 129; id. Fin. 1, 9, 29; 1, 12, 42; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 5; id. Ep. 117, 1 et saep.—
    2.
    Bonum, what is valuable, beneficial, estimable, favorable, pleasant, physically or mentally:

    quoi boni Tantum adfero quantum ipsus a diis optat,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 9:

    multa bona vobis volt facere,

    will do you much good, id. Poen. 5, 4, 60; id. Am. prol. 43, 49; id. Pers. 4, 8, 4; 2, 3, 14; id. Cas. 2, 8, 32:

    tum demum nostra intellegemus bona quom ea amisimus,

    id. Capt. 1, 2, 33:

    multa tibi di dent bona,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 54; 3, 3, 74; id. Mil. 3, 1, 120; id. Men. 3, 3, 34; id. Pers. 4, 3, 23; id. Truc. 1, 2, 23; id. Merc. 1, 2, 40; id. Most. 1, 1, 47:

    omnia Bona dicere,

    to speak in the highest terms of one, Ter. And. 1, 1, 70:

    sed ne vivus quidem bono caret, si eo non indiget,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    cum quaecumque bona Peripateticis, eadem Stoicis commoda viderentur,

    id. ib. 5, 41, 120:

    nihil enim boni nosti,

    nothing that is good for any thing, id. Phil. 2, 7, 16:

    mala pro bonis legere dementia est,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 1; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 73:

    quia bonum sit valere,

    a good thing, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (cf. III. A. 5. infra):

    melius: quo quidem haud scio an... quidquam melius sit homini a dis immortalibus datum,

    id. Lael. 6, 20:

    meliora... Aristotelem de istis rebus scripsisse,

    id. Or. 1, 10, 43:

    optimum: difficillimum est formam exponere optimi,

    id. ib. 11, 36.— Here belongs the phrase boni consulere;

    v. consulo.—So after prepositions: in bonum vertere, v. under verto: in melius ire,

    to change for the better, Tac. A. 12, 68.—In the same sense: in melius aliquid referre, or reflectere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 281; 11, 426; 10, 632:

    ad melius transcurrere,

    to pass over to something better, Hor. S. 2, 2, 82.—
    3.
    Bonum or bona, prosperity:

    fortiter malum qui patitur, idem post patitur bonum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 58:

    nulli est homini perpetuum bonum,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 33:

    unā tecum bona, mala tolerabimus,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 23:

    quibus in bonis fuerint et nunc quibus in malis sint, ostenditur ( = in secundis, in adversis rebus),

    Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 107.—
    4.
    Good qualities, gifts:

    omnia adsunt bona, quem penes'st virtus,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 30:

    magnis illi et divinis bonis hanc licentiam adsequebantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:

    nisi qui se suā gravitate et castimoniā... tum etiam naturali quodam bono defenderet, etc.,

    id. Cael. 5, 11:

    hunc meā sententiā divinis quibusdam bonis instructum atque ornatum puto,

    id. ib. 17, 39:

    non intellego quod bonum cuiquam sit apud tales viros profuturum,

    id. Balb. 28, 63:

    gaude isto tuo tam excellenti bono,

    id. Marcell. 6, 19; so id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
    5.
    Advantage, benefit:

    si plus adipiscare, re explicatā, boni, quam addubitatā mali,

    Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:

    saepe cogitavi bonine an mali plus adtulerit... eloquentiae studium,

    id. Inv. 1, 1, 1; 2, 35, 106; id. Off. 2, 2, 5; id. Sest. 10, 24:

    maximum bonum in celeritate ponebat,

    Sall. C. 43, 4; so, bono publico (abl.), for the public good:

    hoc ita si fit, publico fiat bono,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 183; Liv. 2, 44, 3; Dig. 41, 3, 1.—
    6.
    With aequum, what is fair and good, the fair ( thing), fairness, equity:

    si bonum aequomque oras,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 149; so id. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Rud. 1, 2, 94; id. Men. 4, 2, 11:

    si tu aliquam partem aequi bonique dixeris,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 32; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 29; id. Ad. 1, 1, 39:

    a quo vivo nec praesens nec absens quidquam aequi bonique impetravit,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 94.—Hence, aequo et bono, or ex aequo et bono, in ( with) fairness, in equity, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 30; Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14; 2, 12, 18; 2, 13, 20; Gai. Inst. 3, 137: aequi bonique, as gen. of value, with facere:

    istuc, Chreme, Aequi bonique facio,

    I place a fair and proper value on it, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 40.—
    7.
    Bona, one ' s property, fortunes, almost always denoting the whole of one's possessions.
    a.
    In gen.:

    paterna oportet reddi filio bona,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 120:

    bona sua med habiturum omnia,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 6; 4, 2, 29; id. Rud. 2, 6, 22; id. Most. 1, 3, 77; id. Trin. 4, 4, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 4:

    bona mea diripiebantur atque ad consulem deferebantur,

    Cic. Sest. 24, 54:

    cum de capite, civis et de bonis proscriptio ferretur,

    id. ib. 30, 65:

    bona, fortunas, possessiones omnium,

    id. Caecin. 13, 38:

    at mulctantur bonis exsules,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106; id. Off. 2, 23, 81; id. Par. 1, 1, 7; id. Sest. 19, 42; 43, 94; 52, 111; id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; Caes. B. G. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 3, 5; 2, 5, 5; 4, 15, 8; Tac. A. 2, 48; Quint. 6, 1, 19 et saep.—
    b.
    Bonorum possessio, the possession of one ' s property by another.
    (α).
    Bonorum possessio in consequence of bonorum cessio, i. e. an assignment of one ' s property for the benefit of creditors, Dig. 42, tit. 3.—
    (β).
    Bonorum possessio granted by the prætor against a contumacious or insolvent debtor (in bona mittere, in bona ire jubere, bona possidere jubere, etc.); cf. Dig. 42, tit. 4:

    postulat a Burrieno Naevius ut ex edicto bona possidere liceat,

    Cic. Quint. 6, 25, and the whole of c. 8:

    edixit... neu quis militis... bona possideret aut venderet,

    Liv. 2, 24, 6:

    bona proscribere,

    to offer the property thus transferred for sale, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.—
    (γ).
    Chiefly referring to the property of a defunct person (hereditas), where the prætor, till the heir had proved his right, granted a bonorum possessio secundum tabulas or contra tabulas, Dig. 37, tit. 4; 37, tit. 11.—
    c.
    In bonis esse;

    with reference to the older civil law, which distinguished between civil property (habere rem ex jure Quiritium) and natural property (rem in bonis habere, res in bonis est),

    Gai. Inst. 2, 40, 41; Dig. 40, 12, 38, § 2; 37, 6, 2, § 1; 37, 6, 3, § 2; ib. Fragm. 1, 16; Gai. Inst. 1, 22; 1, 35; 1, 222; 1, 167; Dig. 1, 8, 1; 27, 10, 10:

    neque bonorum possessorum, neque... res pleno jure fiunt, sed in bonis efficiuntur,

    ib. Fragm. 3, 80.—Hence, nullam omnino arbitrabamur de eā hereditate controversiam eum habiturum, et est hodie in bonis, i. e. [p. 247] the bonorum possessio has been granted to him, which did not give full ownership, but effected only that the hereditas was in bonis. Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1.
    III.
    Predicative use.
    A.
    With nouns or pronouns as subjects.
    1.
    Bonum esse, to be morally good, honest:

    nunc mihi bonae necessum est esse ingratiis, Quamquam esse nolo,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 82:

    bonam ego quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo,

    id. Poen. 1, 2, 93; so id. Capt. 2, 1, 44; id. Men. 4, 2, 6; id. Rud. prol. 29:

    itaque viros fortes magnanimos eosdem, bonos et simplices... esse volumus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; cf. id. ib. 3, 21, 84; id. Att. 15, 6, 1:

    Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat,

    Sall. C. 54, 5:

    ut politiora, non ut meliora fiant ingenia,

    Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 5 fin. —
    2.
    To be beneficial, prosperous, advantageous, valuable, favorable, serviceable, correct, with reference to both persons and things as subjects, and in regard to physical and mental relations:

    jam istuc non bonumst,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 29; Cato, R. R. 157:

    oleum viridius et melius fiet,

    id. ib. 3:

    vinum ut alvum bonam faciat,

    to correct the bowels, id. ib. 156:

    quid est homini salute melius?

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:

    non optuma haec sunt, verum meliora quam deterruma,

    id. Trin. 2, 3, 1:

    quid est quod huc possit quod melius sit accedere?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 41; 1, 18, 57; id. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:

    in quo (vestitu), sicut in plerisque rebus, mediocritas optima est,

    id. Off. 1, 36, 130; 2, 17, 59; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Or. 2, 6; 11, 36:

    meliorem tamen militem... in futura proelia id certamen fecit,

    Liv. 2, 51, 3:

    parvus ut est cygni melior canor, ille gruum quam Clamor,

    Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 191:

    si meliora dies, ut vina, poemata reddit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 34.—So in the optative formula:

    quod bonum, faustum, felixque sit,

    Liv. 1, 28, 7; 1, 17, 10; 39, 15, 1; 3, 54;

    3, 34.—Also, quod bonum atque fortunatum mihi sit,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 50;

    and with a noun as subject: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix, fortunataque evenat,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3.—
    3.
    To be kind:

    bonus cum probis'st (erus), malus cum malis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22:

    hic si vellet bonus ac benignus Esse,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 52.—
    4.
    With reference to the gods:

    ecastor ambae (Fortuna et Salus sunt bonae,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 129:

    Palladis aut oculos ausa negare bonos (esse),

    Prop. 3, 24, 12 (2, 28, 12).—
    B.
    Impers.
    1.
    Bonum est (very rare for the class. bene est; v. bene).
    (α).
    Without a subject:

    bonum sit!

    may it be fortunate, favorable! Verg. E. 8, 106.—
    (β).
    With subject inf.:

    nam et stulte facere, et stulte fabularier in aetate haud bonum est,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 61:

    bonum est pauxillum amare, insane non bonum est,

    id. Curc. 1, 3,20.—
    2.
    Melius est.
    (α).
    With subject inf.:

    melius sanam est mentem sumere,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 51:

    nihil sentire est melius quam tam prava sentire,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125; cf. id. Fin. 1, 19, 62; id. Off. 1, 43, 156; so,

    melius fuit, fuisset, or fuerat,

    it would have been better, id. N. D. 3, 33; id. Sen. 23, 82; id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

    proinde quiesse erit melius,

    Liv. 3, 48, 3; 3, 41, 3; Verg. A. 11, 303.—
    (β).
    With subject inf.-clause:

    meliu'st te quae sunt mandata tibi praevortier,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 125; id. Men. 5, 9, 32.—
    (γ).
    With ut-clause:

    quid melius quam ut hinc intro abeam et me suspendam clanculum,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 145; so id. Ps. 4, 7, 18.—
    (δ).
    With subjectclause in the subjunctive:

    nunc quid mihi meliu'st quam ilico hic opperiar erum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 22.—
    3.
    Optimum est.
    (α).
    With subject inf.:

    optimum visum est, captivos quam primum deportare,

    Liv. 23, 34, 8:

    si quis dicit optimum esse navigare,

    Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 4 (32 fin.); so, optimum fuit, it would have been better, and optimum erat, it would be better, Quint. 6, prooem. 3; 11, 2, 33; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7.—
    (β).
    With inf.-clause:

    constituerunt optimum esse, domum suam quemque reverti,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 10: optimum visum est, in fluctuantem aciem tradi equos, etc., Liv 6, 24, 10; 22, 27, 6.—
    (γ).
    With ut and subj:

    hoc vero optimum, ut is qui, etc., id ultimum bonorum, id ipsum quid et quale sit nesciat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 6.—
    (δ).
    With quod:

    illa vero optima (sunt) quod cum Haluntium venisset Archagathum vocari jussit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:

    optimum vero (est) quod dictaturae nomen in perpetuum de re publica sustulisti,

    id. Phil. 2, 36, 91.—
    (ε).
    With second sup., in the phrase optumum factu est (where factu is redundant):

    sed hoc mihi optumum factu arbitror,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 16:

    optimum factu esse duxerant frumento... nostros prohibere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

    optumum factu credens exercitum augere,

    Sall. C. 32, 1 (Kritz, factum); 57, 5 (Kritz, factum).
    IV.
    Ellipt. use: di meliora, i. e. dent or velint, i. e. let the gods grant better things than what you say, etc.; God forbid! in full:

    di melius duint,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 16:

    di meliora velint!

    Ov. M. 7, 37.—Ellipt.:

    di meliora! inquit,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 47:

    id ubi mulier audivit, perturbata, dii meliora inquit, etc.,

    Liv. 39, 10, 2; 9, 9, 6; Verg. G. 3, 513;

    similarly, di melius, i. e. fecerunt,

    Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3.
    V.
    With object expressed,
    1.
    By dat.
    (α).
    = good, useful, beneficial for:

    ambula, id lieni optumum est,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 25:

    quia vobis eadem quae mihi bona malaque esse intellexi,

    Sall. C. 20, 3:

    bona bello Cornus, jaculis, etc.,

    Verg. G. 2, 447.—
    (β).
    = benignus or propitius, kind to:

    vicinis bonus esto,

    Cato, R. R. 4:

    bene merenti mala es, male merenti bona es,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 3:

    vos o mihi Manes, Este boni,

    Verg. A. 12, 647.—
    (γ).
    = idoneus, fit for, adapted to:

    qui locus vino optimus dicetur esse,

    Cato, R. R. 6:

    tum erit ei rei optumum tempus,

    id. ib. 26:

    terra cui putre solum, Optima frumentis,

    Verg. G. 2, 205; 2, 319; 1, 286.—
    (δ).
    With sum and dat., in the phrase alicui bono est, it is of service to one, profits him:

    accusant in quibus occidi patrem Sex. Roscii bono fuit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:

    bono fuisse Romanis adventum eorum constabat,

    Liv. 7, 12, 4.—Hence, with rel. dat.: cui bono (est), for whose advantage it is:

    quod si quis usurpet illud Cassianum cui bono fuerit, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:

    cui bono fuisset,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Mil. 12, 32 Ascon. ad loc.; cf.

    ellipt. form cui bono?

    Prisc. p. 1208 P.—
    (ε).
    With dat. gerund:

    ager oleto conserundo qui in Favonium spectavit, aliis bonus nullus erit,

    Cato, R. R. 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

    (mons) quia pecori bonus alendo erat,

    Liv. 29, 31; 9, 10.—
    2.
    By ad and acc.:

    refert et ad quam rem bona aut non bona sit,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 91:

    occasio quaeritur idoneane fuerit ad rem adoriendam, an alia melior,

    Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7:

    non campos modo militi Romano ad proelium bonos, etc.,

    Tac. A. 2, 14.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > bonus

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    bŏnus (old form dŭonus, Carm. Sall. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Mull.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 67 Mull.), a, um, adj. [for duonus, cf. bellum, bis, and cf. root dvi-; hence deidô, deos], good; comp. melior, us [cf. Gr. mala, mallon], better; sup. optimus ( optumus, ante-class. and often class.) [root opof ops, opes; cf. copia, apiscor], best.
    I.
    Attributively.
    A.
    As adjunct of nouns denoting persons.
    1.
    Vir bonus.
    (α).
    A man morally good (kalos kagathos):

    quoniam boni me viri pauperant, improbi alunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:

    omnibus virtutibus instructos et ornatos tum sapientes, tum viros bonos dicimus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28:

    ille vir bonus qui... intolerabili dolore lacerari potius quam aut officium prodat aut fidem,

    id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

    sive vir bonus est is qui prodest quibus potest, nocet nemini, certe istum virum bonum non facile reperimus,

    id. Off. 3, 15, 64:

    qui se ita gerunt ut eorum probitas, fides, integritas, etc.... hos viros bonos... appellandos putemus,

    id. Lael. 5, 19:

    non intellegunt se de callido homine loqui, non de bono viro,

    id. Att. 7, 2, 4:

    ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 12:

    nec enim melior vir fuit Africano quisquam, nec clarior,

    id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 14, 41; 1, 18, 48; id. Planc. 4, 9; id. Par. 3, 1, 21; id. Marcell. 6, 20; id. Fam. 7, 21; id. Off. 2, 16, 57.—
    (β).
    An honest man:

    justitia, ex qua viri boni nominantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21; 1, 44, 155; 2, 11, 39; 2, 12, 42; 2, 20, 71;

    3, 12, 50: cum is sponsionem fecisset ni vir bonus esset,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 77:

    quoniam Demosthenes nec vir bonus esset, nec bene meritus de civitate,

    id. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116.—
    (γ).
    A man of good standing in the community:

    id viri boni arbitratu deducetur,

    Cato, R. R. 143; so id. ib. 149:

    tuam partem viri bono arbitratu... dari oportet,

    Dig. 17, 1, [p. 244] 35;

    37, 6, 2, § 2: quem voles virum bonum nominato,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55:

    vir bonus est... quo res sponsore, et quo causae teste tenentur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40.—Hence, ironically of wealthy men:

    praetores jus dicunt, aediles ludos parant, viri boni usuras perscribunt,

    Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3.—
    (δ).
    Ironically of bad men:

    sed eccum lenonem Lycum, bonum virum,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 52; Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 9; 4, 3, 18; id. Ad. 3, 4, 30:

    expectabam quinam isti viri boni testes hujus manifesto deprehensi veneni dicerentur,

    Cic. Cael. 26, 63:

    nam socer ejus, vir multum bonus est,

    id. Agr. 3, 3, 13;

    so especially in addresses (mostly comic.): age tu, illuc procede, bone vir!

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 1; id. Curc. 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 4, 7, 48; id. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 3, 5, 10; 5, 2, 5; id. Ad. 4, 2, 17; id. Eun. 5, 2, 11:

    quid tu, vir optime? Ecquid habes quod dicas?

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104.—
    (ε).
    Sometimes boni viri = boni, in the sense of optimates (v. I. A. 3.):

    bonis viris quid juris reliquit tribunatus C. Gracchi?

    Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.—
    (ζ).
    As a conventional courtesy:

    homines optimi non intellegunt, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:

    bone accusator,

    id. Rosc. Am. 21, 58:

    sic illum amicum vocasti, quomodo omnes candidatos bonos viros dicimus,

    gentlemen, Sen. Ep. 3, 1.—For bonus vir, a good husband, v. 3.; and for vir optimus, as a laudatory epithet, v. 5.—
    2.
    Boni homines (rare) = boni, better classes of society, v. II. A. 3:

    in foro infimo boni homines atque dites ambulant,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14.—
    3.
    With nouns denoting persons in regard to their functions, offices, occupations, and qualities, denoting excellence:

    bonus consul,

    Liv. 4, 40, 6; 22, 39, 2 (different: consules duos, bonos quidem, sed dumtaxat bonos, amisimus, consuls of good sentiments, almost = bad consuls, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 3, 4):

    boni tribuni plebis,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 25:

    bonus senator,

    id. Prov. Cons. 15, 37:

    senator bonus,

    id. Dom. 4, 8:

    bonus judex,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 34:

    bonus augur (ironically),

    id. Phil. 2, 32, 80:

    bonus vates,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 27:

    bonus imperator,

    Sall. C. 60, 4:

    bonus dux,

    Quint. 12, 1, 43 (cf. trop.:

    naturam, optimam ducem,

    the best guide, Cic. Sen. 2, 5):

    bonus miles,

    Sall. C. 60, 4; Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:

    bonus orator,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

    optimus orator,

    id. Opt. Gen. 1, 3:

    poeta bonus,

    id. de Or. 1, 3, 11; 2, 46, 194; id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

    scriptor bonus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 104:

    bonus advocatus,

    id. 5, 13, 10:

    bonus defensor,

    id. 5, 13, 3:

    bonus altercator,

    a good debater, id. 6, 4, 10:

    bonus praeceptor,

    id. 5, 13, 44; 10, 5, 22:

    bonus gubernator,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

    optimus opifex,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 133:

    sutor bonus,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 125:

    actor optimus,

    Cic. Sest. 57, 122:

    cantor optimus est modulator,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 130:

    melior gladiator,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 33: agricola (colonus, dominus) bonus, Cato, R. R. prooem.; Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    bonus paterfamilias,

    a thrifty head of the house, Nep. Att. 13, 1:

    bonus servus,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 58; id. Am. 2, 1, 46; id. Men. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Mil. 22, 58:

    dominus bonus,

    Cato, R. R. 14:

    bonus custos,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38.—Ironically, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57:

    filius bonus,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 9:

    patres,

    Quint. 11, 3, 178:

    parens,

    id. 6, prooem. 4: bonus (melior, optimus), viz. a good husband, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51 sq.; Liv. 1, 9, 15:

    uxor melior,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    amicus,

    id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:

    amicus optimus,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 18:

    optimus testis,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:

    auctor, in two senses,

    good authority, id. Att. 5, 12, 3;

    and = bonus scriptor (post-class.),

    Quint. 10, 1, 74.—Esp.:

    bonus civis (rarely civis bonus): in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint: talem enim solemus et sentire bonum civem et dicere, Cic.-Off. 1, 34, 124: eaque est summa ratio et sapientia boni civis, commoda civium non divellere, atque omnes aequitate eadem continere,

    id. ib. 2, 23, 83:

    eum esse civem et fidelem et bonum,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; 1, 9, 10; 3, 12, 1; 6, 6, 11; id. Off. 1, 44, 155; Liv. 22, 39, 3; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 10 Dietsch:

    optimus et fortissimus civis,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; id. Sest. 17, 39.—
    4.
    Bonus and optimus as epithets of the gods.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    sed te bonus Mercurius perdat,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 23:

    fata... bonique divi,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 38:

    divis orte bonis,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 1:

    O bone deus!

    Scrib. Comp. 84 fin.: BONORVM DEORVM, Inscr. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84: totidem, pater optime, dixi, Tu mihi da cives, referring to Jupiter, Ov. M. 7, 627.—
    (β).
    Optimus Maximus, a standing epithet of Jupiter:

    (Juppiter) a majoribus nostris Optimus Maximus (nominatur), et quidem ante optimus, id est beneficentissimus, quam Maximus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64:

    Jovem optimum et maximum ob eas res appellant, non quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 3, 36, 87:

    in templo Jovis Optimi Maximi,

    id. Sest. 56, 129; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 22:

    nutu Jovis Optimi Maximi,

    id. Cat. 3, 9, 21; Liv. 1, 12, 7; id. 6, 16, 2.—
    (γ).
    Di boni, O di boni, expressing indignation, sorrow, or surprise:

    di boni, hunc visitavi antidhac!

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 16:

    di boni, boni quid porto!

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 1:

    di boni, quid hoc morbi est,

    id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 13; id. Ad. 3, 3, 86:

    alter, O di boni, quam taeter incedebat!

    Cic. Sest. 8, 19; id. Brut. 84, 288; id. Phil. 2, 8, 20; 2, 32, 80; id. Att. 1, 16, 5; 14, 21, 2; Val. Max. 3, 5, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 3.—
    (δ).
    Bona Dea, etc., v. 6.—
    5.
    Optimus as a laudatory epithet.
    (α).
    Vir optimus:

    per vos nobis, per optimos viros optimis civibus periculum inferre conantur,

    Cic. Sest. 1, 2:

    virum optimum et constantissimum M. Cispium,

    id. ib. 35, 76:

    fratrem meum, virum optimum, fortissimum,

    id. ib.:

    consolabor hos praesentes, viros optimos,

    id. Balb. 19, 44; id. Planc. 21, 51; 23, 55; id. Mil. 14, 38; id. Marcell. 4, 10; id. Att. 5, 1, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 53.—
    (β).
    Femina bona, optima:

    tua conjunx bona femina,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

    hujus sanctissimae feminae atque optimae pater,

    id. ib. —
    (γ).
    Senex, pater, frater, etc.:

    optimus: parentes ejus, prudentissimi atque optimi senis,

    Cic. Planc. 41, 97:

    insuevit pater optimus hoc me,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 105; 2, 1, 12:

    C. Marcelli, fratris optimi,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 6 (8), 2; 2, 4, 2.—
    (δ).
    With proper names ( poet.):

    optimus Vergilius,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 54:

    Maecenas optimus,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 27:

    optime Quinti,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 1.—
    (ε).
    Esp. as an epithet of the Roman emperors:

    quid tam civile, tam senatorium quam illud, additum a nobis Optimi cognomen?

    Plin. Pan. 2, 7:

    gratias, inquit, ago, optime Princeps!

    Sen. Tranq. 14. 4:

    ex epistula optimi imperatoris Antonini,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 102; cf.:

    bene te patriae pater optime Caesar,

    Ov. F. 2, 637:

    optime Romulae Custos gentis,

    Hor. C. 4, 5, 1.—
    6.
    Bonus and Bona, names of deities.
    (α).
    Bona Dea, the goddess of Chastity, whose temple could not be entered by males (cf. Macr. S. 1, 12; Lact. 1, 22):

    Bonae Deae pulvinaribus,

    Cic. Pis. 39, 95; id. Mil. 31, 86; id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; cf.

    in mal. part.,

    Juv. 2, 86 sq.; 6, 314 sq.; 6, 335 sq.—
    (β).
    Bonus Eventus, Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.; Amm. 29, 6, 19; Inscr. Orell. 907; 1780 sq.—
    (γ).
    Bona Fortuna:

    si bona Fortuna veniat, ne intromiseris,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 22:

    Bonae Fortunae (signum),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 7:

    FORTVNAE BONAE DOMESTICAE,

    Inscr. Orell. 1743 sq. —
    (δ).
    Bona Spes:

    Spes Bona, obsecro, subventa mihi,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 12:

    BONAE SPEI,

    Aug. Inscr. Grut. 1075, 1.—
    (ε).
    BONA MENS, Inscr. Orell. 1818 sqq.:

    Mens Bona, si qua dea es, tua me in sacraria dono,

    Prop. 3, 24, 19.
    B.
    With nouns denoting things.
    1.
    Things concrete, denoting excellence:

    navis bona dicitur non quae pretiosis coloribus picta est... sed stabilis et firma,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

    gladium bonum dices, non cui auratus est balteus, etc., sed cui et ad secandum subtilis acies est, et, etc.,

    id. ib. 76, 14:

    id vinum erit lene et bono colore,

    Cato, R. R. 109; Lucr. 2, 418; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 9:

    tabulas... collocare in bono lumine,

    Cic. Brut. 75, 261: ex quavis olea oleum... bonum fieri potest. Cato, R. R. 3:

    per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato,

    id. ib. 73; cf.:

    bonae aquae, ironically compared to wine,

    Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 28:

    praedium bonum caelum habeat,

    good temperature, Cato, R. R. 1:

    bona tempestate,

    in good weather, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

    (praedium) solo bono valeat,

    by good soil, Cato, R. R. 1:

    bonae (aedes) cum curantur male,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24:

    villam bonam,

    Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:

    bonus pons,

    Cat. 17, 5:

    scyphi optimi (= optime facti),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:

    perbona toreumata,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 18, §

    38: bona domicilia,

    comfortable residences, id. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

    agrum Meliorem nemo habet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:

    fundum meliorem,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: fundos optimos et fructuosissimos, id. Agr. 3, 4, 14:

    equus melior,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    bona cena,

    Cat. 13, 3:

    boni nummi,

    good, not counterfeit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144; Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:

    super omnia vultus accessere boni,

    good looks, Ov. M. 8, 678:

    mulier bona forma,

    of a fine form, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 13:

    equus formae melioris,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 52:

    tam bona cervix, simul ac jussero, demetur,

    fine, beautiful, Suet. Calig. 33:

    fruges bonae,

    Cat. 34, 19:

    ova suci melioris,

    of better flavor, Hor. S. 2, 4, 13.— Trop.:

    animus aequus optimum est aerumnae condimentum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 71: bona dextra, a lucky hand (cf.:

    bonum omen, 2. e.),

    Quint. 6, 3, 69:

    scio te bona esse voce, ne clama nimis,

    good, sound, loud voice, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 43; so,

    bona firmaque vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 13.—
    2.
    Things abstract.
    a.
    Of physical well-being:

    ut si qui neget sine bona valetudine posse bene vivi,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 2; Lucr. 3, 102; Val. Max. 2, 5, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 26; 11, 2, 35 et saep.:

    non bonus somnus de prandio est,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 8:

    bona aetas,

    prime of life, Cic. Sen. 14, 48:

    optima aetate,

    id. Fam. 10, 3, 3.—Ironically:

    bona, inquis, aetate, etc.,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 1.—
    b.
    Of the mind and soul:

    meliore esse sensu,

    Cic. Sest. 21, 47:

    optima indoles,

    id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:

    bona conscientia,

    Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5:

    bono ingenio me esse ornatam quam auro multo mavolo,

    with a good heart, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 91; id. Stich. 1, 21, 59; Sall. C. 10, 5:

    mens melior,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 78; Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Liv. 39, 16, 5; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 4; id. Ep. 10, 4; Pers. 2, 8; Petr. 61.—Personified, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 19; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 31:

    duos optimae indolis filios,

    Val. Max. 5, 7, 2; Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 6; Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    bonum consilium,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6; id. Rud. 4, 3, 18; Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    bona voluntas,

    a good purpose, Quint. 12, 11, 31:

    memoria bona,

    Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    bona ratio cum perdita... confligit,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

    bonae rationes,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 50:

    pronuntiatio bona,

    Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—
    c.
    Of moral relations:

    ego si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71; Cic. Sest. 66, 139; Liv. 6, 11, 7; Hor. S. 1, 2, 61 (cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1;

    v. e. infra): si ego in causa tam bona cessi tribuni plebis furori,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; id. Planc. 36, 87; Ov. M. 5, 220:

    fac, sis, bonae frugi sies,

    of good, regular habits, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 35; id. Cas. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 19; id. Ps. 1, 5, 53; id. Truc. 1, 1, 13; id. Capt. 5, 2, 3 sq. (v. frux, II. B. 1. b.): vilicus disciplina bona utatur. Cato, R. R. 5:

    bona studia,

    moral pursuits, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:

    quidquid vita meliore parasti,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 15: ad spem mortis melioris, an honorable death; so as an epithet of religious exercises:

    Juppiter, te bonas preces precor,

    Cato, R. R. 134; 139.—
    d.
    Of external, artistic, and literary value and usefulness:

    bono usui estis nulli,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15:

    Optumo optume optumam operam das,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 122:

    bonam dedistis mihi operam,

    a valuable service to me, id. Poen. 2, 3, 70; 3, 6, 11; id. Pers. 4, 7, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 11 (in a different sense: me bona opera aut mala Tibi inventurum esse auxilium argentarium, by fair or unfair means, id. Ps. 1, 1, 102;

    v. e. infra): optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis... gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    bonum otium,

    valuable leisure, Sall. C. 4, 1:

    bonis versibus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    versus meliores,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 81:

    meliora poemata,

    Hor. A. P. 303:

    in illa pro Ctesiphonte oratione longe optima,

    Cic. Or. 8, 26:

    optimas fabulas,

    id. Off. 1, 31, 114:

    melius munus,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 7.—
    e.
    Favorable, prosperous, lucky, fortunate:

    de Procilio rumores non boni,

    unfavorable rumors, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 5:

    bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est,

    about their success in the war, id. ib. 7, 26, 1:

    si fuisset in discipulo comparando meliore fortuna,

    id. Pis. 29, 71; cf.

    fortuna optima esse,

    to be in the best pecuniary circumstances, id. ad Brut. 1, 1, 2:

    occasio tam bona,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:

    senex est eo meliore condicione quam adulesoens cum, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 19, 68; id. Fam. 4, 32:

    bona navigatio,

    id. N. D. 3, 34, 83;

    esp. in phrase bona spes.—Object.: ergo in iis adulescentibus bonam spem esse dicemus et magnam indolem quos, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117.—Subject.:

    ego sum spe bona,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 3; id. Cat. 2, 11, 25; [p. 245] id. Att. 14, 1 a, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:

    optima spe,

    id. Fam. 12, 11, 2.—Pregn., = spes bonarum rerum, Sall. C. 21, 1;

    v. C. 1. c. infra: meliora responsa,

    more favorable, Liv. 7, 21, 6:

    melior interpretatio,

    Tac. H. 3, 65:

    cum laude et bonis recordationibus,

    id. A. 4, 38:

    amnis Doctus iter melius,

    i. e. less injurious, Hor. A. P. 68:

    omen bonum,

    a good, lucky omen, Cic. Pis. 13, 31; cf.

    Liv. praef. § 13: melius omen,

    Ov. F. 1, 221;

    optimum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2:

    bona scaeva,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 24:

    auspicio optumo,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 6; cf.:

    memini bene, sed meliore Tempore dicam = opportuniore tempore,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 68.—
    f.
    Of public affairs, si mihi bona re publica frui non licuerit, Cic. Mil. 34, 93:

    optima res publica,

    id. Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:

    minus bonis temporibus,

    id. Dom. 4, 8; so,

    optimis temporibus,

    id. Sest. 3, 6:

    nostrae res meliore loco videbantur,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 3, 1:

    lex optima,

    id. Pis. 16, 37; id. Sest. 64, 137; id. Phil, 1, 8, 19.—
    g.
    Good = large, considerable:

    bono atque amplo lucro,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 6:

    bona librorum copia,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 109; cf.:

    bona copia cornu,

    Ov. M. 9, 88; v. bona pars, C. 8. g.—
    h.
    Noble; with genus, good family, noble extraction, honorable birth: quali me arbitraris genere prognatum? Eu. Bono, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 35; so id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; 2, 1, 3; id. Pers. 4, 4, 94:

    si bono genere natus sit,

    Auct. Her. 3, 7, 13.—
    k.
    Referring to good-will, kindness, faithfulness, in certain phrases.
    (α).
    Bona venia or cum bona venia, with the kind permission of a person addressed, especially bona venia orare, expetere, etc.:

    primum abs te hoc bona venia expeto,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:

    bona tua venia dixerim,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:

    oravit bona venia Quirites, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 41, 3:

    obsecro vos.. bona venia vestra liceat, etc.,

    id. 6, 40, 10:

    cum bona venia quaeso audiatis, etc.,

    id. 29, 17, 6; Arn. c. Gent. 1, p. 5; cf.

    . sed des veniam bonus oro = venia bona oro,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 5.—
    (β).
    Bona pax, without quarrelling:

    bona pax sit potius,

    let us have no quarrel about that, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 7;

    so especially cum bona pace, or bona pace: Hannibal ad Alpis cum bona pace incolentium... pervenit,

    without a difficulty with the inhabitants, Liv. 21, 32, 6; 21, 24, 5; 1, 24, 3; 28, 37, 4; 8, 15, 1; cf.: si bonam (pacem) dederitis, = a fair peace, under acceptable conditions, id. 8, 21, 4.—
    (γ).
    Amicitia bona = bona fide servata, faithful, undisturbed friendship:

    igitur amicitia Masinissae bona atque honesta nobis permansit,

    Sall. J. 5, 5.—
    (δ).
    Bona societas, alliance:

    Segestes, memoria bonae societatis, impavidus,

    Tac. A. 1, 58.
    C.
    In particular phrases.
    1.
    Bonae res.
    a.
    = Vitae commoda, comforts of life, abstract or concrete:

    concedatur bonis rebus homines morte privari,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87:

    optimis rebus usus est,

    he had every most desirable thing, Nep. Att. 18, 1.—
    b.
    = Res secundae, opp. res adversae, prosperity:

    bonis rebus tuis, meas irrides malas,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:

    in bonis rebus,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 2. —
    c.
    Res bona = res familiaris bona, wealth ( poet.): in re bona esse, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4.—Also an object of value:

    homines quibus mala abunde omnia erant, sed neque res neque spes bona ulla,

    who had no property, nor the hope of any, Sall. C. 21, 1. —
    d.
    Costly things, articles of luxury:

    capere urbem in Arabia plenam bonarum rerum,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 46; 4, 4, 82:

    nimium rei bonae,

    id. Stich. 2, 3, 55:

    ignorantia bonarum rerum,

    Nep. Ages. 8, 5 ' bonis rebus gaudere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 110:

    re bona copiosum esse,

    Gell. 16, 19, 7.—
    e.
    Moral, morally good:

    illi cum res non bonas tractent,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 72:

    ut de virtutibus et vitiis, omninoque de bonis rebus et malis quaererent,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 15:

    quid habemus in rebus bonis et malis explorati?

    id. ib. 2, 42, 129; so id. Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Leg. 1, 22, 58:

    quae tamen omnia dulciora fuint et moribus bonis et artibus,

    id. Sen. 18, 65.—
    f.
    In literary composition, important or interesting matter, subjects, or questions:

    res bonas verbis electis dictas quis non legat?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8:

    studiis generorum, praesertim in re bona,

    Plaut. Am. 8, 26.—
    2.
    Bonae artes.
    (α).
    A good, laudable way of dealing:

    qui praeclari facinoris aut artis bonae famam quaerit,

    Sall. C. 2, 9:

    huic bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit,

    id. ib. 11, 2:

    quod is bonarum artium cupiens erat,

    Tac. A. 6, 46.—
    (β).
    Liberal arts and sciences:

    litteris aut ulli bonae arti,

    Quint. 12, 1, 7:

    conservate civem bonarum artium, bonarum partium, bonorum virorum,

    Cic. Sest. 32, 77. —Esp.:

    optimae artes: optimarum artium scientia,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 4; id. Ac. 2, 1, 1; id. Cael. 10, 24; id. Marcell. 1, 4.—
    3.
    Bona fides, or fides bona.
    a.
    Good faith, i. e. conscious honesty in acts or words: qui nummos fide bona solvit, who pays (the price of labor) in good faith, i. e. as it is honestly earned, Cato, R. R. 14:

    dic, bona fide, tu id aurum non subripuisti?

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46; 4, 10, 47; id. Capt. 4, 2, 111; id. Most. 3, 1, 137; id. Poen. 1, 3, 30; id. Pers. 4, 3, 16; id. Ps. 4, 6, 33:

    si tibi optima fide omnia concessit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144; Quint. 10, 3, 23.—Hence, bonae fidei vir, a conscientious man, Quint. 10, 7, 1.—
    b.
    Jurid. t. t.
    (α).
    Good faith in contracts and legal acts in general, opposed to dolus malus, honesty and fairness in dealing with another:

    ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere, notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67.—Hence, alienam rem bona fide emere, to buy, believing the seller to be the rightful owner, Dig. 41, 3, 10; 41, 3, 13, § 1. bonae fidei possessor (also possessio), believing that he is the rightful owner, ib. 5, 3, 25, § 11; 5, 3, 22; 41, 3, 15, § 2;

    41, 3, 24: conventio contra bonam fidem et mores bonos,

    ib. 16, 31, § 7: bonam fidem praestare, to be responsible for one ' s good faith, ib. 17, 1, 10 prooem.—Hence,
    (β).
    Bonae fidei actiones or judicia, actions in equity, i. e. certain classes of actions in which the strict civil law was set aside by the praetorian edict in favor of equity:

    actiones quaedam bonae fidei sunt, quaedam stricti juris. Bonae fidei sunt haec: exempto vendito, locato conducto, etc.,

    Just. Inst. 4, 6, 28, § 19.—In the republican time the praetor added in such actions to his formula for the judex the words ex fide bona, or, in full:

    quidquid dare facere oportet ex fide bona,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

    iste dolus malus et legibus erat vindicatus, et sine lege, judiciis in quibus additur ex fide bona,

    id. ib. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. ib. 3, 17, 70.—
    4.
    Bona verba.
    (α).
    Kind words:

    Bona verba quaeso,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 33.—
    (β).
    Words of good omen (v. omen):

    dicamus bona verba,

    Tib. 2, 2, 1:

    dicite suffuso ter bona verba mero,

    Ov. F. 2, 638.—
    (γ).
    Elegant or well-chosen expressions:

    quid est tam furiosum quam verborum vel optimorum atque ornatissimorum sonitus inanis,

    Cic. Or. 1, 12, 51:

    verborum bonorum cursu,

    id. Brut. 66, 233:

    omnia verba sunt alicubi optima,

    Quint. 10, 1, 9.—
    (δ).
    Moral sayings:

    non est quod contemnas bona verba et bonis cogitationibus plena praecordia,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 1. —
    5.
    Bona dicta.
    (α).
    Polite, courteous language:

    hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit leniter dictis bonis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 25.—
    (β).
    Witticisms ( bon-mots): flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi, quam bona dicta teneat, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 2, 54, 222:

    dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus quibus solebam menstruales epulas ante adipiscier,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22:

    ibo intro ad libros ut discam de dictis melioribus,

    id. Stich. 2, 3, 75.—
    6.
    Bona facta.
    (α).
    = bene facta (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.), laudable deeds:

    nobilitas ambobus et majorum bona facta (sc. erant),

    Tac. A. 3, 40.—
    (β).
    Bonum factum est, colloq., = bene est, bene factum est (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.):

    bonum factum est, ut edicta servetis mea,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 16:

    haec imperata quae sunt pro imperio histrico, bonum hercle factum (est) pro se quisque ut meminerit,

    id. ib. 45.— Hence,
    (γ).
    Elliptically, introducing commands which cannot be enforced, = if you will do so, it will be well:

    peregrinis in senatum allectis, libellus propositus est: bonum factum, ne quis senatori novo curiam monstrare velit,

    Suet. Caes. 80:

    et Chaldaeos edicere: bonum factum, ne Vitellius... usquam esset,

    id. Vit. 14:

    hac die Carthaginem vici: bonum factum, in Capitolium eamus, et deos supplicemus,

    Aur. Vict. 49; cf.:

    o edictum, cui adscribi non poterit bonum factum,

    Tert. Pud. 1.—
    7.
    Bona gratia.
    (α).
    A friendly understanding:

    cur non videmus inter nos haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17; so,

    per gratiam bonam abire,

    to part with good feelings, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 33.—In jest: sine bona gratia abire, of things cast away, Plaut Truc. 2, 7, 15.—
    (β).
    Pleon., in the phrase bonam gratiam habere, = gratiam habere, to thank (v. B. 2. k.), Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 32; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 99.—
    8.
    Bona pars.
    (α).
    The well-disposed part of a body of persons:

    ut plerumque fit, major pars (i. e. of the senate) meliorem vicit,

    Liv. 21, 4, 1:

    pars melior senatus ad meliora responsa trahere,

    id. 7, 21, 6.—
    (β).
    The good party, i. e. the optimates (gen. in plur.):

    civem bonarum partium,

    Cic. Sest. 32, 77:

    (fuit) meliorum partium aliquando,

    id. Cael. 6, 13:

    qui sibi gratiam melioris partis velit quaesitam,

    Liv. 2, 44, 3.—Paronom.: (Roscius) semper partium in re publica tam quam in scaena optimarum, i. e. party and part in a drama, Cic. Sest. 56, 120.—
    (γ).
    Of things or persons, a considerable part (cf. a good deal):

    bonam partem ad te adtulit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 43:

    bonam partem sermonis in hunc diem esse dilatam,

    Cic. Or. 2, 3, 14:

    bonam magnamque partem exercitus,

    Val. Max. 5, 2, ext. 4:

    bona pars noctium,

    Quint. 12, 11, 19:

    bona pars hominum,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:

    meae vocis... bona pars,

    id. C. 4, 2, 46; so id. A. P. 297; Ov. P. 1, 8, 74:

    melior pars diei,

    Verg. A. 9, 156.—
    (δ).
    Rarely, and mostly eccl. Lat.: optima pars, the best part or lot:

    nostri melior pars animus est,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, prooem. § 14; cf.:

    quae pars optima est in homine,

    best, most valuable, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 67:

    major pars aetatis, certe melior reipublicae data sit,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 1:

    Maria optimam partem elegit, quae non auferetur ab ea,

    Vulg. Luc. 10, 42.—
    (ε).
    Adverb.:

    bonam partem = ex magna parte,

    Lucr. 6, 1249.—
    (ζ).
    Aliquem in optimam partem cognoscere, to know somebody from his most favorable side, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46: aliquid in optimam partem accipere, to take something in good part, interpret it most favorably:

    Caesar mihi ignoscit quod non venerim, seseque in optimam partem id accipere dicit,

    id. Att. 10, 3 a, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 3:

    quaeso ut hoc in bonam partem accipias,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 45.—
    9.
    Dies bonus or bona.
    (α).
    A day of good omen, a fortunate day (= dies laetus, faustus):

    tum tu igitur die bono, Aphrodisiis, addice, etc.,

    Plaut. Poen. 2, 49:

    nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die,

    Ov. F. 1, 72.—
    (β).
    A beautiful, serene day, Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 3.—
    10.
    Bonus mos.
    (α).
    Boni mores, referring to individuals, good, decent, moral habits:

    nihil est amabilius quam morum similitudo bonorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56:

    nam hic nimium morbus mores invasit bonos,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 6:

    domi militiaeque boni mores colebantur,

    Sall. C. 9, 1:

    propter ejus suavissimos et optimos mores,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:

    cum per tot annos matronae optimis moribus vixerint,

    Liv. 34, 6, 9:

    mores meliores,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 18.—
    (β).
    Bonus mos or boni mores, in the abstract, morality, the laws, rules of morality: ei vos morigerari mos bonu'st, it is a rule of morality that you should, etc., Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 4:

    ex optimo more et sanctissima disciplina,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69:

    neglegentia boni moris,

    Sen. Ep. 97, 1.—Jurid. t. t.:

    conventio, mandatum contra bonos mores,

    in conflict with morality, Quint. 3, 1, 57; Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 7; Gai. Inst. 3, 157 et saep. —
    11.
    Adverbial phrases.
    a.
    Bono animo esse, or bonum animum habere.
    (α).
    To be of good cheer or courage:

    bono animo es! Liberabit ille te homo,

    Plaut. Merc 3, 1, 33; so id. Aul. 4, 10, 61; id. Mil. 4, 8, 32; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4; id. Heaut. 4, 6, 18; id. Ad. 2, 4, 20; 3, 5, 1; 4, 2, 4; 4, 5, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 72:

    animo bono es,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 103; id. Am. 2, 2, 48; 5, 2, 1:

    bono animo es, inquit Scrofa, et fiscinam expedi,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 26:

    bono animo sint et tui et mei familiares,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1; 6, 10, 29:

    bono animo esse jubere eam consul,

    Liv. 39, 13, 7:

    habe modo bonum animum,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 58; so id. Am. 1, 3, 47; id. Truc. 2, 6, 44; id. Aul. 2, 2, 15:

    habe animum bonum,

    id. Cas. 2, 6, 35; id. Ep. 2, 2, 1; 4, 2, 31:

    bonum animum habe,

    Liv. 45, 8, 5:

    clamor ortus ut bonum animum haberet,

    id. 8, 32, 1; so Sen. Ep. 87, 38.—
    (β).
    Bono animo esse, or facere aliquid, to be of a good or friendly disposition, or to do with good, honest intentions:

    audire jubet vos imperator histricus, bonoque ut animo sedeant in subselliis qui, etc.,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 5: sunt enim (consules) [p. 246] optimo animo, summo consilio, of the best disposition, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:

    bono te animo tum populus Romanus... dicere existimavit ea quae sentiebatis, sed, etc.,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:

    quod nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Quint. 7, 4, 15.—
    (γ).
    Bonus animus, good temper, patience:

    bonus animus in mala re dimidium mali est,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 37:

    vos etiam hoc animo meliore feratis,

    Ov. M. 9, 433.—
    b.
    Bono modo.
    (α).
    = placide, with composure, moderation:

    si quis quid deliquerit, pro noxa bono modo vindicet,

    Cato, R. R. 5:

    haec tibi tam sunt defendenda quam moenia, mihi autem bono modo, tantum quantum videbitur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 137.—
    (β).
    In a decent manner:

    neu quisquam prohibeto filium quin amet... quod bono fiat modo,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 62. —
    c.
    Jure optimo or optimo jure, with good, perfect right:

    te ipse jure optumo incuses licet,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23; id. Rud. 2, 6, 53:

    ut jure optimo me deserere posses,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6; Sen. Ot. Sap. 2 (29), 2.—With pass. or intr. verb, deservedly:

    ne jure optimo irrideamur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 151; id. Marcell. 1, 4;

    similarly, optimo judicio,

    Val. Max. 2, 9, 2.
    II.
    As subst.
    A.
    bŏnus, boni, m.; of persons.
    1.
    In sing. or plur. orig. = bonus vir, boni viri; v. I. A. 1. a. b, supra, a morally good man.
    (α).
    Plur.:

    bonis quod bene fit haud perit,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 2, 108; id. Trin. 2, 1, 55; id. Pers. 4, 5, 2:

    melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto,

    Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:

    verum esse ut bonos boni diligant, quamobrem... bonis inter bonos quasi necessariam (esse) benevolentiam,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    diverso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra... habere,

    Sall. C. 52, 13; 7, 2; 52, 22:

    oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52:

    tam bonis quam malis conduntur urbes,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 28, 4; so id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 9, 2, 76.—Rarely bŏnae, arum, f., good women:

    quia omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 41.—
    (β).
    Sing.:

    malus bonum malum esse volt ut sit sui similis,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 8:

    nec enim cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99; cf.:

    qui meliorem audax vocet in jus,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 29.—
    2.
    Bonus, a man of honor.
    (α).
    A brave man:

    pro qua (patria) quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere si ei sit profuturus?

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:

    libertatem quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittat,

    Sall. C. 33, 5:

    fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 29 (opp. ignavi):

    fama impari boni atque ignavi erant,

    Sall. J. 57, 6; 53, 8; id. C. 11, 2. —
    (β).
    A gentleman:

    quis enim umquam, qui paululum modo bonorum consuetudinem nosset, litteras ad se ab amico missas... in medium protulit?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.—
    3.
    Boni, the better (i. e. higher) classes of society.
    (α).
    In gen. (of political sentiments, = optimates, opp. populares, seditiosi, perditi cives, etc.;

    so usu. in Cic.): meam causam omnes boni proprie enixeque susceperant,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 38:

    audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur... boni, nescio quomodo, tardiores sunt, etc.,

    id. ib. 47, 100:

    ego Kal. Jan. senatum et bonos omnes legis agrariae... metu liberavi,

    id. Pis. 2, 4:

    etenim omnes boni, quantum in ipsis fuit, Caesarem occiderunt,

    id. Phil. 2, 13, 29; id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; 5, 21, 2; id. Sest. 2, 5; 16, 36; 48, 103; id. Planc. 35, 86; id. Mil. 2, 5; id. Off. 2. 12, 43:

    maledictis increpat omnes bonos,

    Sall. C. 21, 4; 19, 2; 33, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; so,

    optimi,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 37; and, ironically, boni identified with the rich:

    bonorum, id est lautorum et locupletum,

    id. Att. 8, 1, 3.—
    (β).
    Without reference to political views;

    opp. vulgus (rare): nihil ego istos moror fatuos mores quibus boni dedecorant se,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22:

    semper in civitate quibus opes nullae sunt bonis invident,

    Sall. C. 37, 3:

    elatus est sine ulla pompa funeris, comitantibus omnibus bonis, maxima vulgi frequentia,

    Nep. Att. 22, 2.—So, mĕlĭōres, um, m., one ' s betters:

    ut quaestui habeant male loqui melioribus,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 13:

    da locum melioribus,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 37.—
    4.
    Boni, bone, in addresses, as an expression of courtesy, Hor. S. 2, 2, 1; 2, 6, 51; 2, 6, 95; id. Ep. 2, 2, 37; ironice, id. S. 2, 3, 31.—
    5.
    Optimus quisque = quivis bonus, omnes boni.
    (α).
    Referring to morality:

    esse aliquid natura pulcrum quod optimus quisque sequeretur,

    every good man, Cic. Sen. 13, 43:

    qui ita se gerebant ut sua consilia optimo cuique probarent, optimates habebantur,

    id. Sest. 45, 96; id. Off. 1, 43, 154; id. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Sest. 54, 115; and = even the best:

    quare deus optimum quemque mala valetudine adficit?

    Sen. Prov. 4, 8.—
    (β).
    Of the educated classes:

    adhibenda est quaedam reverentia adversus homines, et optimi cujusque et reliquorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 85:

    Catilina plerisque consularibus, praeterea optumo cuique, litteras mittit,

    Sall. C. 34, 2:

    optimo cuique infesta libertas,

    Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 2 (32 fin.).—
    (γ).
    Honorable, brave:

    optumus quisque cadere et sauciari, ceteris metus augeri,

    Sall. J. 92, 8.—
    (δ).
    In gen., excellent:

    optimus quisque facere quam dicere... malebat,

    Sall. C. 8, 5.—
    (ε).
    Distributively:

    ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,

    to the best man in each instance, Sall. C. 2, 6.—
    (ζ).
    Referring to another superlative ( = quo quisque melior eo magis, etc.):

    hic aditus laudis qui semper optimo cuique maxime patuit,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; so id. Lael. 4, 14; id. Inv. 2, 11, 36; Sen. Vit. Beat. 18, 1.—
    (η).
    Attributively, with a noun:

    optimam quamque causam,

    Cic. Sest. 43, 93:

    optima quaeque dies,

    Verg. G. 3, 66.
    2.
    bŏnum, i, n., plur. bona; mĕlĭus, ōris, n.; optĭmum, i, n. (v. infra); of things in gen.
    1.
    Bonum, or plur. bona, a good, or goods in a moral and metaphysical sense, a moral good, a blessing: sunt autem hae de finibus defensae sententiae: nihil bonum nisi honestum, ut Stoici; nihil bonum nisi voluptatem, ut Epicurus;

    nihil bonum nisi vacuitatem doloris, ut Hieronymus... tria genera bonorum, maxima animi, secunda corporis, externa tertia, ut Peripatetici, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 84 sq.:

    quid est igitur bonum? Si quid recte fit et honeste et cum virtute, id bene fieri vere dicitur, et quod rectum et honestum et cum virtute est, id solum opinor bonum,

    id. Par. 1, 1, 9:

    ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud simplex et verum bonum quod non possit ab honestate sejungi,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

    non-est igitur voluptas bonum,

    id. Fin. 1, 11, 39: finis bonorum et malorum (telos agathôn) = summa bona et mala:

    sunt nonnullae disciplinae quae, propositis bonorum et malorum finibus, officium omne pervertant. Nam qui summum bonum sic instituit ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 2, 5; cf. id. Par. 1, 3, 14; id. Ac. 2, 9, 29; 2, 36, 114; 2, 42, 129; id. Fin. 1, 9, 29; 1, 12, 42; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 5; id. Ep. 117, 1 et saep.—
    2.
    Bonum, what is valuable, beneficial, estimable, favorable, pleasant, physically or mentally:

    quoi boni Tantum adfero quantum ipsus a diis optat,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 9:

    multa bona vobis volt facere,

    will do you much good, id. Poen. 5, 4, 60; id. Am. prol. 43, 49; id. Pers. 4, 8, 4; 2, 3, 14; id. Cas. 2, 8, 32:

    tum demum nostra intellegemus bona quom ea amisimus,

    id. Capt. 1, 2, 33:

    multa tibi di dent bona,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 54; 3, 3, 74; id. Mil. 3, 1, 120; id. Men. 3, 3, 34; id. Pers. 4, 3, 23; id. Truc. 1, 2, 23; id. Merc. 1, 2, 40; id. Most. 1, 1, 47:

    omnia Bona dicere,

    to speak in the highest terms of one, Ter. And. 1, 1, 70:

    sed ne vivus quidem bono caret, si eo non indiget,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    cum quaecumque bona Peripateticis, eadem Stoicis commoda viderentur,

    id. ib. 5, 41, 120:

    nihil enim boni nosti,

    nothing that is good for any thing, id. Phil. 2, 7, 16:

    mala pro bonis legere dementia est,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 1; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 73:

    quia bonum sit valere,

    a good thing, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (cf. III. A. 5. infra):

    melius: quo quidem haud scio an... quidquam melius sit homini a dis immortalibus datum,

    id. Lael. 6, 20:

    meliora... Aristotelem de istis rebus scripsisse,

    id. Or. 1, 10, 43:

    optimum: difficillimum est formam exponere optimi,

    id. ib. 11, 36.— Here belongs the phrase boni consulere;

    v. consulo.—So after prepositions: in bonum vertere, v. under verto: in melius ire,

    to change for the better, Tac. A. 12, 68.—In the same sense: in melius aliquid referre, or reflectere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 281; 11, 426; 10, 632:

    ad melius transcurrere,

    to pass over to something better, Hor. S. 2, 2, 82.—
    3.
    Bonum or bona, prosperity:

    fortiter malum qui patitur, idem post patitur bonum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 58:

    nulli est homini perpetuum bonum,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 33:

    unā tecum bona, mala tolerabimus,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 23:

    quibus in bonis fuerint et nunc quibus in malis sint, ostenditur ( = in secundis, in adversis rebus),

    Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 107.—
    4.
    Good qualities, gifts:

    omnia adsunt bona, quem penes'st virtus,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 30:

    magnis illi et divinis bonis hanc licentiam adsequebantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:

    nisi qui se suā gravitate et castimoniā... tum etiam naturali quodam bono defenderet, etc.,

    id. Cael. 5, 11:

    hunc meā sententiā divinis quibusdam bonis instructum atque ornatum puto,

    id. ib. 17, 39:

    non intellego quod bonum cuiquam sit apud tales viros profuturum,

    id. Balb. 28, 63:

    gaude isto tuo tam excellenti bono,

    id. Marcell. 6, 19; so id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
    5.
    Advantage, benefit:

    si plus adipiscare, re explicatā, boni, quam addubitatā mali,

    Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:

    saepe cogitavi bonine an mali plus adtulerit... eloquentiae studium,

    id. Inv. 1, 1, 1; 2, 35, 106; id. Off. 2, 2, 5; id. Sest. 10, 24:

    maximum bonum in celeritate ponebat,

    Sall. C. 43, 4; so, bono publico (abl.), for the public good:

    hoc ita si fit, publico fiat bono,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 183; Liv. 2, 44, 3; Dig. 41, 3, 1.—
    6.
    With aequum, what is fair and good, the fair ( thing), fairness, equity:

    si bonum aequomque oras,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 149; so id. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Rud. 1, 2, 94; id. Men. 4, 2, 11:

    si tu aliquam partem aequi bonique dixeris,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 32; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 29; id. Ad. 1, 1, 39:

    a quo vivo nec praesens nec absens quidquam aequi bonique impetravit,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 94.—Hence, aequo et bono, or ex aequo et bono, in ( with) fairness, in equity, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 30; Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14; 2, 12, 18; 2, 13, 20; Gai. Inst. 3, 137: aequi bonique, as gen. of value, with facere:

    istuc, Chreme, Aequi bonique facio,

    I place a fair and proper value on it, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 40.—
    7.
    Bona, one ' s property, fortunes, almost always denoting the whole of one's possessions.
    a.
    In gen.:

    paterna oportet reddi filio bona,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 120:

    bona sua med habiturum omnia,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 6; 4, 2, 29; id. Rud. 2, 6, 22; id. Most. 1, 3, 77; id. Trin. 4, 4, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 4:

    bona mea diripiebantur atque ad consulem deferebantur,

    Cic. Sest. 24, 54:

    cum de capite, civis et de bonis proscriptio ferretur,

    id. ib. 30, 65:

    bona, fortunas, possessiones omnium,

    id. Caecin. 13, 38:

    at mulctantur bonis exsules,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106; id. Off. 2, 23, 81; id. Par. 1, 1, 7; id. Sest. 19, 42; 43, 94; 52, 111; id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; Caes. B. G. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 3, 5; 2, 5, 5; 4, 15, 8; Tac. A. 2, 48; Quint. 6, 1, 19 et saep.—
    b.
    Bonorum possessio, the possession of one ' s property by another.
    (α).
    Bonorum possessio in consequence of bonorum cessio, i. e. an assignment of one ' s property for the benefit of creditors, Dig. 42, tit. 3.—
    (β).
    Bonorum possessio granted by the prætor against a contumacious or insolvent debtor (in bona mittere, in bona ire jubere, bona possidere jubere, etc.); cf. Dig. 42, tit. 4:

    postulat a Burrieno Naevius ut ex edicto bona possidere liceat,

    Cic. Quint. 6, 25, and the whole of c. 8:

    edixit... neu quis militis... bona possideret aut venderet,

    Liv. 2, 24, 6:

    bona proscribere,

    to offer the property thus transferred for sale, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.—
    (γ).
    Chiefly referring to the property of a defunct person (hereditas), where the prætor, till the heir had proved his right, granted a bonorum possessio secundum tabulas or contra tabulas, Dig. 37, tit. 4; 37, tit. 11.—
    c.
    In bonis esse;

    with reference to the older civil law, which distinguished between civil property (habere rem ex jure Quiritium) and natural property (rem in bonis habere, res in bonis est),

    Gai. Inst. 2, 40, 41; Dig. 40, 12, 38, § 2; 37, 6, 2, § 1; 37, 6, 3, § 2; ib. Fragm. 1, 16; Gai. Inst. 1, 22; 1, 35; 1, 222; 1, 167; Dig. 1, 8, 1; 27, 10, 10:

    neque bonorum possessorum, neque... res pleno jure fiunt, sed in bonis efficiuntur,

    ib. Fragm. 3, 80.—Hence, nullam omnino arbitrabamur de eā hereditate controversiam eum habiturum, et est hodie in bonis, i. e. [p. 247] the bonorum possessio has been granted to him, which did not give full ownership, but effected only that the hereditas was in bonis. Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1.
    III.
    Predicative use.
    A.
    With nouns or pronouns as subjects.
    1.
    Bonum esse, to be morally good, honest:

    nunc mihi bonae necessum est esse ingratiis, Quamquam esse nolo,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 82:

    bonam ego quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo,

    id. Poen. 1, 2, 93; so id. Capt. 2, 1, 44; id. Men. 4, 2, 6; id. Rud. prol. 29:

    itaque viros fortes magnanimos eosdem, bonos et simplices... esse volumus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; cf. id. ib. 3, 21, 84; id. Att. 15, 6, 1:

    Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat,

    Sall. C. 54, 5:

    ut politiora, non ut meliora fiant ingenia,

    Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 5 fin. —
    2.
    To be beneficial, prosperous, advantageous, valuable, favorable, serviceable, correct, with reference to both persons and things as subjects, and in regard to physical and mental relations:

    jam istuc non bonumst,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 29; Cato, R. R. 157:

    oleum viridius et melius fiet,

    id. ib. 3:

    vinum ut alvum bonam faciat,

    to correct the bowels, id. ib. 156:

    quid est homini salute melius?

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:

    non optuma haec sunt, verum meliora quam deterruma,

    id. Trin. 2, 3, 1:

    quid est quod huc possit quod melius sit accedere?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 41; 1, 18, 57; id. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:

    in quo (vestitu), sicut in plerisque rebus, mediocritas optima est,

    id. Off. 1, 36, 130; 2, 17, 59; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Or. 2, 6; 11, 36:

    meliorem tamen militem... in futura proelia id certamen fecit,

    Liv. 2, 51, 3:

    parvus ut est cygni melior canor, ille gruum quam Clamor,

    Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 191:

    si meliora dies, ut vina, poemata reddit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 34.—So in the optative formula:

    quod bonum, faustum, felixque sit,

    Liv. 1, 28, 7; 1, 17, 10; 39, 15, 1; 3, 54;

    3, 34.—Also, quod bonum atque fortunatum mihi sit,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 50;

    and with a noun as subject: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix, fortunataque evenat,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3.—
    3.
    To be kind:

    bonus cum probis'st (erus), malus cum malis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22:

    hic si vellet bonus ac benignus Esse,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 52.—
    4.
    With reference to the gods:

    ecastor ambae (Fortuna et Salus sunt bonae,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 129:

    Palladis aut oculos ausa negare bonos (esse),

    Prop. 3, 24, 12 (2, 28, 12).—
    B.
    Impers.
    1.
    Bonum est (very rare for the class. bene est; v. bene).
    (α).
    Without a subject:

    bonum sit!

    may it be fortunate, favorable! Verg. E. 8, 106.—
    (β).
    With subject inf.:

    nam et stulte facere, et stulte fabularier in aetate haud bonum est,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 61:

    bonum est pauxillum amare, insane non bonum est,

    id. Curc. 1, 3,20.—
    2.
    Melius est.
    (α).
    With subject inf.:

    melius sanam est mentem sumere,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 51:

    nihil sentire est melius quam tam prava sentire,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125; cf. id. Fin. 1, 19, 62; id. Off. 1, 43, 156; so,

    melius fuit, fuisset, or fuerat,

    it would have been better, id. N. D. 3, 33; id. Sen. 23, 82; id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

    proinde quiesse erit melius,

    Liv. 3, 48, 3; 3, 41, 3; Verg. A. 11, 303.—
    (β).
    With subject inf.-clause:

    meliu'st te quae sunt mandata tibi praevortier,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 125; id. Men. 5, 9, 32.—
    (γ).
    With ut-clause:

    quid melius quam ut hinc intro abeam et me suspendam clanculum,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 145; so id. Ps. 4, 7, 18.—
    (δ).
    With subjectclause in the subjunctive:

    nunc quid mihi meliu'st quam ilico hic opperiar erum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 22.—
    3.
    Optimum est.
    (α).
    With subject inf.:

    optimum visum est, captivos quam primum deportare,

    Liv. 23, 34, 8:

    si quis dicit optimum esse navigare,

    Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 4 (32 fin.); so, optimum fuit, it would have been better, and optimum erat, it would be better, Quint. 6, prooem. 3; 11, 2, 33; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7.—
    (β).
    With inf.-clause:

    constituerunt optimum esse, domum suam quemque reverti,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 10: optimum visum est, in fluctuantem aciem tradi equos, etc., Liv 6, 24, 10; 22, 27, 6.—
    (γ).
    With ut and subj:

    hoc vero optimum, ut is qui, etc., id ultimum bonorum, id ipsum quid et quale sit nesciat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 6.—
    (δ).
    With quod:

    illa vero optima (sunt) quod cum Haluntium venisset Archagathum vocari jussit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:

    optimum vero (est) quod dictaturae nomen in perpetuum de re publica sustulisti,

    id. Phil. 2, 36, 91.—
    (ε).
    With second sup., in the phrase optumum factu est (where factu is redundant):

    sed hoc mihi optumum factu arbitror,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 16:

    optimum factu esse duxerant frumento... nostros prohibere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

    optumum factu credens exercitum augere,

    Sall. C. 32, 1 (Kritz, factum); 57, 5 (Kritz, factum).
    IV.
    Ellipt. use: di meliora, i. e. dent or velint, i. e. let the gods grant better things than what you say, etc.; God forbid! in full:

    di melius duint,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 16:

    di meliora velint!

    Ov. M. 7, 37.—Ellipt.:

    di meliora! inquit,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 47:

    id ubi mulier audivit, perturbata, dii meliora inquit, etc.,

    Liv. 39, 10, 2; 9, 9, 6; Verg. G. 3, 513;

    similarly, di melius, i. e. fecerunt,

    Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3.
    V.
    With object expressed,
    1.
    By dat.
    (α).
    = good, useful, beneficial for:

    ambula, id lieni optumum est,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 25:

    quia vobis eadem quae mihi bona malaque esse intellexi,

    Sall. C. 20, 3:

    bona bello Cornus, jaculis, etc.,

    Verg. G. 2, 447.—
    (β).
    = benignus or propitius, kind to:

    vicinis bonus esto,

    Cato, R. R. 4:

    bene merenti mala es, male merenti bona es,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 3:

    vos o mihi Manes, Este boni,

    Verg. A. 12, 647.—
    (γ).
    = idoneus, fit for, adapted to:

    qui locus vino optimus dicetur esse,

    Cato, R. R. 6:

    tum erit ei rei optumum tempus,

    id. ib. 26:

    terra cui putre solum, Optima frumentis,

    Verg. G. 2, 205; 2, 319; 1, 286.—
    (δ).
    With sum and dat., in the phrase alicui bono est, it is of service to one, profits him:

    accusant in quibus occidi patrem Sex. Roscii bono fuit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:

    bono fuisse Romanis adventum eorum constabat,

    Liv. 7, 12, 4.—Hence, with rel. dat.: cui bono (est), for whose advantage it is:

    quod si quis usurpet illud Cassianum cui bono fuerit, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:

    cui bono fuisset,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Mil. 12, 32 Ascon. ad loc.; cf.

    ellipt. form cui bono?

    Prisc. p. 1208 P.—
    (ε).
    With dat. gerund:

    ager oleto conserundo qui in Favonium spectavit, aliis bonus nullus erit,

    Cato, R. R. 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

    (mons) quia pecori bonus alendo erat,

    Liv. 29, 31; 9, 10.—
    2.
    By ad and acc.:

    refert et ad quam rem bona aut non bona sit,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 91:

    occasio quaeritur idoneane fuerit ad rem adoriendam, an alia melior,

    Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7:

    non campos modo militi Romano ad proelium bonos, etc.,

    Tac. A. 2, 14.

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  • 107 optimum

    bŏnus (old form dŭonus, Carm. Sall. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Mull.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 67 Mull.), a, um, adj. [for duonus, cf. bellum, bis, and cf. root dvi-; hence deidô, deos], good; comp. melior, us [cf. Gr. mala, mallon], better; sup. optimus ( optumus, ante-class. and often class.) [root opof ops, opes; cf. copia, apiscor], best.
    I.
    Attributively.
    A.
    As adjunct of nouns denoting persons.
    1.
    Vir bonus.
    (α).
    A man morally good (kalos kagathos):

    quoniam boni me viri pauperant, improbi alunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:

    omnibus virtutibus instructos et ornatos tum sapientes, tum viros bonos dicimus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28:

    ille vir bonus qui... intolerabili dolore lacerari potius quam aut officium prodat aut fidem,

    id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

    sive vir bonus est is qui prodest quibus potest, nocet nemini, certe istum virum bonum non facile reperimus,

    id. Off. 3, 15, 64:

    qui se ita gerunt ut eorum probitas, fides, integritas, etc.... hos viros bonos... appellandos putemus,

    id. Lael. 5, 19:

    non intellegunt se de callido homine loqui, non de bono viro,

    id. Att. 7, 2, 4:

    ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 12:

    nec enim melior vir fuit Africano quisquam, nec clarior,

    id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 14, 41; 1, 18, 48; id. Planc. 4, 9; id. Par. 3, 1, 21; id. Marcell. 6, 20; id. Fam. 7, 21; id. Off. 2, 16, 57.—
    (β).
    An honest man:

    justitia, ex qua viri boni nominantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21; 1, 44, 155; 2, 11, 39; 2, 12, 42; 2, 20, 71;

    3, 12, 50: cum is sponsionem fecisset ni vir bonus esset,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 77:

    quoniam Demosthenes nec vir bonus esset, nec bene meritus de civitate,

    id. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116.—
    (γ).
    A man of good standing in the community:

    id viri boni arbitratu deducetur,

    Cato, R. R. 143; so id. ib. 149:

    tuam partem viri bono arbitratu... dari oportet,

    Dig. 17, 1, [p. 244] 35;

    37, 6, 2, § 2: quem voles virum bonum nominato,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55:

    vir bonus est... quo res sponsore, et quo causae teste tenentur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40.—Hence, ironically of wealthy men:

    praetores jus dicunt, aediles ludos parant, viri boni usuras perscribunt,

    Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3.—
    (δ).
    Ironically of bad men:

    sed eccum lenonem Lycum, bonum virum,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 52; Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 9; 4, 3, 18; id. Ad. 3, 4, 30:

    expectabam quinam isti viri boni testes hujus manifesto deprehensi veneni dicerentur,

    Cic. Cael. 26, 63:

    nam socer ejus, vir multum bonus est,

    id. Agr. 3, 3, 13;

    so especially in addresses (mostly comic.): age tu, illuc procede, bone vir!

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 1; id. Curc. 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 4, 7, 48; id. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 3, 5, 10; 5, 2, 5; id. Ad. 4, 2, 17; id. Eun. 5, 2, 11:

    quid tu, vir optime? Ecquid habes quod dicas?

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104.—
    (ε).
    Sometimes boni viri = boni, in the sense of optimates (v. I. A. 3.):

    bonis viris quid juris reliquit tribunatus C. Gracchi?

    Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.—
    (ζ).
    As a conventional courtesy:

    homines optimi non intellegunt, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:

    bone accusator,

    id. Rosc. Am. 21, 58:

    sic illum amicum vocasti, quomodo omnes candidatos bonos viros dicimus,

    gentlemen, Sen. Ep. 3, 1.—For bonus vir, a good husband, v. 3.; and for vir optimus, as a laudatory epithet, v. 5.—
    2.
    Boni homines (rare) = boni, better classes of society, v. II. A. 3:

    in foro infimo boni homines atque dites ambulant,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14.—
    3.
    With nouns denoting persons in regard to their functions, offices, occupations, and qualities, denoting excellence:

    bonus consul,

    Liv. 4, 40, 6; 22, 39, 2 (different: consules duos, bonos quidem, sed dumtaxat bonos, amisimus, consuls of good sentiments, almost = bad consuls, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 3, 4):

    boni tribuni plebis,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 25:

    bonus senator,

    id. Prov. Cons. 15, 37:

    senator bonus,

    id. Dom. 4, 8:

    bonus judex,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 34:

    bonus augur (ironically),

    id. Phil. 2, 32, 80:

    bonus vates,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 27:

    bonus imperator,

    Sall. C. 60, 4:

    bonus dux,

    Quint. 12, 1, 43 (cf. trop.:

    naturam, optimam ducem,

    the best guide, Cic. Sen. 2, 5):

    bonus miles,

    Sall. C. 60, 4; Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:

    bonus orator,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

    optimus orator,

    id. Opt. Gen. 1, 3:

    poeta bonus,

    id. de Or. 1, 3, 11; 2, 46, 194; id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

    scriptor bonus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 104:

    bonus advocatus,

    id. 5, 13, 10:

    bonus defensor,

    id. 5, 13, 3:

    bonus altercator,

    a good debater, id. 6, 4, 10:

    bonus praeceptor,

    id. 5, 13, 44; 10, 5, 22:

    bonus gubernator,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

    optimus opifex,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 133:

    sutor bonus,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 125:

    actor optimus,

    Cic. Sest. 57, 122:

    cantor optimus est modulator,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 130:

    melior gladiator,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 33: agricola (colonus, dominus) bonus, Cato, R. R. prooem.; Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    bonus paterfamilias,

    a thrifty head of the house, Nep. Att. 13, 1:

    bonus servus,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 58; id. Am. 2, 1, 46; id. Men. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Mil. 22, 58:

    dominus bonus,

    Cato, R. R. 14:

    bonus custos,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38.—Ironically, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57:

    filius bonus,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 9:

    patres,

    Quint. 11, 3, 178:

    parens,

    id. 6, prooem. 4: bonus (melior, optimus), viz. a good husband, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51 sq.; Liv. 1, 9, 15:

    uxor melior,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    amicus,

    id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:

    amicus optimus,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 18:

    optimus testis,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:

    auctor, in two senses,

    good authority, id. Att. 5, 12, 3;

    and = bonus scriptor (post-class.),

    Quint. 10, 1, 74.—Esp.:

    bonus civis (rarely civis bonus): in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint: talem enim solemus et sentire bonum civem et dicere, Cic.-Off. 1, 34, 124: eaque est summa ratio et sapientia boni civis, commoda civium non divellere, atque omnes aequitate eadem continere,

    id. ib. 2, 23, 83:

    eum esse civem et fidelem et bonum,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; 1, 9, 10; 3, 12, 1; 6, 6, 11; id. Off. 1, 44, 155; Liv. 22, 39, 3; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 10 Dietsch:

    optimus et fortissimus civis,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; id. Sest. 17, 39.—
    4.
    Bonus and optimus as epithets of the gods.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    sed te bonus Mercurius perdat,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 23:

    fata... bonique divi,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 38:

    divis orte bonis,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 1:

    O bone deus!

    Scrib. Comp. 84 fin.: BONORVM DEORVM, Inscr. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84: totidem, pater optime, dixi, Tu mihi da cives, referring to Jupiter, Ov. M. 7, 627.—
    (β).
    Optimus Maximus, a standing epithet of Jupiter:

    (Juppiter) a majoribus nostris Optimus Maximus (nominatur), et quidem ante optimus, id est beneficentissimus, quam Maximus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64:

    Jovem optimum et maximum ob eas res appellant, non quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 3, 36, 87:

    in templo Jovis Optimi Maximi,

    id. Sest. 56, 129; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 22:

    nutu Jovis Optimi Maximi,

    id. Cat. 3, 9, 21; Liv. 1, 12, 7; id. 6, 16, 2.—
    (γ).
    Di boni, O di boni, expressing indignation, sorrow, or surprise:

    di boni, hunc visitavi antidhac!

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 16:

    di boni, boni quid porto!

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 1:

    di boni, quid hoc morbi est,

    id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 13; id. Ad. 3, 3, 86:

    alter, O di boni, quam taeter incedebat!

    Cic. Sest. 8, 19; id. Brut. 84, 288; id. Phil. 2, 8, 20; 2, 32, 80; id. Att. 1, 16, 5; 14, 21, 2; Val. Max. 3, 5, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 3.—
    (δ).
    Bona Dea, etc., v. 6.—
    5.
    Optimus as a laudatory epithet.
    (α).
    Vir optimus:

    per vos nobis, per optimos viros optimis civibus periculum inferre conantur,

    Cic. Sest. 1, 2:

    virum optimum et constantissimum M. Cispium,

    id. ib. 35, 76:

    fratrem meum, virum optimum, fortissimum,

    id. ib.:

    consolabor hos praesentes, viros optimos,

    id. Balb. 19, 44; id. Planc. 21, 51; 23, 55; id. Mil. 14, 38; id. Marcell. 4, 10; id. Att. 5, 1, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 53.—
    (β).
    Femina bona, optima:

    tua conjunx bona femina,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

    hujus sanctissimae feminae atque optimae pater,

    id. ib. —
    (γ).
    Senex, pater, frater, etc.:

    optimus: parentes ejus, prudentissimi atque optimi senis,

    Cic. Planc. 41, 97:

    insuevit pater optimus hoc me,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 105; 2, 1, 12:

    C. Marcelli, fratris optimi,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 6 (8), 2; 2, 4, 2.—
    (δ).
    With proper names ( poet.):

    optimus Vergilius,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 54:

    Maecenas optimus,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 27:

    optime Quinti,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 1.—
    (ε).
    Esp. as an epithet of the Roman emperors:

    quid tam civile, tam senatorium quam illud, additum a nobis Optimi cognomen?

    Plin. Pan. 2, 7:

    gratias, inquit, ago, optime Princeps!

    Sen. Tranq. 14. 4:

    ex epistula optimi imperatoris Antonini,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 102; cf.:

    bene te patriae pater optime Caesar,

    Ov. F. 2, 637:

    optime Romulae Custos gentis,

    Hor. C. 4, 5, 1.—
    6.
    Bonus and Bona, names of deities.
    (α).
    Bona Dea, the goddess of Chastity, whose temple could not be entered by males (cf. Macr. S. 1, 12; Lact. 1, 22):

    Bonae Deae pulvinaribus,

    Cic. Pis. 39, 95; id. Mil. 31, 86; id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; cf.

    in mal. part.,

    Juv. 2, 86 sq.; 6, 314 sq.; 6, 335 sq.—
    (β).
    Bonus Eventus, Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.; Amm. 29, 6, 19; Inscr. Orell. 907; 1780 sq.—
    (γ).
    Bona Fortuna:

    si bona Fortuna veniat, ne intromiseris,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 22:

    Bonae Fortunae (signum),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 7:

    FORTVNAE BONAE DOMESTICAE,

    Inscr. Orell. 1743 sq. —
    (δ).
    Bona Spes:

    Spes Bona, obsecro, subventa mihi,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 12:

    BONAE SPEI,

    Aug. Inscr. Grut. 1075, 1.—
    (ε).
    BONA MENS, Inscr. Orell. 1818 sqq.:

    Mens Bona, si qua dea es, tua me in sacraria dono,

    Prop. 3, 24, 19.
    B.
    With nouns denoting things.
    1.
    Things concrete, denoting excellence:

    navis bona dicitur non quae pretiosis coloribus picta est... sed stabilis et firma,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

    gladium bonum dices, non cui auratus est balteus, etc., sed cui et ad secandum subtilis acies est, et, etc.,

    id. ib. 76, 14:

    id vinum erit lene et bono colore,

    Cato, R. R. 109; Lucr. 2, 418; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 9:

    tabulas... collocare in bono lumine,

    Cic. Brut. 75, 261: ex quavis olea oleum... bonum fieri potest. Cato, R. R. 3:

    per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato,

    id. ib. 73; cf.:

    bonae aquae, ironically compared to wine,

    Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 28:

    praedium bonum caelum habeat,

    good temperature, Cato, R. R. 1:

    bona tempestate,

    in good weather, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

    (praedium) solo bono valeat,

    by good soil, Cato, R. R. 1:

    bonae (aedes) cum curantur male,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24:

    villam bonam,

    Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:

    bonus pons,

    Cat. 17, 5:

    scyphi optimi (= optime facti),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:

    perbona toreumata,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 18, §

    38: bona domicilia,

    comfortable residences, id. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

    agrum Meliorem nemo habet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:

    fundum meliorem,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: fundos optimos et fructuosissimos, id. Agr. 3, 4, 14:

    equus melior,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    bona cena,

    Cat. 13, 3:

    boni nummi,

    good, not counterfeit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144; Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:

    super omnia vultus accessere boni,

    good looks, Ov. M. 8, 678:

    mulier bona forma,

    of a fine form, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 13:

    equus formae melioris,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 52:

    tam bona cervix, simul ac jussero, demetur,

    fine, beautiful, Suet. Calig. 33:

    fruges bonae,

    Cat. 34, 19:

    ova suci melioris,

    of better flavor, Hor. S. 2, 4, 13.— Trop.:

    animus aequus optimum est aerumnae condimentum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 71: bona dextra, a lucky hand (cf.:

    bonum omen, 2. e.),

    Quint. 6, 3, 69:

    scio te bona esse voce, ne clama nimis,

    good, sound, loud voice, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 43; so,

    bona firmaque vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 13.—
    2.
    Things abstract.
    a.
    Of physical well-being:

    ut si qui neget sine bona valetudine posse bene vivi,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 2; Lucr. 3, 102; Val. Max. 2, 5, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 26; 11, 2, 35 et saep.:

    non bonus somnus de prandio est,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 8:

    bona aetas,

    prime of life, Cic. Sen. 14, 48:

    optima aetate,

    id. Fam. 10, 3, 3.—Ironically:

    bona, inquis, aetate, etc.,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 1.—
    b.
    Of the mind and soul:

    meliore esse sensu,

    Cic. Sest. 21, 47:

    optima indoles,

    id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:

    bona conscientia,

    Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5:

    bono ingenio me esse ornatam quam auro multo mavolo,

    with a good heart, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 91; id. Stich. 1, 21, 59; Sall. C. 10, 5:

    mens melior,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 78; Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Liv. 39, 16, 5; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 4; id. Ep. 10, 4; Pers. 2, 8; Petr. 61.—Personified, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 19; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 31:

    duos optimae indolis filios,

    Val. Max. 5, 7, 2; Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 6; Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    bonum consilium,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6; id. Rud. 4, 3, 18; Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    bona voluntas,

    a good purpose, Quint. 12, 11, 31:

    memoria bona,

    Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    bona ratio cum perdita... confligit,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

    bonae rationes,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 50:

    pronuntiatio bona,

    Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—
    c.
    Of moral relations:

    ego si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71; Cic. Sest. 66, 139; Liv. 6, 11, 7; Hor. S. 1, 2, 61 (cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1;

    v. e. infra): si ego in causa tam bona cessi tribuni plebis furori,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; id. Planc. 36, 87; Ov. M. 5, 220:

    fac, sis, bonae frugi sies,

    of good, regular habits, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 35; id. Cas. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 19; id. Ps. 1, 5, 53; id. Truc. 1, 1, 13; id. Capt. 5, 2, 3 sq. (v. frux, II. B. 1. b.): vilicus disciplina bona utatur. Cato, R. R. 5:

    bona studia,

    moral pursuits, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:

    quidquid vita meliore parasti,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 15: ad spem mortis melioris, an honorable death; so as an epithet of religious exercises:

    Juppiter, te bonas preces precor,

    Cato, R. R. 134; 139.—
    d.
    Of external, artistic, and literary value and usefulness:

    bono usui estis nulli,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15:

    Optumo optume optumam operam das,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 122:

    bonam dedistis mihi operam,

    a valuable service to me, id. Poen. 2, 3, 70; 3, 6, 11; id. Pers. 4, 7, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 11 (in a different sense: me bona opera aut mala Tibi inventurum esse auxilium argentarium, by fair or unfair means, id. Ps. 1, 1, 102;

    v. e. infra): optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis... gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    bonum otium,

    valuable leisure, Sall. C. 4, 1:

    bonis versibus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    versus meliores,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 81:

    meliora poemata,

    Hor. A. P. 303:

    in illa pro Ctesiphonte oratione longe optima,

    Cic. Or. 8, 26:

    optimas fabulas,

    id. Off. 1, 31, 114:

    melius munus,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 7.—
    e.
    Favorable, prosperous, lucky, fortunate:

    de Procilio rumores non boni,

    unfavorable rumors, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 5:

    bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est,

    about their success in the war, id. ib. 7, 26, 1:

    si fuisset in discipulo comparando meliore fortuna,

    id. Pis. 29, 71; cf.

    fortuna optima esse,

    to be in the best pecuniary circumstances, id. ad Brut. 1, 1, 2:

    occasio tam bona,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:

    senex est eo meliore condicione quam adulesoens cum, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 19, 68; id. Fam. 4, 32:

    bona navigatio,

    id. N. D. 3, 34, 83;

    esp. in phrase bona spes.—Object.: ergo in iis adulescentibus bonam spem esse dicemus et magnam indolem quos, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117.—Subject.:

    ego sum spe bona,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 3; id. Cat. 2, 11, 25; [p. 245] id. Att. 14, 1 a, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:

    optima spe,

    id. Fam. 12, 11, 2.—Pregn., = spes bonarum rerum, Sall. C. 21, 1;

    v. C. 1. c. infra: meliora responsa,

    more favorable, Liv. 7, 21, 6:

    melior interpretatio,

    Tac. H. 3, 65:

    cum laude et bonis recordationibus,

    id. A. 4, 38:

    amnis Doctus iter melius,

    i. e. less injurious, Hor. A. P. 68:

    omen bonum,

    a good, lucky omen, Cic. Pis. 13, 31; cf.

    Liv. praef. § 13: melius omen,

    Ov. F. 1, 221;

    optimum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2:

    bona scaeva,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 24:

    auspicio optumo,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 6; cf.:

    memini bene, sed meliore Tempore dicam = opportuniore tempore,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 68.—
    f.
    Of public affairs, si mihi bona re publica frui non licuerit, Cic. Mil. 34, 93:

    optima res publica,

    id. Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:

    minus bonis temporibus,

    id. Dom. 4, 8; so,

    optimis temporibus,

    id. Sest. 3, 6:

    nostrae res meliore loco videbantur,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 3, 1:

    lex optima,

    id. Pis. 16, 37; id. Sest. 64, 137; id. Phil, 1, 8, 19.—
    g.
    Good = large, considerable:

    bono atque amplo lucro,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 6:

    bona librorum copia,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 109; cf.:

    bona copia cornu,

    Ov. M. 9, 88; v. bona pars, C. 8. g.—
    h.
    Noble; with genus, good family, noble extraction, honorable birth: quali me arbitraris genere prognatum? Eu. Bono, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 35; so id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; 2, 1, 3; id. Pers. 4, 4, 94:

    si bono genere natus sit,

    Auct. Her. 3, 7, 13.—
    k.
    Referring to good-will, kindness, faithfulness, in certain phrases.
    (α).
    Bona venia or cum bona venia, with the kind permission of a person addressed, especially bona venia orare, expetere, etc.:

    primum abs te hoc bona venia expeto,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:

    bona tua venia dixerim,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:

    oravit bona venia Quirites, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 41, 3:

    obsecro vos.. bona venia vestra liceat, etc.,

    id. 6, 40, 10:

    cum bona venia quaeso audiatis, etc.,

    id. 29, 17, 6; Arn. c. Gent. 1, p. 5; cf.

    . sed des veniam bonus oro = venia bona oro,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 5.—
    (β).
    Bona pax, without quarrelling:

    bona pax sit potius,

    let us have no quarrel about that, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 7;

    so especially cum bona pace, or bona pace: Hannibal ad Alpis cum bona pace incolentium... pervenit,

    without a difficulty with the inhabitants, Liv. 21, 32, 6; 21, 24, 5; 1, 24, 3; 28, 37, 4; 8, 15, 1; cf.: si bonam (pacem) dederitis, = a fair peace, under acceptable conditions, id. 8, 21, 4.—
    (γ).
    Amicitia bona = bona fide servata, faithful, undisturbed friendship:

    igitur amicitia Masinissae bona atque honesta nobis permansit,

    Sall. J. 5, 5.—
    (δ).
    Bona societas, alliance:

    Segestes, memoria bonae societatis, impavidus,

    Tac. A. 1, 58.
    C.
    In particular phrases.
    1.
    Bonae res.
    a.
    = Vitae commoda, comforts of life, abstract or concrete:

    concedatur bonis rebus homines morte privari,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87:

    optimis rebus usus est,

    he had every most desirable thing, Nep. Att. 18, 1.—
    b.
    = Res secundae, opp. res adversae, prosperity:

    bonis rebus tuis, meas irrides malas,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:

    in bonis rebus,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 2. —
    c.
    Res bona = res familiaris bona, wealth ( poet.): in re bona esse, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4.—Also an object of value:

    homines quibus mala abunde omnia erant, sed neque res neque spes bona ulla,

    who had no property, nor the hope of any, Sall. C. 21, 1. —
    d.
    Costly things, articles of luxury:

    capere urbem in Arabia plenam bonarum rerum,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 46; 4, 4, 82:

    nimium rei bonae,

    id. Stich. 2, 3, 55:

    ignorantia bonarum rerum,

    Nep. Ages. 8, 5 ' bonis rebus gaudere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 110:

    re bona copiosum esse,

    Gell. 16, 19, 7.—
    e.
    Moral, morally good:

    illi cum res non bonas tractent,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 72:

    ut de virtutibus et vitiis, omninoque de bonis rebus et malis quaererent,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 15:

    quid habemus in rebus bonis et malis explorati?

    id. ib. 2, 42, 129; so id. Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Leg. 1, 22, 58:

    quae tamen omnia dulciora fuint et moribus bonis et artibus,

    id. Sen. 18, 65.—
    f.
    In literary composition, important or interesting matter, subjects, or questions:

    res bonas verbis electis dictas quis non legat?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8:

    studiis generorum, praesertim in re bona,

    Plaut. Am. 8, 26.—
    2.
    Bonae artes.
    (α).
    A good, laudable way of dealing:

    qui praeclari facinoris aut artis bonae famam quaerit,

    Sall. C. 2, 9:

    huic bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit,

    id. ib. 11, 2:

    quod is bonarum artium cupiens erat,

    Tac. A. 6, 46.—
    (β).
    Liberal arts and sciences:

    litteris aut ulli bonae arti,

    Quint. 12, 1, 7:

    conservate civem bonarum artium, bonarum partium, bonorum virorum,

    Cic. Sest. 32, 77. —Esp.:

    optimae artes: optimarum artium scientia,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 4; id. Ac. 2, 1, 1; id. Cael. 10, 24; id. Marcell. 1, 4.—
    3.
    Bona fides, or fides bona.
    a.
    Good faith, i. e. conscious honesty in acts or words: qui nummos fide bona solvit, who pays (the price of labor) in good faith, i. e. as it is honestly earned, Cato, R. R. 14:

    dic, bona fide, tu id aurum non subripuisti?

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46; 4, 10, 47; id. Capt. 4, 2, 111; id. Most. 3, 1, 137; id. Poen. 1, 3, 30; id. Pers. 4, 3, 16; id. Ps. 4, 6, 33:

    si tibi optima fide omnia concessit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144; Quint. 10, 3, 23.—Hence, bonae fidei vir, a conscientious man, Quint. 10, 7, 1.—
    b.
    Jurid. t. t.
    (α).
    Good faith in contracts and legal acts in general, opposed to dolus malus, honesty and fairness in dealing with another:

    ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere, notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67.—Hence, alienam rem bona fide emere, to buy, believing the seller to be the rightful owner, Dig. 41, 3, 10; 41, 3, 13, § 1. bonae fidei possessor (also possessio), believing that he is the rightful owner, ib. 5, 3, 25, § 11; 5, 3, 22; 41, 3, 15, § 2;

    41, 3, 24: conventio contra bonam fidem et mores bonos,

    ib. 16, 31, § 7: bonam fidem praestare, to be responsible for one ' s good faith, ib. 17, 1, 10 prooem.—Hence,
    (β).
    Bonae fidei actiones or judicia, actions in equity, i. e. certain classes of actions in which the strict civil law was set aside by the praetorian edict in favor of equity:

    actiones quaedam bonae fidei sunt, quaedam stricti juris. Bonae fidei sunt haec: exempto vendito, locato conducto, etc.,

    Just. Inst. 4, 6, 28, § 19.—In the republican time the praetor added in such actions to his formula for the judex the words ex fide bona, or, in full:

    quidquid dare facere oportet ex fide bona,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

    iste dolus malus et legibus erat vindicatus, et sine lege, judiciis in quibus additur ex fide bona,

    id. ib. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. ib. 3, 17, 70.—
    4.
    Bona verba.
    (α).
    Kind words:

    Bona verba quaeso,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 33.—
    (β).
    Words of good omen (v. omen):

    dicamus bona verba,

    Tib. 2, 2, 1:

    dicite suffuso ter bona verba mero,

    Ov. F. 2, 638.—
    (γ).
    Elegant or well-chosen expressions:

    quid est tam furiosum quam verborum vel optimorum atque ornatissimorum sonitus inanis,

    Cic. Or. 1, 12, 51:

    verborum bonorum cursu,

    id. Brut. 66, 233:

    omnia verba sunt alicubi optima,

    Quint. 10, 1, 9.—
    (δ).
    Moral sayings:

    non est quod contemnas bona verba et bonis cogitationibus plena praecordia,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 1. —
    5.
    Bona dicta.
    (α).
    Polite, courteous language:

    hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit leniter dictis bonis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 25.—
    (β).
    Witticisms ( bon-mots): flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi, quam bona dicta teneat, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 2, 54, 222:

    dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus quibus solebam menstruales epulas ante adipiscier,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22:

    ibo intro ad libros ut discam de dictis melioribus,

    id. Stich. 2, 3, 75.—
    6.
    Bona facta.
    (α).
    = bene facta (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.), laudable deeds:

    nobilitas ambobus et majorum bona facta (sc. erant),

    Tac. A. 3, 40.—
    (β).
    Bonum factum est, colloq., = bene est, bene factum est (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.):

    bonum factum est, ut edicta servetis mea,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 16:

    haec imperata quae sunt pro imperio histrico, bonum hercle factum (est) pro se quisque ut meminerit,

    id. ib. 45.— Hence,
    (γ).
    Elliptically, introducing commands which cannot be enforced, = if you will do so, it will be well:

    peregrinis in senatum allectis, libellus propositus est: bonum factum, ne quis senatori novo curiam monstrare velit,

    Suet. Caes. 80:

    et Chaldaeos edicere: bonum factum, ne Vitellius... usquam esset,

    id. Vit. 14:

    hac die Carthaginem vici: bonum factum, in Capitolium eamus, et deos supplicemus,

    Aur. Vict. 49; cf.:

    o edictum, cui adscribi non poterit bonum factum,

    Tert. Pud. 1.—
    7.
    Bona gratia.
    (α).
    A friendly understanding:

    cur non videmus inter nos haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17; so,

    per gratiam bonam abire,

    to part with good feelings, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 33.—In jest: sine bona gratia abire, of things cast away, Plaut Truc. 2, 7, 15.—
    (β).
    Pleon., in the phrase bonam gratiam habere, = gratiam habere, to thank (v. B. 2. k.), Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 32; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 99.—
    8.
    Bona pars.
    (α).
    The well-disposed part of a body of persons:

    ut plerumque fit, major pars (i. e. of the senate) meliorem vicit,

    Liv. 21, 4, 1:

    pars melior senatus ad meliora responsa trahere,

    id. 7, 21, 6.—
    (β).
    The good party, i. e. the optimates (gen. in plur.):

    civem bonarum partium,

    Cic. Sest. 32, 77:

    (fuit) meliorum partium aliquando,

    id. Cael. 6, 13:

    qui sibi gratiam melioris partis velit quaesitam,

    Liv. 2, 44, 3.—Paronom.: (Roscius) semper partium in re publica tam quam in scaena optimarum, i. e. party and part in a drama, Cic. Sest. 56, 120.—
    (γ).
    Of things or persons, a considerable part (cf. a good deal):

    bonam partem ad te adtulit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 43:

    bonam partem sermonis in hunc diem esse dilatam,

    Cic. Or. 2, 3, 14:

    bonam magnamque partem exercitus,

    Val. Max. 5, 2, ext. 4:

    bona pars noctium,

    Quint. 12, 11, 19:

    bona pars hominum,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:

    meae vocis... bona pars,

    id. C. 4, 2, 46; so id. A. P. 297; Ov. P. 1, 8, 74:

    melior pars diei,

    Verg. A. 9, 156.—
    (δ).
    Rarely, and mostly eccl. Lat.: optima pars, the best part or lot:

    nostri melior pars animus est,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, prooem. § 14; cf.:

    quae pars optima est in homine,

    best, most valuable, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 67:

    major pars aetatis, certe melior reipublicae data sit,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 1:

    Maria optimam partem elegit, quae non auferetur ab ea,

    Vulg. Luc. 10, 42.—
    (ε).
    Adverb.:

    bonam partem = ex magna parte,

    Lucr. 6, 1249.—
    (ζ).
    Aliquem in optimam partem cognoscere, to know somebody from his most favorable side, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46: aliquid in optimam partem accipere, to take something in good part, interpret it most favorably:

    Caesar mihi ignoscit quod non venerim, seseque in optimam partem id accipere dicit,

    id. Att. 10, 3 a, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 3:

    quaeso ut hoc in bonam partem accipias,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 45.—
    9.
    Dies bonus or bona.
    (α).
    A day of good omen, a fortunate day (= dies laetus, faustus):

    tum tu igitur die bono, Aphrodisiis, addice, etc.,

    Plaut. Poen. 2, 49:

    nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die,

    Ov. F. 1, 72.—
    (β).
    A beautiful, serene day, Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 3.—
    10.
    Bonus mos.
    (α).
    Boni mores, referring to individuals, good, decent, moral habits:

    nihil est amabilius quam morum similitudo bonorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56:

    nam hic nimium morbus mores invasit bonos,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 6:

    domi militiaeque boni mores colebantur,

    Sall. C. 9, 1:

    propter ejus suavissimos et optimos mores,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:

    cum per tot annos matronae optimis moribus vixerint,

    Liv. 34, 6, 9:

    mores meliores,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 18.—
    (β).
    Bonus mos or boni mores, in the abstract, morality, the laws, rules of morality: ei vos morigerari mos bonu'st, it is a rule of morality that you should, etc., Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 4:

    ex optimo more et sanctissima disciplina,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69:

    neglegentia boni moris,

    Sen. Ep. 97, 1.—Jurid. t. t.:

    conventio, mandatum contra bonos mores,

    in conflict with morality, Quint. 3, 1, 57; Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 7; Gai. Inst. 3, 157 et saep. —
    11.
    Adverbial phrases.
    a.
    Bono animo esse, or bonum animum habere.
    (α).
    To be of good cheer or courage:

    bono animo es! Liberabit ille te homo,

    Plaut. Merc 3, 1, 33; so id. Aul. 4, 10, 61; id. Mil. 4, 8, 32; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4; id. Heaut. 4, 6, 18; id. Ad. 2, 4, 20; 3, 5, 1; 4, 2, 4; 4, 5, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 72:

    animo bono es,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 103; id. Am. 2, 2, 48; 5, 2, 1:

    bono animo es, inquit Scrofa, et fiscinam expedi,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 26:

    bono animo sint et tui et mei familiares,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1; 6, 10, 29:

    bono animo esse jubere eam consul,

    Liv. 39, 13, 7:

    habe modo bonum animum,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 58; so id. Am. 1, 3, 47; id. Truc. 2, 6, 44; id. Aul. 2, 2, 15:

    habe animum bonum,

    id. Cas. 2, 6, 35; id. Ep. 2, 2, 1; 4, 2, 31:

    bonum animum habe,

    Liv. 45, 8, 5:

    clamor ortus ut bonum animum haberet,

    id. 8, 32, 1; so Sen. Ep. 87, 38.—
    (β).
    Bono animo esse, or facere aliquid, to be of a good or friendly disposition, or to do with good, honest intentions:

    audire jubet vos imperator histricus, bonoque ut animo sedeant in subselliis qui, etc.,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 5: sunt enim (consules) [p. 246] optimo animo, summo consilio, of the best disposition, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:

    bono te animo tum populus Romanus... dicere existimavit ea quae sentiebatis, sed, etc.,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:

    quod nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Quint. 7, 4, 15.—
    (γ).
    Bonus animus, good temper, patience:

    bonus animus in mala re dimidium mali est,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 37:

    vos etiam hoc animo meliore feratis,

    Ov. M. 9, 433.—
    b.
    Bono modo.
    (α).
    = placide, with composure, moderation:

    si quis quid deliquerit, pro noxa bono modo vindicet,

    Cato, R. R. 5:

    haec tibi tam sunt defendenda quam moenia, mihi autem bono modo, tantum quantum videbitur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 137.—
    (β).
    In a decent manner:

    neu quisquam prohibeto filium quin amet... quod bono fiat modo,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 62. —
    c.
    Jure optimo or optimo jure, with good, perfect right:

    te ipse jure optumo incuses licet,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23; id. Rud. 2, 6, 53:

    ut jure optimo me deserere posses,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6; Sen. Ot. Sap. 2 (29), 2.—With pass. or intr. verb, deservedly:

    ne jure optimo irrideamur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 151; id. Marcell. 1, 4;

    similarly, optimo judicio,

    Val. Max. 2, 9, 2.
    II.
    As subst.
    A.
    bŏnus, boni, m.; of persons.
    1.
    In sing. or plur. orig. = bonus vir, boni viri; v. I. A. 1. a. b, supra, a morally good man.
    (α).
    Plur.:

    bonis quod bene fit haud perit,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 2, 108; id. Trin. 2, 1, 55; id. Pers. 4, 5, 2:

    melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto,

    Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:

    verum esse ut bonos boni diligant, quamobrem... bonis inter bonos quasi necessariam (esse) benevolentiam,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    diverso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra... habere,

    Sall. C. 52, 13; 7, 2; 52, 22:

    oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52:

    tam bonis quam malis conduntur urbes,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 28, 4; so id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 9, 2, 76.—Rarely bŏnae, arum, f., good women:

    quia omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 41.—
    (β).
    Sing.:

    malus bonum malum esse volt ut sit sui similis,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 8:

    nec enim cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99; cf.:

    qui meliorem audax vocet in jus,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 29.—
    2.
    Bonus, a man of honor.
    (α).
    A brave man:

    pro qua (patria) quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere si ei sit profuturus?

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:

    libertatem quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittat,

    Sall. C. 33, 5:

    fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 29 (opp. ignavi):

    fama impari boni atque ignavi erant,

    Sall. J. 57, 6; 53, 8; id. C. 11, 2. —
    (β).
    A gentleman:

    quis enim umquam, qui paululum modo bonorum consuetudinem nosset, litteras ad se ab amico missas... in medium protulit?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.—
    3.
    Boni, the better (i. e. higher) classes of society.
    (α).
    In gen. (of political sentiments, = optimates, opp. populares, seditiosi, perditi cives, etc.;

    so usu. in Cic.): meam causam omnes boni proprie enixeque susceperant,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 38:

    audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur... boni, nescio quomodo, tardiores sunt, etc.,

    id. ib. 47, 100:

    ego Kal. Jan. senatum et bonos omnes legis agrariae... metu liberavi,

    id. Pis. 2, 4:

    etenim omnes boni, quantum in ipsis fuit, Caesarem occiderunt,

    id. Phil. 2, 13, 29; id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; 5, 21, 2; id. Sest. 2, 5; 16, 36; 48, 103; id. Planc. 35, 86; id. Mil. 2, 5; id. Off. 2. 12, 43:

    maledictis increpat omnes bonos,

    Sall. C. 21, 4; 19, 2; 33, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; so,

    optimi,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 37; and, ironically, boni identified with the rich:

    bonorum, id est lautorum et locupletum,

    id. Att. 8, 1, 3.—
    (β).
    Without reference to political views;

    opp. vulgus (rare): nihil ego istos moror fatuos mores quibus boni dedecorant se,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22:

    semper in civitate quibus opes nullae sunt bonis invident,

    Sall. C. 37, 3:

    elatus est sine ulla pompa funeris, comitantibus omnibus bonis, maxima vulgi frequentia,

    Nep. Att. 22, 2.—So, mĕlĭōres, um, m., one ' s betters:

    ut quaestui habeant male loqui melioribus,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 13:

    da locum melioribus,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 37.—
    4.
    Boni, bone, in addresses, as an expression of courtesy, Hor. S. 2, 2, 1; 2, 6, 51; 2, 6, 95; id. Ep. 2, 2, 37; ironice, id. S. 2, 3, 31.—
    5.
    Optimus quisque = quivis bonus, omnes boni.
    (α).
    Referring to morality:

    esse aliquid natura pulcrum quod optimus quisque sequeretur,

    every good man, Cic. Sen. 13, 43:

    qui ita se gerebant ut sua consilia optimo cuique probarent, optimates habebantur,

    id. Sest. 45, 96; id. Off. 1, 43, 154; id. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Sest. 54, 115; and = even the best:

    quare deus optimum quemque mala valetudine adficit?

    Sen. Prov. 4, 8.—
    (β).
    Of the educated classes:

    adhibenda est quaedam reverentia adversus homines, et optimi cujusque et reliquorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 85:

    Catilina plerisque consularibus, praeterea optumo cuique, litteras mittit,

    Sall. C. 34, 2:

    optimo cuique infesta libertas,

    Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 2 (32 fin.).—
    (γ).
    Honorable, brave:

    optumus quisque cadere et sauciari, ceteris metus augeri,

    Sall. J. 92, 8.—
    (δ).
    In gen., excellent:

    optimus quisque facere quam dicere... malebat,

    Sall. C. 8, 5.—
    (ε).
    Distributively:

    ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,

    to the best man in each instance, Sall. C. 2, 6.—
    (ζ).
    Referring to another superlative ( = quo quisque melior eo magis, etc.):

    hic aditus laudis qui semper optimo cuique maxime patuit,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; so id. Lael. 4, 14; id. Inv. 2, 11, 36; Sen. Vit. Beat. 18, 1.—
    (η).
    Attributively, with a noun:

    optimam quamque causam,

    Cic. Sest. 43, 93:

    optima quaeque dies,

    Verg. G. 3, 66.
    2.
    bŏnum, i, n., plur. bona; mĕlĭus, ōris, n.; optĭmum, i, n. (v. infra); of things in gen.
    1.
    Bonum, or plur. bona, a good, or goods in a moral and metaphysical sense, a moral good, a blessing: sunt autem hae de finibus defensae sententiae: nihil bonum nisi honestum, ut Stoici; nihil bonum nisi voluptatem, ut Epicurus;

    nihil bonum nisi vacuitatem doloris, ut Hieronymus... tria genera bonorum, maxima animi, secunda corporis, externa tertia, ut Peripatetici, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 84 sq.:

    quid est igitur bonum? Si quid recte fit et honeste et cum virtute, id bene fieri vere dicitur, et quod rectum et honestum et cum virtute est, id solum opinor bonum,

    id. Par. 1, 1, 9:

    ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud simplex et verum bonum quod non possit ab honestate sejungi,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

    non-est igitur voluptas bonum,

    id. Fin. 1, 11, 39: finis bonorum et malorum (telos agathôn) = summa bona et mala:

    sunt nonnullae disciplinae quae, propositis bonorum et malorum finibus, officium omne pervertant. Nam qui summum bonum sic instituit ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 2, 5; cf. id. Par. 1, 3, 14; id. Ac. 2, 9, 29; 2, 36, 114; 2, 42, 129; id. Fin. 1, 9, 29; 1, 12, 42; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 5; id. Ep. 117, 1 et saep.—
    2.
    Bonum, what is valuable, beneficial, estimable, favorable, pleasant, physically or mentally:

    quoi boni Tantum adfero quantum ipsus a diis optat,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 9:

    multa bona vobis volt facere,

    will do you much good, id. Poen. 5, 4, 60; id. Am. prol. 43, 49; id. Pers. 4, 8, 4; 2, 3, 14; id. Cas. 2, 8, 32:

    tum demum nostra intellegemus bona quom ea amisimus,

    id. Capt. 1, 2, 33:

    multa tibi di dent bona,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 54; 3, 3, 74; id. Mil. 3, 1, 120; id. Men. 3, 3, 34; id. Pers. 4, 3, 23; id. Truc. 1, 2, 23; id. Merc. 1, 2, 40; id. Most. 1, 1, 47:

    omnia Bona dicere,

    to speak in the highest terms of one, Ter. And. 1, 1, 70:

    sed ne vivus quidem bono caret, si eo non indiget,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    cum quaecumque bona Peripateticis, eadem Stoicis commoda viderentur,

    id. ib. 5, 41, 120:

    nihil enim boni nosti,

    nothing that is good for any thing, id. Phil. 2, 7, 16:

    mala pro bonis legere dementia est,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 1; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 73:

    quia bonum sit valere,

    a good thing, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (cf. III. A. 5. infra):

    melius: quo quidem haud scio an... quidquam melius sit homini a dis immortalibus datum,

    id. Lael. 6, 20:

    meliora... Aristotelem de istis rebus scripsisse,

    id. Or. 1, 10, 43:

    optimum: difficillimum est formam exponere optimi,

    id. ib. 11, 36.— Here belongs the phrase boni consulere;

    v. consulo.—So after prepositions: in bonum vertere, v. under verto: in melius ire,

    to change for the better, Tac. A. 12, 68.—In the same sense: in melius aliquid referre, or reflectere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 281; 11, 426; 10, 632:

    ad melius transcurrere,

    to pass over to something better, Hor. S. 2, 2, 82.—
    3.
    Bonum or bona, prosperity:

    fortiter malum qui patitur, idem post patitur bonum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 58:

    nulli est homini perpetuum bonum,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 33:

    unā tecum bona, mala tolerabimus,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 23:

    quibus in bonis fuerint et nunc quibus in malis sint, ostenditur ( = in secundis, in adversis rebus),

    Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 107.—
    4.
    Good qualities, gifts:

    omnia adsunt bona, quem penes'st virtus,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 30:

    magnis illi et divinis bonis hanc licentiam adsequebantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:

    nisi qui se suā gravitate et castimoniā... tum etiam naturali quodam bono defenderet, etc.,

    id. Cael. 5, 11:

    hunc meā sententiā divinis quibusdam bonis instructum atque ornatum puto,

    id. ib. 17, 39:

    non intellego quod bonum cuiquam sit apud tales viros profuturum,

    id. Balb. 28, 63:

    gaude isto tuo tam excellenti bono,

    id. Marcell. 6, 19; so id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
    5.
    Advantage, benefit:

    si plus adipiscare, re explicatā, boni, quam addubitatā mali,

    Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:

    saepe cogitavi bonine an mali plus adtulerit... eloquentiae studium,

    id. Inv. 1, 1, 1; 2, 35, 106; id. Off. 2, 2, 5; id. Sest. 10, 24:

    maximum bonum in celeritate ponebat,

    Sall. C. 43, 4; so, bono publico (abl.), for the public good:

    hoc ita si fit, publico fiat bono,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 183; Liv. 2, 44, 3; Dig. 41, 3, 1.—
    6.
    With aequum, what is fair and good, the fair ( thing), fairness, equity:

    si bonum aequomque oras,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 149; so id. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Rud. 1, 2, 94; id. Men. 4, 2, 11:

    si tu aliquam partem aequi bonique dixeris,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 32; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 29; id. Ad. 1, 1, 39:

    a quo vivo nec praesens nec absens quidquam aequi bonique impetravit,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 94.—Hence, aequo et bono, or ex aequo et bono, in ( with) fairness, in equity, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 30; Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14; 2, 12, 18; 2, 13, 20; Gai. Inst. 3, 137: aequi bonique, as gen. of value, with facere:

    istuc, Chreme, Aequi bonique facio,

    I place a fair and proper value on it, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 40.—
    7.
    Bona, one ' s property, fortunes, almost always denoting the whole of one's possessions.
    a.
    In gen.:

    paterna oportet reddi filio bona,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 120:

    bona sua med habiturum omnia,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 6; 4, 2, 29; id. Rud. 2, 6, 22; id. Most. 1, 3, 77; id. Trin. 4, 4, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 4:

    bona mea diripiebantur atque ad consulem deferebantur,

    Cic. Sest. 24, 54:

    cum de capite, civis et de bonis proscriptio ferretur,

    id. ib. 30, 65:

    bona, fortunas, possessiones omnium,

    id. Caecin. 13, 38:

    at mulctantur bonis exsules,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106; id. Off. 2, 23, 81; id. Par. 1, 1, 7; id. Sest. 19, 42; 43, 94; 52, 111; id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; Caes. B. G. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 3, 5; 2, 5, 5; 4, 15, 8; Tac. A. 2, 48; Quint. 6, 1, 19 et saep.—
    b.
    Bonorum possessio, the possession of one ' s property by another.
    (α).
    Bonorum possessio in consequence of bonorum cessio, i. e. an assignment of one ' s property for the benefit of creditors, Dig. 42, tit. 3.—
    (β).
    Bonorum possessio granted by the prætor against a contumacious or insolvent debtor (in bona mittere, in bona ire jubere, bona possidere jubere, etc.); cf. Dig. 42, tit. 4:

    postulat a Burrieno Naevius ut ex edicto bona possidere liceat,

    Cic. Quint. 6, 25, and the whole of c. 8:

    edixit... neu quis militis... bona possideret aut venderet,

    Liv. 2, 24, 6:

    bona proscribere,

    to offer the property thus transferred for sale, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.—
    (γ).
    Chiefly referring to the property of a defunct person (hereditas), where the prætor, till the heir had proved his right, granted a bonorum possessio secundum tabulas or contra tabulas, Dig. 37, tit. 4; 37, tit. 11.—
    c.
    In bonis esse;

    with reference to the older civil law, which distinguished between civil property (habere rem ex jure Quiritium) and natural property (rem in bonis habere, res in bonis est),

    Gai. Inst. 2, 40, 41; Dig. 40, 12, 38, § 2; 37, 6, 2, § 1; 37, 6, 3, § 2; ib. Fragm. 1, 16; Gai. Inst. 1, 22; 1, 35; 1, 222; 1, 167; Dig. 1, 8, 1; 27, 10, 10:

    neque bonorum possessorum, neque... res pleno jure fiunt, sed in bonis efficiuntur,

    ib. Fragm. 3, 80.—Hence, nullam omnino arbitrabamur de eā hereditate controversiam eum habiturum, et est hodie in bonis, i. e. [p. 247] the bonorum possessio has been granted to him, which did not give full ownership, but effected only that the hereditas was in bonis. Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1.
    III.
    Predicative use.
    A.
    With nouns or pronouns as subjects.
    1.
    Bonum esse, to be morally good, honest:

    nunc mihi bonae necessum est esse ingratiis, Quamquam esse nolo,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 82:

    bonam ego quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo,

    id. Poen. 1, 2, 93; so id. Capt. 2, 1, 44; id. Men. 4, 2, 6; id. Rud. prol. 29:

    itaque viros fortes magnanimos eosdem, bonos et simplices... esse volumus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; cf. id. ib. 3, 21, 84; id. Att. 15, 6, 1:

    Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat,

    Sall. C. 54, 5:

    ut politiora, non ut meliora fiant ingenia,

    Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 5 fin. —
    2.
    To be beneficial, prosperous, advantageous, valuable, favorable, serviceable, correct, with reference to both persons and things as subjects, and in regard to physical and mental relations:

    jam istuc non bonumst,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 29; Cato, R. R. 157:

    oleum viridius et melius fiet,

    id. ib. 3:

    vinum ut alvum bonam faciat,

    to correct the bowels, id. ib. 156:

    quid est homini salute melius?

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:

    non optuma haec sunt, verum meliora quam deterruma,

    id. Trin. 2, 3, 1:

    quid est quod huc possit quod melius sit accedere?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 41; 1, 18, 57; id. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:

    in quo (vestitu), sicut in plerisque rebus, mediocritas optima est,

    id. Off. 1, 36, 130; 2, 17, 59; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Or. 2, 6; 11, 36:

    meliorem tamen militem... in futura proelia id certamen fecit,

    Liv. 2, 51, 3:

    parvus ut est cygni melior canor, ille gruum quam Clamor,

    Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 191:

    si meliora dies, ut vina, poemata reddit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 34.—So in the optative formula:

    quod bonum, faustum, felixque sit,

    Liv. 1, 28, 7; 1, 17, 10; 39, 15, 1; 3, 54;

    3, 34.—Also, quod bonum atque fortunatum mihi sit,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 50;

    and with a noun as subject: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix, fortunataque evenat,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3.—
    3.
    To be kind:

    bonus cum probis'st (erus), malus cum malis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22:

    hic si vellet bonus ac benignus Esse,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 52.—
    4.
    With reference to the gods:

    ecastor ambae (Fortuna et Salus sunt bonae,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 129:

    Palladis aut oculos ausa negare bonos (esse),

    Prop. 3, 24, 12 (2, 28, 12).—
    B.
    Impers.
    1.
    Bonum est (very rare for the class. bene est; v. bene).
    (α).
    Without a subject:

    bonum sit!

    may it be fortunate, favorable! Verg. E. 8, 106.—
    (β).
    With subject inf.:

    nam et stulte facere, et stulte fabularier in aetate haud bonum est,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 61:

    bonum est pauxillum amare, insane non bonum est,

    id. Curc. 1, 3,20.—
    2.
    Melius est.
    (α).
    With subject inf.:

    melius sanam est mentem sumere,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 51:

    nihil sentire est melius quam tam prava sentire,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125; cf. id. Fin. 1, 19, 62; id. Off. 1, 43, 156; so,

    melius fuit, fuisset, or fuerat,

    it would have been better, id. N. D. 3, 33; id. Sen. 23, 82; id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

    proinde quiesse erit melius,

    Liv. 3, 48, 3; 3, 41, 3; Verg. A. 11, 303.—
    (β).
    With subject inf.-clause:

    meliu'st te quae sunt mandata tibi praevortier,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 125; id. Men. 5, 9, 32.—
    (γ).
    With ut-clause:

    quid melius quam ut hinc intro abeam et me suspendam clanculum,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 145; so id. Ps. 4, 7, 18.—
    (δ).
    With subjectclause in the subjunctive:

    nunc quid mihi meliu'st quam ilico hic opperiar erum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 22.—
    3.
    Optimum est.
    (α).
    With subject inf.:

    optimum visum est, captivos quam primum deportare,

    Liv. 23, 34, 8:

    si quis dicit optimum esse navigare,

    Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 4 (32 fin.); so, optimum fuit, it would have been better, and optimum erat, it would be better, Quint. 6, prooem. 3; 11, 2, 33; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7.—
    (β).
    With inf.-clause:

    constituerunt optimum esse, domum suam quemque reverti,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 10: optimum visum est, in fluctuantem aciem tradi equos, etc., Liv 6, 24, 10; 22, 27, 6.—
    (γ).
    With ut and subj:

    hoc vero optimum, ut is qui, etc., id ultimum bonorum, id ipsum quid et quale sit nesciat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 6.—
    (δ).
    With quod:

    illa vero optima (sunt) quod cum Haluntium venisset Archagathum vocari jussit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:

    optimum vero (est) quod dictaturae nomen in perpetuum de re publica sustulisti,

    id. Phil. 2, 36, 91.—
    (ε).
    With second sup., in the phrase optumum factu est (where factu is redundant):

    sed hoc mihi optumum factu arbitror,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 16:

    optimum factu esse duxerant frumento... nostros prohibere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

    optumum factu credens exercitum augere,

    Sall. C. 32, 1 (Kritz, factum); 57, 5 (Kritz, factum).
    IV.
    Ellipt. use: di meliora, i. e. dent or velint, i. e. let the gods grant better things than what you say, etc.; God forbid! in full:

    di melius duint,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 16:

    di meliora velint!

    Ov. M. 7, 37.—Ellipt.:

    di meliora! inquit,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 47:

    id ubi mulier audivit, perturbata, dii meliora inquit, etc.,

    Liv. 39, 10, 2; 9, 9, 6; Verg. G. 3, 513;

    similarly, di melius, i. e. fecerunt,

    Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3.
    V.
    With object expressed,
    1.
    By dat.
    (α).
    = good, useful, beneficial for:

    ambula, id lieni optumum est,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 25:

    quia vobis eadem quae mihi bona malaque esse intellexi,

    Sall. C. 20, 3:

    bona bello Cornus, jaculis, etc.,

    Verg. G. 2, 447.—
    (β).
    = benignus or propitius, kind to:

    vicinis bonus esto,

    Cato, R. R. 4:

    bene merenti mala es, male merenti bona es,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 3:

    vos o mihi Manes, Este boni,

    Verg. A. 12, 647.—
    (γ).
    = idoneus, fit for, adapted to:

    qui locus vino optimus dicetur esse,

    Cato, R. R. 6:

    tum erit ei rei optumum tempus,

    id. ib. 26:

    terra cui putre solum, Optima frumentis,

    Verg. G. 2, 205; 2, 319; 1, 286.—
    (δ).
    With sum and dat., in the phrase alicui bono est, it is of service to one, profits him:

    accusant in quibus occidi patrem Sex. Roscii bono fuit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:

    bono fuisse Romanis adventum eorum constabat,

    Liv. 7, 12, 4.—Hence, with rel. dat.: cui bono (est), for whose advantage it is:

    quod si quis usurpet illud Cassianum cui bono fuerit, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:

    cui bono fuisset,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Mil. 12, 32 Ascon. ad loc.; cf.

    ellipt. form cui bono?

    Prisc. p. 1208 P.—
    (ε).
    With dat. gerund:

    ager oleto conserundo qui in Favonium spectavit, aliis bonus nullus erit,

    Cato, R. R. 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

    (mons) quia pecori bonus alendo erat,

    Liv. 29, 31; 9, 10.—
    2.
    By ad and acc.:

    refert et ad quam rem bona aut non bona sit,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 91:

    occasio quaeritur idoneane fuerit ad rem adoriendam, an alia melior,

    Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7:

    non campos modo militi Romano ad proelium bonos, etc.,

    Tac. A. 2, 14.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > optimum

  • 108 happy

    adjective
    1) (joyful) glücklich; heiter [Bild, Veranlagung, Ton]; (contented) zufrieden; (causing joy) erfreulich [Gedanke, Erinnerung, Szene]; froh [Ereignis]; glücklich [Zeiten]

    I'm not happy with her work — ich bin mit ihrer Arbeit nicht zufrieden

    not be happy about something/doing something — nicht froh über etwas (Akk.) sein/etwas nicht gern tun

    happy event — (euphem.): (birth) freudiges Ereignis (verhüll.)

    [strike] a happy medium — den goldenen Mittelweg [wählen]

    2) (glad)

    be happy to do something — etwas gern od. mit Vergnügen tun

    yes, I'd be happy to — (as reply to request) ja, gern od. mit Vergnügen

    3) (lucky) glücklich

    by a happy chance/coincidence — durch einen glücklichen Zufall

    * * *
    ['hæpi]
    1) (having or showing a feeling of pleasure or contentment: a happy smile; I feel happy today.) glücklich
    2) (willing: I'd be happy to help you.) froh
    3) (lucky: By a happy chance I have the key with me.) glücklich
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    - academic.ru/33595/happiness">happiness
    - happily
    - happy-go-lucky
    - happy medium
    * * *
    hap·py
    [ˈhæpi]
    1. (pleased) glücklich; (contented) zufrieden; (cheerful) fröhlich
    I'm perfectly \happy in my work ich bin mit meiner Arbeit[sstelle] absolut zufrieden
    a \happy childhood eine glückliche Kindheit
    the happiest day/days of one's life der schönste Tag/die beste Zeit in jds Leben
    to have a \happy expression on one's face glücklich aussehen
    a \happy lot ein glückliches Schicksal
    \happy marriage glückliche Ehe
    \happy mood gute Laune
    \happy occasion gelungenes Fest
    in happier times in glücklicheren Zeiten
    ▪ to be \happy about sb/sth person, arrangement, situation mit jdm/etw zufrieden sein
    ▪ to be \happy with sb/sth quality, standard mit jdm/etw zufrieden sein
    ▪ to be \happy to do sth sich akk freuen, etw zu tun
    you'll be \happy to know that... es wird dich freuen, zu hören, dass...
    ▪ to be \happy that... froh [darüber] sein, dass...
    2. (willing)
    ▪ to be \happy to do sth etw gerne tun; ( form) etw tun können
    the manager will be \happy to see you this afternoon der Geschäftsführer hat heute Nachmittag Zeit, Sie zu empfangen
    excuse me, can you help me? — I'd be \happy to! Entschuldigung, können Sie mir helfen? — aber gern!
    to be perfectly \happy to do sth etw mit größtem Vergnügen tun
    3. (fortunate) glücklich
    \happy accident glücklicher Zufall
    4. ( liter: suitable) gut gewählt, passend
    a \happy choice of language eine glückliche Wortwahl
    a \happy phrase ein treffender Satz
    a \happy thought eine geniale Idee
    5. ( fam: drunk) angeheitert
    6. attr, inv (in greetings)
    \happy birthday alles Gute zum Geburtstag
    \happy Easter frohe Ostern
    merry Christmas and a \happy New Year frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches [o gutes] neues Jahr
    many \happy returns [of the day] herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag
    7.
    ▶ [as] \happy as a sandboy [or a lark] [or BRIT Larry] [or AM a clam] quietschfidel, quietschvergnügt
    * * *
    ['hpɪ]
    adj (+er)
    1) (= joyful, glad) person, smile, expression, time, life, home, marriage glücklich; atmosphere harmonisch

    to make sb happy —

    the school is a happy place, it's a happy school — an der Schule sind die Kinder glücklich

    a happy ending — ein guter or glücklicher Ausgang, ein Happy End nt, ein Happyend nt

    Happy Easter/Christmas — frohe Ostern/Weihnachten

    See:
    → return
    2)

    (= content, satisfied) (not) to be happy about or with sth — mit etw (nicht) zufrieden sein

    that's a risk I'm happy to take — dieses Risiko gehe ich gern ein

    I was happy to hear that you passed your exam —

    I'm just happy to be back — ich bin einfach nur froh, wieder da zu sein

    to be happy to let sb do sth — damit einverstanden sein, dass jd etw tut

    he's happy to leave it to me — er überlässt es mir gern

    3) (= fortunate, felicitous) chance, coincidence, solution, choice glücklich
    4) (inf: tipsy) angeheitert, beschwipst (inf)
    * * *
    happy [ˈhæpı] adj (adv → happily)
    1. allg glücklich:
    a) glückselig:
    I’m quite happy ich bin wunschlos glücklich
    b) beglückt, erfreut, froh ( alle:
    at, about über akk):
    I am happy to see you es freut mich (sehr), Sie zu sehen;
    I’d be happy to do that ich würde das liebend gern tun
    c) voller Glück:
    happy days glückliche Tage, Tage voller Glück
    d) erfreulich:
    a happy event ein freudiges Ereignis; → ending 2
    e) Glück verheißend (Nachrichten etc)
    f) gut, trefflich (Idee etc)
    g) passend, treffend, geglückt (Ausdruck etc)
    h) zufrieden:
    I’m not happy with my new TV set;
    he wasn’t happy with some of the answers ihm gefielen einige Antworten nicht;
    she wasn’t happy with the decision sie war mit der Entscheidung nicht einverstanden
    2. gewandt, geschickt
    3. umg beschwipst, angesäuselt
    happy New Year! gutes neues Jahr!, pros(i)t Neujahr; → birthday A, Easter A
    a) umg betäubt, wirr (im Kopf): → slaphappy
    b) begeistert, verrückt:
    ski-happy skisportbegeistert; → trigger-happy
    c) umg süchtig:
    * * *
    adjective
    1) (joyful) glücklich; heiter [Bild, Veranlagung, Ton]; (contented) zufrieden; (causing joy) erfreulich [Gedanke, Erinnerung, Szene]; froh [Ereignis]; glücklich [Zeiten]

    not be happy about something/doing something — nicht froh über etwas (Akk.) sein/etwas nicht gern tun

    happy event — (euphem.): (birth) freudiges Ereignis (verhüll.)

    [strike] a happy medium — den goldenen Mittelweg [wählen]

    be happy to do something — etwas gern od. mit Vergnügen tun

    yes, I'd be happy to — (as reply to request) ja, gern od. mit Vergnügen

    3) (lucky) glücklich

    by a happy chance/coincidence — durch einen glücklichen Zufall

    * * *
    (about) adj.
    glücklich (über) adj. adj.
    froh adj. n.
    glücklich adj.

    English-german dictionary > happy

  • 109 sorglos

    I Adj.
    1. (sorgenfrei) carefree, free from care ( oder worry); (unbekümmert) nonchalant; stärker: happy-go-lucky; sorglose Einstellung carefree ( oder nonchalant) attitude; sorgloses Dasein carefree ( oder happy-go-lucky) existence
    2. (unachtsam) careless; (gedankenlos) thoughtless; sorgloser Umgang mit Wertgegenständen careless treatment of valuables
    II Adv.
    1. free from care ( oder worry); sorglos in den Tag hineinleben live for the day
    2. (unachtsam) carelessly; sorglos mit etw. umgehen handle ( oder treat) s.th. carelessly; erschreckend sorglos mit der Umwelt umgehen be terribly thoughtless about the environment; er geht mit seinen Sachen sehr sorglos um he doesn’t care how he treats his things
    * * *
    carefree; insouciant; unmindful; trouble free; careless; unheeding
    * * *
    sọrg|los
    1. adj
    (= unbekümmert) carefree; (= leichtfertig, nachlässig) careless
    2. adv
    carelessly; in a carefree way
    * * *
    1) (light-hearted: a carefree attitude.) carefree
    2) (cheerfully careless; carefree: she cooks in a very slap-happy way.) slap-happy
    * * *
    sorg·los
    [ˈzɔrklo:s]
    I. adj
    1. (achtlos) careless
    II. adv
    1. (achtlos) carelessly
    2. (sorgenfrei) free of care
    * * *
    1.
    1) (ohne Sorgfalt) careless
    2) (unbekümmert) carefree
    2.
    * * *
    A. adj
    1. (sorgenfrei) carefree, free from care ( oder worry); (unbekümmert) nonchalant; stärker: happy-go-lucky;
    sorglose Einstellung carefree ( oder nonchalant) attitude;
    sorgloses Dasein carefree ( oder happy-go-lucky) existence
    2. (unachtsam) careless; (gedankenlos) thoughtless;
    sorgloser Umgang mit Wertgegenständen careless treatment of valuables
    B. adv
    1. free from care ( oder worry);
    2. (unachtsam) carelessly;
    sorglos mit etwas umgehen handle ( oder treat) sth carelessly;
    erschreckend sorglos mit der Umwelt umgehen be terribly thoughtless about the environment;
    er geht mit seinen Sachen sehr sorglos um he doesn’t care how he treats his things
    * * *
    1.
    1) (ohne Sorgfalt) careless
    2) (unbekümmert) carefree
    2.
    * * *
    adj.
    careless adj.
    easy in one's mind (about) expr.
    unheeding adj.
    unmindful adj.
    unworried adj. adv.
    airily adv.
    carelessly adv.
    heedlessly adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > sorglos

  • 110 aparecerse la virgen

    (v.) = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet, strike + lucky, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot
    Ex. He thought he had landed on his feet when he got a job at a large and prestigious firm, but he soon discovered there was more to the job than he imagined.
    Ex. It's a bit like a lottery -- sometimes you strike lucky and become rich and famous.
    Ex. That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.
    Ex. Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot.
    * * *
    (v.) = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet, strike + lucky, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot

    Ex: He thought he had landed on his feet when he got a job at a large and prestigious firm, but he soon discovered there was more to the job than he imagined.

    Ex: It's a bit like a lottery -- sometimes you strike lucky and become rich and famous.
    Ex: That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.
    Ex: Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aparecerse la virgen

  • 111 break

    {breik}
    I. 1. чупя (се), отчупвам (се), сцепвам (се), начупвам (се), троша (се), разбивам (се), къртя (се)
    to BREAK the ground разоравам/обръщам (земя), правя първите копки, започвам разкопки, подготвям почвата (и прен.), започвам работа
    to BREAK the skin of one's knee ожулвам/обелвам/одирам кожата на коляното си
    2. начевам (хляб и пр.), развалям, разбивам на дребно (пари)
    3. скъсвам (се) (за конец, въже и пр.)
    to BREAK a blood-vessel пуква ми се кръвоносен съд
    4. пробивам се, пуквам се (за цирей и пр.)
    5. разкъсвам се. разпръсвам се (за облачност)
    6. разразявам се (за буря)
    7. откривам се, разкривам се (за гледка)
    8. разпръсвам. разстройвам (войска)
    9. нарушавам, развалям, накърнявам, прекъсвам (закон, споразумение и пр.)
    to BREAK a set развалям сервиз/комплект, продавам го на части
    to BREAK step не вървя в крак/такт
    to BREAK bounds воен. излизам без позволение, самоотлъчвам се
    10. прекъсвам, прекратявам
    to BREAK for coffee правя кратка почивка, за да (из) пия (едно) кафе
    to BREAK from work прекъсвам работа за кратка почивка
    to BREAK camp вдигам лагер
    11. пресичам се, секвам от вълнение и пр., променям се, мутирам (за глас)
    12. ломя, сломявам (дух, воля, съпротивa и пр.)
    to BREAK someone /oneself of a habit отучвам някого/себе си от навик
    to BREAK one's heart умирам от мъка (over за, заради)
    to BREAK someone's heart разбивам сърцето на някого
    13. намалявам силата на, обуздавам (стихия, удар и пр.)
    14. опитомявам, укротявам, обучавам, тренирам (кон и пр.)
    15. разорявам (се), докарвам до фалит
    16. унищожавам, разсипвам (и прен.)
    17. понижавам, разжалвам
    18. провалям (стачкa)
    19. избягвам (от затвор и пр.)
    to BREAK free/loose отскубвам се, избягвам
    20. разчиствам/проправям път
    21. разбивам (нос), счупвам (врат, гръб и пр.)
    22. променям се внезапно, развалям се (за време), намалявам, преминавам (за студ, горещина и пр.)
    23. крикет отклонявам се, криввам (за топка)
    24. променям хода си (за кон)
    25. развивам се, случвам се, ставам
    26. опровергавам, доказвам неверността/несъстоятелността на (алиби и пр.)
    27. влошавам се (за здравe)
    28. внезапно/рязко спадам (за цени)
    29. ам. пресичам се (за сметана и пр.)
    to BREAK with скъсвам връзките си/разделям се с
    the day broke зората се пукна/сипна, зазори се, започна да се разсъмва
    to BREAK a flag развивам знаме
    to BREAK even приключвам (сделка и пр.) без загуба и без печалба
    to BREAK a leg ам. изпълнявам с успех (роля, музикално произведение), break away откъсвам (се), отделям (се), отцепвам (се) (и прен.), освобождавам (се), отклонявам (се)
    избягвам (from от)
    скъсвам (with с), изоставям, разпръсвам се (за мрак и пр.)
    break down руша, събарям (се), разбивам, рухвам, грохвам, сломявам (се), прекъсвам, нарушавам, осуетявам, унищожавам, разладам се, разтурям се, съсипвам се, претърпявам авария, повреждам се, претърпявам неуспех, провалям се, бивам осуетен, загубвам самообладание, не издържам, разплаквам се, анализирам, категоризирам, класифицирам, хим. разлагам, смекчавам (цветове, бои)
    break forth бликвам, пробивам, появявам се внезапно, избухвам (в смях, плач и пр.)
    break in вмъквам се (за крадец), нахлувам, намесвам се в, прекъсвам (разговор), укротявам. опитомявам, дресирам (кон и пр.), обучавам (войници и и пр.), разработвам (нова кола), омекотявам, разтъпквам (нови обувки и пр.)
    срутвам се, пропадам (за покрив и пр.), to BREAK in on/upon нахлувам неочаквано при, прекъсвам, преча на, обезпокоявам
    break into нахлувам/вмъквам се/прониквам в, влизам с взлом в, разбивам
    the house has been broken into в къщата e влизано с взлом
    to BREAK into show business пробивам си път/влизам в шоу-бизнеса, рад., телев. прекъсвам програмата (за важно съобщение и пр.), преминавам рязко от едно състояние в друго
    to BREAK into a run/gallop започвам да тичам, преминавам в галоп
    to BREAK into tears/laughter избухвам в сълзи/смях
    to BREAK into someone's time отнемам времето на някого
    break off отчупвам (се), откъртвам (се)
    внезапно прекъсвам/скъсвам (връзки, отношения), to BREAK off an engagement развалям годеж, изведнъж спирам/преставам да говоря/лея и пр., спирам/прекратявам работа и пр., правя кратка пауза (за обед, чай, почивка)
    break out избягвам
    to BREAK out of prison избягвам от затвора, появявам се, излизам, избивам (за пот, пъпки, обрив и пр.), получавам обрив, изривам се (при шарка и пр.)
    II. 1. пробиване, пукване, разбиване, разкъсване
    2. пукнатина, пролука, дупка, отвор
    3. прекъсване, спиране, пауза, почивка, уч. междучасие
    a BREAK in the weather неочаквана рязка промяна на времето, разваляне на времето
    a BREAK in the heat-wave край на горещата вълна
    4. прелом
    5. муз. промяна на регистър
    6. скъсване, раздяла
    7. хукване, бягство
    8. рaзг. възможност, шанс
    a bad BREAK лош късмет, нетактична забележка/постъпка
    a lucky BREAK щастлив случай, късмет
    9. ам. внезапно спадане на цените
    10. сп. отклоняване на топка
    11. цепнатина, разместени пластове
    BREAK of day разсъмване, зазоряване
    * * *
    {breik} v (broke {brouk} ; broken {broukъn}) 1. чупя (се),(2) n 1. пробиване, пукване, разбиване, разкъсване; 2. пукна
    * * *
    цепнатина; утъпквам; чупя; строшавам; съсипвам; спуквам; счупвам; троша; скъсване; сломявам; почивка; пауза; пресеквам; прекъсване; пробив; пробиване; прекъсвам; прелом; раздробявам; пролом; развалям; пръсвам; проправям; пукнатина; разбивам; разкъсвам; избивам; ломя; междучасие; мутирам; нарушавам;
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    1. 1 избягвам (от затвор и пр.) 2. 1 ломя, сломявам (дух, воля, съпротивa и пр.) 3. 1 намалявам силата на, обуздавам (стихия, удар и пр.) 4. 1 опитомявам, укротявам, обучавам, тренирам (кон и пр.) 5. 1 понижавам, разжалвам 6. 1 пресичам се, секвам от вълнение и пр., променям се, мутирам (за глас) 7. 1 провалям (стачкa) 8. 1 разорявам (се), докарвам до фалит 9. 1 унищожавам, разсипвам (и прен.) 10. 1 цепнатина, разместени пластове 11. 2 ам. пресичам се (за сметана и пр.) 12. 2 влошавам се (за здравe) 13. 2 внезапно/рязко спадам (за цени) 14. 2 крикет отклонявам се, криввам (за топка) 15. 2 опровергавам, доказвам неверността/несъстоятелността на (алиби и пр.) 16. 2 променям се внезапно, развалям се (за време), намалявам, преминавам (за студ, горещина и пр.) 17. 2 променям хода си (за кон) 18. 2 разбивам (нос), счупвам (врат, гръб и пр.) 19. 2 развивам се, случвам се, ставам 20. 20. разчиствам/проправям път 21. a bad break лош късмет, нетактична забележка/постъпка 22. a break in the heat-wave край на горещата вълна 23. a break in the weather неочаквана рязка промяна на времето, разваляне на времето 24. a lucky break щастлив случай, късмет 25. break down руша, събарям (се), разбивам, рухвам, грохвам, сломявам (се), прекъсвам, нарушавам, осуетявам, унищожавам, разладам се, разтурям се, съсипвам се, претърпявам авария, повреждам се, претърпявам неуспех, провалям се, бивам осуетен, загубвам самообладание, не издържам, разплаквам се, анализирам, категоризирам, класифицирам, хим. разлагам, смекчавам (цветове, бои) 26. break forth бликвам, пробивам, появявам се внезапно, избухвам (в смях, плач и пр.) 27. break in вмъквам се (за крадец), нахлувам, намесвам се в, прекъсвам (разговор), укротявам. опитомявам, дресирам (кон и пр.), обучавам (войници и и пр.), разработвам (нова кола), омекотявам, разтъпквам (нови обувки и пр.) 28. break into нахлувам/вмъквам се/прониквам в, влизам с взлом в, разбивам 29. break of day разсъмване, зазоряване 30. break off отчупвам (се), откъртвам (се) 31. break out избягвам 32. i. чупя (се), отчупвам (се), сцепвам (се), начупвам (се), троша (се), разбивам (се), къртя (се) 33. ii. пробиване, пукване, разбиване, разкъсване 34. the day broke зората се пукна/сипна, зазори се, започна да се разсъмва 35. the house has been broken into в къщата e влизано с взлом 36. to break a blood-vessel пуква ми се кръвоносен съд 37. to break a flag развивам знаме 38. to break a leg ам. изпълнявам с успех (роля, музикално произведение), break away откъсвам (се), отделям (се), отцепвам (се) (и прен.), освобождавам (се), отклонявам (се) 39. to break a set развалям сервиз/комплект, продавам го на части 40. to break bounds воен. излизам без позволение, самоотлъчвам се 41. to break camp вдигам лагер 42. to break even приключвам (сделка и пр.) без загуба и без печалба 43. to break for coffee правя кратка почивка, за да (из) пия (едно) кафе 44. to break free/loose отскубвам се, избягвам 45. to break from work прекъсвам работа за кратка почивка 46. to break into a run/gallop започвам да тичам, преминавам в галоп 47. to break into show business пробивам си път/влизам в шоу-бизнеса, рад., телев. прекъсвам програмата (за важно съобщение и пр.), преминавам рязко от едно състояние в друго 48. to break into someone's time отнемам времето на някого 49. to break into tears/laughter избухвам в сълзи/смях 50. to break one's heart умирам от мъка (over за, заради) 51. to break out of prison избягвам от затвора, появявам се, излизам, избивам (за пот, пъпки, обрив и пр.), получавам обрив, изривам се (при шарка и пр.) 52. to break someone /oneself of a habit отучвам някого/себе си от навик 53. to break someone's heart разбивам сърцето на някого 54. to break step не вървя в крак/такт 55. to break the ground разоравам/обръщам (земя), правя първите копки, започвам разкопки, подготвям почвата (и прен.), започвам работа 56. to break the skin of one's knee ожулвам/обелвам/одирам кожата на коляното си 57. to break with скъсвам връзките си/разделям се с 58. ам. внезапно спадане на цените 59. внезапно прекъсвам/скъсвам (връзки, отношения), to break off an engagement развалям годеж, изведнъж спирам/преставам да говоря/лея и пр., спирам/прекратявам работа и пр., правя кратка пауза (за обед, чай, почивка) 60. избягвам (from от) 61. муз. промяна на регистър 62. нарушавам, развалям, накърнявам, прекъсвам (закон, споразумение и пр.) 63. начевам (хляб и пр.), развалям, разбивам на дребно (пари) 64. откривам се, разкривам се (за гледка) 65. прекъсвам, прекратявам 66. прекъсване, спиране, пауза, почивка, уч. междучасие 67. прелом 68. пробивам се, пуквам се (за цирей и пр.) 69. пукнатина, пролука, дупка, отвор 70. рaзг. възможност, шанс 71. разкъсвам се. разпръсвам се (за облачност) 72. разпръсвам. разстройвам (войска) 73. разразявам се (за буря) 74. скъсвам (with с), изоставям, разпръсвам се (за мрак и пр.) 75. скъсвам (се) (за конец, въже и пр.) 76. скъсване, раздяла 77. сп. отклоняване на топка 78. срутвам се, пропадам (за покрив и пр.), to break in on/upon нахлувам неочаквано при, прекъсвам, преча на, обезпокоявам 79. хукване, бягство
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    break [breik] I. v ( broke [brouk]; broken[broukən]) 1. чупя (се), счупвам (се), троша (се), къртя (се), разбивам (се); to \break open отварям със сила; to \break the ground разоравам, правя първите копки; подготвям почвата, започвам работа; to \break o.'s head against (o.'s teeth on) срещам непреодолими трудности; to \break the skin ожулвам, обелвам; no bones broken няма загуба; 2. нарушавам, не изпълнявам, не спазвам; развалям; to \break an agreement не изпълнявам споразумение; to \break o.'s faith with изменям на; to \break o.'s fast закусвам; to \break step не вървя в такт; to \break an appointment не се явявам на среща; 3. скъсвам (се) (за конец и пр.); to \break a blood-vessel скъсва ми се кръвоносен съд; 4. прекъсвам, скъсвам, прерязвам; прекратявам (пътуване, ток и пр.); to \break for lunch правя обедна почивка; 5. пуквам (мехури, цирей), пуквам се (за мехур, цирей), сипвам се, пуквам се (за зора); разразявам се (за буря); откривам се, изпречвам се пред очите на (за гледка) (on); the day broke зазори се, развиделява се, настъпва ден, пуква зора, съмна се; 6. разкъсвам се, разпръсвам се (за облаци); разпръсквам в безредие ( войска); 7. покарвам, пускам издънки, филизи, избивам; изтръгвам се, отронвам се (за въздишка, стон и пр.) ( from); 8. начевам, набърквам; развалям ( пари); to \break a loaf начевам хляб; 9. разстройвам ( редици), вдигам ( лагер); 10. разбивам, развлачвам, гръстя, мъна; 11. пресеквам (за глас), променям се (за глас, тон), мутирам; 12. ломя, сломявам, съкрушавам, побеждавам (дух, съпротива и пр.); 13. опитомявам, укротявам, дресирам; тренирам; to \break a horse to harness обяздвам кон; 14. намалявам силата на, обуздавам, усмирявам, спирам ( стихия); the bushes broke his fall храстите намалиха силата на падането му; 15. разорявам (се), фалирам, банкрутирам, "изгърмявам"; провалям ( стачка); to \break the bank накарвам банка да фалира; 16. разжалвам, деградирам; унищожавам, разбивам живота на; 17. избягвам от; to \break ( out of) jail избягвам от затвора; to \break loose ( free) измъквам се, освобождавам се, спасявам се, изплъзвам се; 18. очиствам, утъпквам, пробивам, проправям ( път); 19. съобщавам ( новина); 20. отучвам; to \break s.o. (o.s.) of a habit отучвам някого (се); 21. променям се, развалям се, влошавам се (за време), намалявам, минавам, преминавам (за студ); 22. разшифровам, разбирам, разгадавам (таен код, шифър); 23. извивам, изкълчвам ( врат); 24. отклонявам се, криввам (за топка), променям хода си (за кон); • to \break cover излизам от дупката си, показвам се (за дивеч); to \break o.'s duck бележа първия си успех; to \break even възвръщам си първоначалната инвестиция, излизам на чисто; to \break ranks отцепвам се, оттеглям се (от кауза); to \break the ice стопявам леда, предразполагам; to \break the back ( neck) of свършвам най-трудната и най-важната част от някаква задача; to \break a lance with кръстосвам шпага, счепквам се с; to \break surface излизам на повърхността, изплувам (за подводница), показвам се, избивам; to \break the water показвам се, излизам на повърхността; II. n 1. пробиване, пукване, разбиване, разкъсване; 2. пукнатина, пробив, пробито, пролука, дупка, отвор; лом; a \break in the clouds прен. проблясък, лъч на надежда, надежда за подобряване на нещата; 3. прекъсване, спиране, пауза, почивка, междучасие; coffee \break почивка за кафе; \break in the weather разваляне, влошаване на времето; \break in the heat-wave край на горещата вълна; in \break през междучасие; a \break in a wiring circuit прекъсване на електрическа верига, изключване на ток; give me a \break! остави ме на мира! я стига! 4. шанс, вероятност; щастие; удобен случай; to get an even \break получавам равен шанс; the \breaks are against us не ни върви, нямаме късмет; to get the \breaks използвам благоприятните обстоятелства, постигам успех; 5. муз. промяна (на регистър); 6. скъсване, прен. прекратяване, спиране, прекъсване; to make a clean \break with скъсвам напълно с; 7. хукване, опит за бягство; 8. ам. разг. възможност, шанс; 9. грешка, погрешна стъпка, нетактичност; to make a ( bad) \break правя погрешна стъпка, неуместна забележка, постъпвам нетактично, изтървавам се, изпускам се; 10. ам. внезапно спадане на цените; 11. сп. отклоняване на топка; 12. геол. цепнатина, разместени пластове; • ( the) \break of day разсъмване, развиделяване, зазоряване.

    English-Bulgarian dictionary > break

  • 112 bello

    1. adj beautiful
    uomo handsome
    tempo fine, nice, beautiful
    questa è bella! that's a good one!
    a bella posta on purpose
    hai un bel dire in spite of what you say
    nel bel mezzo right in the middle
    farsi bello get dressed up
    scamparla bella have a narrow escape
    2. m beauty
    sul più bello at the worst possible moment
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    bello agg.
    1 beautiful, fine; (spec. di donna) beautiful; ( di uomo) handsome; good-looking; ( di bambino) lovely: ci sono palazzi bellissimi in questa città, there are some very fine buildings in this town; Pamela è proprio bella, Pamela's really beautiful; Tony è un bell'uomo, Tony's a handsome man; quei due bambini sono molto belli, those two children are really lovely; aveva un bel paio di gambe, she had a fine (o good o shapely) pair of legs; ha bellissimi occhi blu, he's got lovely (o beautiful) blue eyes; un bel film, libro, a fine (o good) film, book; abitano in una bella villa in collina, they live in a fine (o lovely) house on the hills // che bello!, how nice (o lovely)! // Belle Arti, Fine Arts // Belle Lettere, Literature // (mus.) bel canto, bel canto // bella ( copia), fair copy // un bel gioco, ( a carte) a good hand // un bello spirito, a wit // nei miei begli anni, in my youth // ai suoi bei giorni, in his day // è un'esponente del bel sesso, she belongs to the fair sex // ha una bella intelligenza, he's pretty clever // non è bello ciò che è bello, è bello ciò che piace, there's no accounting for taste // (st.) Filippo il Bello, Philip the Fair
    2 ( elegante) smart: un bel tailleur, a smart suit; come sei bello!, you do look smart! // mettersi l'abito bello, to wear one's Sunday best // belle maniere, good manners // il bel mondo, the jet-set; high society // farsi bello, to spruce up // farsi bello di qlco., (fig.) to brag about sthg.
    3 ( gentile) kind, fine: un bel gesto, a kind gesture // non è bello ciò che fai, that's not kind of you
    4 ( nobile) fine: bei sentimenti, fine feelings
    5 ( importante, considerevole) fine, good: ha un bel posto in banca, he's got a good job with a bank: farsi un bel nome, to make a name for oneself // è una bella cifra!, that's a lot of money!
    6 ( piacevole) nice, pleasant: una bella gita, a nice outing (o trip); Tom ha un gran bel carattere, Tom has a very nice character (o is very easy going)
    7 ( sereno) fine, nice: è una bella giornata, it's a fine (o nice) day; un bel cielo, a clear sky // fa bello, it's fine.
    ◆ FRASEOLOGIA: bel bello, slowly, unhurriedly // bell'e fatto, ( di vestiti), ready-made // è bell'è fatta!, that's that! // bell'e morto, as dead as a door nail // bell'e pronto, nice and ready // bell'e vestito, fully dressed // alla bell'e meglio, any old how; ( appena appena) by the skin of one's teeth // sei bell'e sistemato!, that's settled that! // sei un mascalzone bell'e buono, you're a thorough rascal (o rogue) // una bella età, a ripe (old) age // un bel giorno, one fine day // ti darò un bel niente, I'll give you absolutely nothing // una bella paura, an awful fright // un bel pasticcio, a pretty mess // a bella posta, on purpose // bella roba!, (iron.) congratulations! // bel vantaggio!, (scherz.) a fine advantage indeed! // nel bel mezzo, right in the middle // hai un bel correre: non lo prenderai, you can run as fast as you like, you won't catch him // hai un bel dire, in spite of what you say // hai un bel parlare, you can talk till you're blue in the face // ebbi un bel cercare, non trovai niente, hard as I searched I found nothing // scamparla bella, to have a narrow escape (o a close shave) // questa è bella!, that's funny! (o that's a good one!) // oh bella!, non lo sapevo, well, I never! I didn't know.
    bello s.m.
    1 the beautiful; ( bellezza) beauty; il bello della vita, the beauty of life; il bello piace a tutti, everybody likes beautiful things
    2 ( bel tempo) nice weather, fine weather: speriamo che domani faccia bello, let's hope the weather is nice (o fine) tomorrow; speriamo che torni il bello, let's hope it clears up
    3 ( innamorato) boyfriend, sweetheart; ( di bambino) baby: come sta il tuo bello?, how's your boyfriend?; fai la nanna, bello, go to sleep, baby.
    ◆ FRASEOLOGIA: sul più bello, (iron.) at the most awkward moment // che si fa di bello?, what are we going to do? // dove vai di bello?, where are you going? // ci volle del bello e del buono per convincerlo, it took a lot to persuade him (o he wasn't easily persuaded) // e ora viene il bello, and now you'll hear the best bit; (iron.) now the fat's in the fire // ne ha fatte delle belle!, the things he's been up to! // ne ha raccontate delle belle!, he's been telling some good ones!
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    ['bɛllo] bello (-a)
    1. agg davanti sm bel + consonante, bell' + vocale, bello + s impura, gn, pn, ps, x, y, z, pl bei + consonante, begli + s impura ecc o vocale
    1) (oggetto, donna, paesaggio) beautiful, lovely, (uomo) handsome, good-looking

    che bello! — how lovely!

    è una gran bella donna — she's a very good-looking woman

    2) (tempo) fine, beautiful, lovely

    è una bella giornata — it's a lovely o beautiful day

    3) (quantità) considerable

    ha avuto un bel coraggio — he was very brave, iro he had a nerve

    4) (buono) good, fine

    una bella idea — a good o nice idea

    una bella tazza di tè — a nice cup of tea

    5)

    (rafforzativo) è una truffa bella e buona! — it's a real con!

    nel bel mezzo di — right in the middle of

    6)

    (fraseologia) dirne delle belle — to tell some whoppers

    farne delle belle — to get up to mischief

    farsi (più) bello — to get better looking

    è andata a farsi bella — she's gone to make herself beautiful

    farsi bello di qc — (vantarsi) to show off about sth

    oh bella!; questa è bella! iro — that's nice!

    2. sm
    1)

    il bello — the beautiful, beauty

    amare il bello — to love beauty o beautiful things

    il bello è che... — the best bit about it is that...

    che fai di bello stasera? — what are you doing this evening?

    proprio sul più bello — at that very moment

    2)

    (tempo) si sta mettendo al bello — the weather is clearing up

    3. sm/f
    (fidanzato) sweetheart
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    ['bɛllo] 1.
    ( bel, bell'; pl. begli, bei, belle; the form bell' is used only before a vowel; the masculine plural form is bei before a consonant followed by a vowel and before f, p, t, c, v, b, d, g followed by l or r; in all other cases belli or begli; today, the plural form belli is used only when it follows a noun or does not immediately precede it) aggettivo
    1) (esteticamente) [donna, bambino, viso, cosa] beautiful, lovely, pretty; [ uomo] good-looking, handsome; [portamento, gambe, denti] good

    farsi bello — to do o spruce oneself up

    2) (piacevole) [vacanza, serata, luogo] nice, pleasant; [ voce] good
    3) (sereno, buono) [ tempo] fine, fair, good, nice

    fa bello — it's o the weather's fine

    4) (buono) [voti, lavoro] good

    bell'amico che sei! — iron. a fine friend you are!

    5) (lieto, felice)
    6) (grande, notevole) [ somma] goodly attrib., handsome

    ci vuole un bel coraggio — iron. it really takes some cheek

    che bello! — how nice o beautiful!

    aggiustare alla bell'e meglio — to repair carelessly, to fix loosely

    11) bell'e
    2.
    sostantivo maschile

    questo è il bello — that's the beauty of it, that's the business colloq.

    2) (innamorato) sweetheart, boyfriend
    3) filos.
    4) meteor.
    ••

    scamparla -a — to have a narrow o lucky escape, to have a close shave

    il Bel Paese — = Italy

    la -a vita — the good o high life

    darsi alla -a vita — to frolic, to live it up

    il bel mondo — the beautiful people, the smart o fashionable set

    non è bello quel che è bello, ma è bello quel che piace — prov. beauty is in the eye of the beholder

    farsi bello di qcs. — to boast about sth

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    bello
    /'bεllo/ ( bel, bell'; pl. begli, bei, belle; the form bell' is used only before a vowel; the masculine plural form is bei before a consonant followed by a vowel and before f, p, t, c, v, b, d, g followed by l or r; in all other cases belli or begli; today, the plural form belli is used only when it follows a noun or does not immediately precede it)
     1 (esteticamente) [donna, bambino, viso, cosa] beautiful, lovely, pretty; [ uomo] good-looking, handsome; [portamento, gambe, denti] good; farsi bello to do o spruce oneself up
     2 (piacevole) [vacanza, serata, luogo] nice, pleasant; [ voce] good; è bello essere di nuovo a casa it's good to be back home
     3 (sereno, buono) [ tempo] fine, fair, good, nice; fa bello it's o the weather's fine
     4 (buono) [voti, lavoro] good; non è stato molto bello da parte tua it wasn't very nice of you; bell'amico che sei! iron. a fine friend you are!
     5 (lieto, felice) i bei tempi the good times; nei bei tempi andati in the good old days
     6 (grande, notevole) [ somma] goodly attrib., handsome; una -a fetta di torta a good slice of cake; ci vuole un bel coraggio iron. it really takes some cheek; prendersi un bel raffreddore to catch a nasty cold
     7 (con tono di sorpresa) oh -a! how amazing! -a roba! big deal! che bello! how nice o beautiful!
     8 (con valore rafforzativo) un bel giorno one fine day; non vedo un bel niente I can't see a damn(ed) thing; hai un bel dire! that's easy for you to say! nel bel mezzo di right in the middle of; bello caldo nice and warm
     9 alla bell'e meglio l'ha fatto alla bell'e meglio he bungled it; aggiustare alla bell'e meglio to repair carelessly, to fix loosely
     10 bel bello camminare bel bello to walk slowly o unhurriedly
     11 bell'e... bell'e finito well and truly over; egoismo bell'e buono outright egoism; è una bugia bell'e buona that's a downright lie
     1 (cose interessanti) cos'hai fatto di bello? what have you been up to? questo è il bello that's the beauty of it, that's the business colloq.; il bello (della faccenda) è the best of it is
     2 (innamorato) sweetheart, boyfriend
     3 filos. il bello beauty
     4 meteor. il tempo si è messo al bello the weather is set fair
    sul più bello in the thick of it; ci vuole del bello e del buono it takes some doing; adesso viene il bello! now comes the best of it! l'hai fatta -a! you've made a fine mess of it! scamparla -a to have a narrow o lucky escape, to have a close shave; è troppo bello per essere vero it's too good to be true; il Bel Paese = Italy; la -a vita the good o high life; darsi alla -a vita to frolic, to live it up; il bel mondo the beautiful people, the smart o fashionable set; non è bello quel che è bello, ma è bello quel che piace prov. beauty is in the eye of the beholder; ne vedremo delle -e! that'll make the fur o feathers fly! ne ha passate delle -e she's gone through a lot; farsi bello di qcs. to boast about sth.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > bello

  • 113 gehen

    I v/i; geht, ging, ist gegangen
    1. ( zu Fuß) gehen walk, go (on foot, Am. auch by foot); spazieren gehen go for a walk; aufrecht / gebückt gehen walk upright / with a stoop; am Stock gehen walk with a stick (Am. cane); im Schritt / Trab gehen Pferd: walk / trot; wo ich gehe und stehe sehe ich... wherever I go...
    2. mit Richtung: gehen in (+ Akk) go into, enter; auf / über die Straße gehen go out into / cross the street; mit jemandem zum Bahnhof etc. gehen see s.o. ( oder go with s.o.) to the station etc.; er geht nie aus dem Haus he never leaves ( oder goes out of) the house; Licht, Seite, Weg etc.
    3. (sich irgendwohin begeben) go; schwimmen etc. gehen go swimming etc.; jemanden suchen gehen (go and) look for s.o.; ins oder zu Bett gehen go to bed; ins Ausland / Kino etc. gehen go abroad / to the cinema (Am. to a movie) etc.; aufs Dach gehen go up on the roof; in Deckung gehen take cover; ins Wasser gehen go into the water; auf Reisen gehen go travel(l)ing; unter Menschen gehen mix with people; an / von Bord gehen go on board / leave the ship, plane etc., embark / disembark; zu jemandem gehen (sich hinzugesellen) join s.o.; mit einer Frage etc.: go up to s.o.; (besuchen) go and see s.o.; seit wann bist du unter die Alkoholiker / Sportler gegangen? umg., hum. since when have you been an alcoholic / a sports enthusiast?
    4. beruflich etc.: als Putzfrau etc. gehen work as a cleaner; in die Fabrik etc. gehen (dort anfangen) start at the factory etc.; (dort arbeiten) go (in)to the factory; zur Schule / aufs Gymnasium etc. gehen go to school / grammar (Am. high) school; sie geht noch nicht in die oder zur Schule she doesn’t go to ( oder she’s not at, Am. in) school yet; in die Politik / zum Film etc. gehen go into politics / films (Am. motion pictures); zu den oder unter die Soldaten gehen join the army; ins Kloster gehen become a nun; in oder auf Urlaub gehen go on holiday (Am. vacation); in Rente gehen retire
    5. umg. (sich kleiden): als Clown etc. gehen im Karneval: go as a clown etc.; in Zivil gehen Soldat: wear civilian clothes; Polizist: wear plainclothes; ganz in Weiß etc. gehen wear white etc., be all in white etc.; sie geht heute im Kleid / mit Hut she’s wearing a dress / hat today; so kannst du nicht gehen! you can’t go (looking) like that!
    6. (beginnen): an die Arbeit etc. gehen get down to work etc.; auch unpers.: wenn’s ans Aufräumen / Trinken geht when it comes to clearing up / drinking
    7. fig.: an etw. (Akk) gehen umg. ohne Erlaubnis: touch s.th.; Geldbeutel, Handtasche go into s.th.; (nehmen) take s.th.; die Kinder waren mir an das Geld / den Kuchen gegangen the kids had been at (Am. into) my money / cake; geh mir ja nicht an meine Sachen umg. don’t you (dare) touch ( oder interfere with) my things; sie sind auseinander gegangen (haben sich getrennt) they’ve split up; in sich gehen do a bit of soul-searching; mit jemandem gehen umg. (fest befreundet sein) go steady with s.o.
    8. (weggehen, auch aus Stellung etc.) go, leave; gehst du schon? are you going already?; jetzt geh schon! ermunternd: go on then; antreibend: get going then; jemanden lieber gehen als kommen sehen be glad to see the back of s.o.; er ist von uns gegangen euph. (ist tot) he has passed away; jemanden gehen lassen let s.o. go; ungestraft: let s.o. off; gehen lassen umg., fig. (Seil etc.) (loslassen) let go; (jemanden, etw.) (in Ruhe lassen) leave alone; sich gehen lassen fig. unmanierlich: let o.s. go; (die Beherrschung verlieren) lose one’s temper; er ist gegangen worden umg., hum. he was sacked (bes. Am. fired); geh! bes. südd., österr., erstaunt: really?; ach, geh oder geh, geh! umg. come on!, go on!; geh mir doch mit deinen faulen Ausreden / dem blöden Kerl ( vom Leib)! umg., fig. I don’t want to hear any of your excuses / see the stupid man; geh mir ( bloß) mit Mallorca! you can keep ( oder I’ve had enough of) your wretched Majorca!
    9. Zug etc.: (abfahren) go ( nach to), leave ( oder depart) (for); (verkehren) go, run; wann geht der nächste Zug nach Rom? when does the next train for Rome leave ( oder depart)?; der nächste Bus geht erst in zwei Stunden there isn’t another bus for two hours; hier geht alle zehn Minuten ein Bus there’s a bus every ten minutes here; siehe auch 13
    10. allg. Bewegung: ging da nicht gerade eine Tür? wasn’t that a door I heard (going)?; die Schublade geht so schwer the drawer is so difficult to open ( oder shut), the drawer sticks; draußen geht ein kalter Wind there’s a cold wind blowing outside
    11. mit Ziel: der Ball ging ins Tor the ball went in; sie ging als Erste durchs Ziel she was the first to cross the finishing line; der Schuss ging mitten ins Herz the shot went clean through the heart; das Foto ging von Hand zu Hand the photo was passed from hand to hand
    12. fig.: es geht das Gerücht, dass... there’s a rumo(u)r going around that...; das Erbe ging an ihn the inheritance went to him; das geht auf mich (zahle ich) that’s on me; das geht auf die Leber etc. it’s bad for your liver etc., it takes its toll on your liver etc.; es geht auf oder gegen Mitternacht it’s nearly midnight; sie geht auf die 60 she’s nearly 60; seine Kritik ging dahin, dass... his criticism was to the effect that..., what his criticism boiled down to was that...; ein Aufschrei ging durch die Menge a cry went up from the crowd; der Skandal ging durch die Presse the scandal was in all the papers; das geht gegen mein Gewissen it goes against my conscience; was ich jetzt sage, geht nicht gegen dich is not aimed at you; gehen nach (sich richten nach) go by; nach dem Aussehen kann man nicht gehen you can’t go ( oder judge) by appearances; wenn es nach mir ginge if I had my way; es kann nicht immer alles nach deinem Kopf gehen you can’t get your own way all of the time; was geht hier vor sich? what’s going on here?; wie ist das vor sich gegangen? what happened?
    13. Mauer, Weg etc.: go, lead to; Treppe: lead (down / up) to; Leitung etc.: lead; Fenster: face, look out on; Tür: open; gehen durch go ( oder pass) through; wohin geht dieser Weg? where does this path go ( oder lead to)?; wohin geht die Reise? where are you etc. off to?; der Zaun geht bis zum Fluss / um das ganze Grundstück goes as far as the river / around the whole property; das Fenster geht auf die Straße / nach Norden looks out onto the street / faces ( oder looks) north; die Brücke geht über eine Schlucht spans ( oder goes over) a ravine; der Zug, die Strecke geht über Ulm nach Stuttgart goes to Stuttgart via Ulm; zum Zoo geht es die nächste Straße rechts for the zoo, take the next (street on the) right; an der Ampel geht es ( nach) links go left at the lights
    14. zur Angabe von Mengen, Grenzen: das Wasser / er geht mir bis ans oder zum Kinn the water / he comes up to my chin; der Rock geht über die Knie the skirt comes to below the knee; eine tief gehende Wunde a deep wound; tief gehender Schmerz deep grief; es gehen 200 Personen in den Saal the hall holds ( oder seats) two hundred people; wie oft geht fünf in neunzig? how many times does five go into ninety?; der Schrank geht nicht durch die Tür the cupboard won’t go through the door; auf einen Zentner gehen 50 Kilogramm 50 kilogram(me)s make a (metric) hundredweight
    15. (erreichen) der Schaden geht in die Millionen runs into millions; die Kämpfe gehen in den vierten Tag fighting has entered its fourth day; das Spiel geht in die Verlängerung the game is going into extra time (Am. overtime)
    16. (dauern) last; wie lange geht die Sitzung schon / noch? how long has the meeting been going on ( oder been under way) / how much longer is the meeting going to take?; die Ferien gehen vom 10. bis 24. Mai the holidays are ( oder run) from the 10th to the 24th of May (Am. May 10th to 24th); das geht nun schon seit Jahren so that’s been going on for years
    17. (übertreffen, übersteigen): das geht über meinen Verstand / meine Kräfte / meine finanziellen Möglichkeiten it’s beyond my understanding / strength / financial capabilities, it’s more than I can grasp / manage / afford; es geht doch nichts über... there’s nothing like...; das / sie geht ihm über alles it / she means everything to him
    18. fig.: wie hoch kannst / willst du gehen? beim Kaufen: how much can you afford? / do you want to spend?; beim Wetten, Pokern etc.: how high can you / do you want to go?; das geht zu weit! that’s going too far!; jetzt bist du zu weit gegangen now you’ve gone too far; er ging so weit zu sagen... he went so far as to say...; das ging so weit, dass... it got to the point where..., things went so far that...
    19.
    a) (in Betrieb sein) Staubsauger, Radio etc.: be on;
    b) (klingeln) Klingel, Telefon: ring, go; um 6 Uhr ging mein Wecker my alarm went off at 6 o’clock; das Telefon geht schon den ganzen Tag the phone has been ringing all day;
    c) Puls: beat; ihr Puls geht zu schnell / nicht mehr her pulse is too rapid / has stopped
    20. (funktionieren) go, work; die Uhr geht nicht has stopped; (ist kaputt) is broken; meine Uhr geht falsch / richtig my watch is wrong / right; keine Angst, das geht ganz leicht don’t worry, it’s quite easy; das Gedicht, Lied geht so goes like this; wie geht das Lied gleich wieder? umg. how does the song go again?; wie soll denn das gehen? (verstehe ich nicht) how do you do it?; (glaube ich nicht) how do you say you do it?
    21. (möglich sein) be possible; (gut sein) be all right; geht (es) Mittwoch? is Wednesday OK ( oder all right)?; Mittwoch geht gut Wednesday is fine
    22. unpers.; (erlaubt sein) be allowed; ich hätte morgen gern das Auto, geht das? is that OK?; so geht das ( aber) nicht! that won’t do at all!
    23. umg. (ausreichen, akzeptabel sein) do; der Mantel muss den Winter noch gehen the coat will have to do for ( oder last) this winter; geht das jetzt so? will it do?, is it all right like that?; der Hunger ging ja noch, aber der Durst ( war nicht auszuhalten)! the hunger we could take, but the thirst (was unbearable)!
    24. Entwicklung, Verlauf: gut gehen go well, turn out all right; Geschäfte: do well, go well; schief gehen go wrong; wie gehen die Geschäfte? how’s business?; gut / schlecht gehend Geschäft etc.: flourishing ( oder thriving) / ailing; das konnte nicht gut gehen it was bound to go wrong; das kann ja nicht gut gehen! umg. there’s no way it’s going to work; wenn das nur gut geht! well, let’s just hope for the best; das ist noch einmal gut gegangen that was close ( oder a close thing, Am. a close call), talk about lucky umg.; so geht es, wenn man nicht aufpasst etc.: that’s what comes of (+ Ger.) abwärts, aufwärts, vorwärts
    25. Ware: sell ( gut well), go (well); die Stiefel gehen überhaupt nicht nobody’s buying ( oder interested in) the boots, the boots aren’t selling at all
    26. unpers.; Befinden: wie geht es Ihnen oder dir? how are you?; zu einem Kranken: how are you feeling?; wie geht’s(, wie steht’s)? umg. how are things?, how’s life (with you)?, how’s life treating you?; mir geht’s gut / schlecht I’m fine / not well; geschäftlich etc.: I’m doing fine / badly; es geht (so) umg. not too bad(ly), (it) could be worse; es sich (Dat) gut gehen lassen have a good time, enjoy o.s.; sonst geht’s dir ( aber schon) gut? iro. are you sure you’re feeling all right?; ihm ist es ( auch) nicht besser gegangen he didn’t do ( oder fare) any better; mir ist es genauso gegangen it was the same for me, same here umg.; wie geht es dir mit diesem Film? what do you think ( oder how do you feel) about this film (Am. auch movie)?; mir geht es genauso I feel exactly the same way, same here umg.; jetzt geht es ihm ans Leben oder an den Kragen etc. umg. he’s really in for it now
    27. unpers.; (möglich sein): es geht nicht it can’t be done, it’s impossible, nothing doing umg., no way umg.; es wird schon gehen it’ll be all right; es geht auch so / allein (ohne das/dich) we etc. can manage without it/you; es geht ( eben) nicht anders it can’t be helped(, I’m afraid)
    28. unpers.; fig.: es geht um Thema: it’s about; worum geht es in dem Film / bei dem Streit? what’s the film (Am. auch movie)/ quarrel about?; es geht hier um... we’re talking about ( oder looking at)...; worum geht es? (was willst du von mir) what’s the problem?; es geht um den Frieden etc.: peace etc. is at stake; es geht darum zu (+ Inf.) it’s a question ( oder matter) of (+ Ger.) darum geht es hier ( gar) nicht that’s not the point;
    d) persönliches Interesse: worum geht es dir eigentlich? what are you really after?; es geht ihm nur ums Geld he’s just interested in the money; mir geht es nicht ums Geld, sondern um... I’m not interested in the money, but...; um das Geld geht’s mir ja gar nicht I’m not the least bit interested in ( oder don’t care about) the money
    29. Teig: rise; den Teig gehen lassen let the dough rise
    30. als Funktionsverb: zu Bruch oder in die Brüche gehen break, get broken; in Druck gehen go to press; in Erfüllung gehen be fulfilled ( oder realized); in Produktion gehen go into production; offline, online, verloren, vonstatten etc.
    II v/t: einen Umweg gehen make a detour; wir gingen die Strecke Altdorf - Neustadt in drei Stunden we walked from Altdorf to Neustadt in three hours; Gang1 3, Weg
    III v/refl unpers.: in diesen Schuhen geht es sich gut these shoes are good for walking, these are good walking shoes; auf dem steinigen Boden ging es sich etwas mühsam the going was fairly laborious over the stony ground
    * * *
    to march; to step; to go; to walk
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    Ge|hen
    nt -s, no pl
    (= Zu-Fuß-Gehen) walking; (= Abschied) leaving; (SPORT) (= Disziplin) walking; (= Wettbewerb) walk
    * * *
    1) (to walk, travel, move etc: He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?) go
    2) (to be sent, passed on etc: Complaints have to go through the proper channels.) go
    3) (to visit, to attend: He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.) go
    4) (to move away: I think it is time you were going.) go
    5) (to be working etc: I don't think that clock is going.) go
    6) (to be acceptable etc: Anything goes in this office.) go
    7) (to have a particular tune etc: How does that song go?) go
    8) (an act of leaving, moving away etc: the comings and goings of the people in the street.) going
    9) (to go: I think I'll go along to that meeting.) go along
    10) ((of people or animals) to (cause to) move on foot at a pace slower than running, never having both or all the feet off the ground at once: He walked across the room and sat down; How long will it take to walk to the station?; She walks her dog in the park every morning.) walk
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    Ge·hen
    <-s>
    [ˈge:ən]
    1. (Zu-Fuß-Gehen) walking
    2. (das Weggehen) going, leaving
    schon im \Gehen, wandte sie sich noch einmal um she turned round once more as she left
    sein frühes/vorzeitiges \Gehen his early departure
    3. SPORT race walking
    * * *
    das; Gehens
    2) (Leichtathletik) walking
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    A. v/i; geht, ging, ist gegangen
    1.
    (zu Fuß) gehen walk, go (on foot, US auch by foot);
    spazieren gehen go for a walk;
    aufrecht/gebückt gehen walk upright/with a stoop;
    am Stock gehen walk with a stick (US cane);
    im Schritt/Trab gehen Pferd: walk/trot;
    wo ich gehe und stehe sehe ich … wherever I go …
    gehen in (+akk) go into, enter;
    auf/über die Straße gehen go out into/cross the street;
    gehen see sb ( oder go with sb) to the station etc;
    er geht nie aus dem Haus he never leaves ( oder goes out of) the house; → Licht, Seite, Weg etc
    3. (sich irgendwohin begeben) go;
    schwimmen etc
    gehen go swimming etc;
    jemanden suchen gehen (go and) look for sb;
    zu Bett gehen go to bed;
    ins Ausland/Kino etc
    gehen go abroad/to the cinema (US to a movie) etc;
    aufs Dach gehen go up on the roof;
    in Deckung gehen take cover;
    ins Wasser gehen go into the water;
    auf Reisen gehen go travel(l)ing;
    unter Menschen gehen mix with people;
    an/von Bord gehen go on board/leave the ship, plane etc, embark/disembark;
    zu jemandem gehen (sich hinzugesellen) join sb; mit einer Frage etc: go up to sb; (besuchen) go and see sb;
    seit wann bist du unter die Alkoholiker/Sportler gegangen? umg, hum since when have you been an alcoholic/a sports enthusiast?
    4. beruflich etc:
    gehen work as a cleaner;
    gehen (dort anfangen) start at the factory etc; (dort arbeiten) go (in)to the factory;
    zur Schule/aufs Gymnasium etc
    gehen go to school/grammar (US high) school;
    zur Schule she doesn’t go to ( oder she’s not at, US in) school yet;
    in die Politik/zum Film etc
    gehen go into politics/films (US motion pictures);
    unter die Soldaten gehen join the army;
    ins Kloster gehen become a nun;
    in oder
    auf Urlaub gehen go on holiday (US vacation);
    5. umg (sich kleiden):
    als Clown etc
    gehen im Karneval: go as a clown etc;
    in Zivil gehen Soldat: wear civilian clothes; Polizist: wear plainclothes;
    gehen wear white etc, be all in white etc;
    sie geht heute im Kleid/mit Hut she’s wearing a dress/hat today;
    so kannst du nicht gehen! you can’t go (looking) like that!
    6. (beginnen):
    gehen get down to work etc; auch unpers:
    wenn’s ans Aufräumen/Trinken geht when it comes to clearing up/drinking
    7. fig:
    an etwas (akk)
    gehen umg ohne Erlaubnis: touch sth; Geldbeutel, Handtasche go into sth; (nehmen) take sth;
    die Kinder waren mir an das Geld/den Kuchen gegangen the kids had been at (US into) my money/cake;
    geh mir ja nicht an meine Sachen umg don’t you (dare) touch ( oder interfere with) my things;
    sie sind auseinandergegangen (haben sich getrennt) they’ve split up;
    in sich gehen do a bit of soul-searching;
    mit jemandem gehen umg (fest befreundet sein) go steady with sb
    8. (weggehen, auch aus Stellung etc) go, leave;
    gehst du schon? are you going already?;
    jetzt geh schon! ermunternd: go on then; antreibend: get going then;
    jemanden lieber gehen als kommen sehen be glad to see the back of sb;
    er ist von uns gegangen euph (ist tot) he has passed away;
    jemanden gehen lassen let sb go; ungestraft: let sb off;
    gehen lassen umg, fig (Seil etc) (loslassen) let go; (jemanden, etwas) (in Ruhe lassen) leave alone;
    sich gehen lassen fig unmanierlich: let o.s. go; (die Beherrschung verlieren) lose one’s temper;
    er ist gegangen worden umg, hum he was sacked (besonders US fired);
    geh! besonders südd, österr, erstaunt: really?;
    ach, geh oder
    geh, geh! umg come on!, go on!;
    geh mir doch mit deinen faulen Ausreden/dem blöden Kerl (vom Leib)! umg, fig I don’t want to hear any of your excuses/see the stupid man;
    geh mir (bloß) mit Mallorca! you can keep ( oder I’ve had enough of) your wretched Majorca!
    9. Zug etc: (abfahren) go (
    nach to), leave ( oder depart) (for); (verkehren) go, run;
    wann geht der nächste Zug nach Rom? when does the next train for Rome leave ( oder depart)?;
    der nächste Bus geht erst in zwei Stunden there isn’t another bus for two hours;
    hier geht alle zehn Minuten ein Bus there’s a bus every ten minutes here; → auch 13
    10. allg Bewegung:
    ging da nicht gerade eine Tür? wasn’t that a door I heard (going)?;
    die Schublade geht so schwer the drawer is so difficult to open ( oder shut), the drawer sticks;
    draußen geht ein kalter Wind there’s a cold wind blowing outside
    11. mit Ziel:
    der Ball ging ins Tor the ball went in;
    sie ging als Erste durchs Ziel she was the first to cross the finishing line;
    der Schuss ging mitten ins Herz the shot went clean through the heart;
    das Foto ging von Hand zu Hand the photo was passed from hand to hand
    12. fig:
    es geht das Gerücht, dass … there’s a rumo(u)r going around that …;
    das Erbe ging an ihn the inheritance went to him;
    das geht auf die Leber etc it’s bad for your liver etc, it takes its toll on your liver etc;
    gegen Mitternacht it’s nearly midnight;
    sie geht auf die 60 she’s nearly 60;
    seine Kritik ging dahin, dass … his criticism was to the effect that …, what his criticism boiled down to was that …;
    ein Aufschrei ging durch die Menge a cry went up from the crowd;
    der Skandal ging durch die Presse the scandal was in all the papers;
    das geht gegen mein Gewissen it goes against my conscience; was ich jetzt sage,
    geht nicht gegen dich is not aimed at you;
    nach dem Aussehen kann man nicht gehen you can’t go ( oder judge) by appearances;
    wenn es nach mir ginge if I had my way;
    es kann nicht immer alles nach deinem Kopf gehen you can’t get your own way all of the time;
    was geht hier vor sich? what’s going on here?;
    wie ist das vor sich gegangen? what happened?
    13. Mauer, Weg etc: go, lead to; Treppe: lead (down/up) to; Leitung etc: lead; Fenster: face, look out on; Tür: open;
    gehen durch go ( oder pass) through;
    wohin geht dieser Weg? where does this path go ( oder lead to)?;
    wohin geht die Reise? where are you etc off to?;
    geht bis zum Fluss/um das ganze Grundstück goes as far as the river/around the whole property;
    geht auf die Straße/nach Norden looks out onto the street/faces ( oder looks) north;
    geht über eine Schlucht spans ( oder goes over) a ravine;
    der Zug, die Strecke
    geht über Ulm nach Stuttgart goes to Stuttgart via Ulm;
    zum Zoo geht es die nächste Straße rechts for the zoo, take the next (street on the) right;
    an der Ampel geht es (nach) links go left at the lights
    14. zur Angabe von Mengen, Grenzen:
    das Wasser/er geht mir bis ans oder
    zum Kinn the water/he comes up to my chin;
    der Rock geht über die Knie the skirt comes to below the knee;
    es gehen 200 Personen in den Saal the hall holds ( oder seats) two hundred people;
    wie oft geht fünf in neunzig? how many times does five go into ninety?;
    der Schrank geht nicht durch die Tür the cupboard won’t go through the door;
    auf einen Zentner gehen 50 Kilogramm 50 kilogram(me)s make a (metric) hundredweight
    15. (erreichen) der Schaden
    geht in die Millionen runs into millions;
    die Kämpfe gehen in den vierten Tag fighting has entered its fourth day;
    das Spiel geht in die Verlängerung the game is going into extra time (US overtime)
    16. (dauern) last;
    wie lange geht die Sitzung schon/noch? how long has the meeting been going on ( oder been under way)/how much longer is the meeting going to take?;
    die Ferien gehen vom 10. bis 24. Mai the holidays are ( oder run) from the 10th to the 24th of May (US May 10th to 24th);
    das geht nun schon seit Jahren so that’s been going on for years
    das geht über meinen Verstand/meine Kräfte/meine finanziellen Möglichkeiten it’s beyond my understanding/strength/financial capabilities, it’s more than I can grasp/manage/afford;
    es geht doch nichts über … there’s nothing like …;
    das/sie geht ihm über alles it/she means everything to him
    18. fig:
    wie hoch kannst/willst du gehen? beim Kaufen: how much can you afford?/do you want to spend?; beim Wetten, Pokern etc: how high can you/do you want to go?;
    das geht zu weit! that’s going too far!;
    jetzt bist du zu weit gegangen now you’ve gone too far;
    er ging so weit zu sagen … he went so far as to say …;
    das ging so weit, dass … it got to the point where …, things went so far that …
    19. (in Betrieb sein) Staubsauger, Radio etc: be on; (klingeln) Klingel, Telefon: ring, go;
    um 6 Uhr ging mein Wecker my alarm went off at 6 o’clock;
    das Telefon geht schon den ganzen Tag the phone has been ringing all day; Puls: beat;
    ihr Puls geht zu schnell/nicht mehr her pulse is too rapid/has stopped
    20. (funktionieren) go, work;
    geht nicht has stopped; (ist kaputt) is broken;
    meine Uhr geht falsch/richtig my watch is wrong/right;
    keine Angst, das geht ganz leicht don’t worry, it’s quite easy;
    das Gedicht, Lied
    geht so goes like this;
    wie geht das Lied gleich wieder? umg how does the song go again?;
    wie soll denn das gehen? (verstehe ich nicht) how do you do it?; (glaube ich nicht) how do you say you do it?
    21. (möglich sein) be possible; (gut sein) be all right;
    geht (es) Mittwoch? is Wednesday OK ( oder all right)?;
    Mittwoch geht gut Wednesday is fine
    22. unpers; (erlaubt sein) be allowed; ich hätte morgen gern das Auto,
    geht das? is that OK?;
    so geht das (aber) nicht! that won’t do at all!
    der Mantel muss den Winter noch gehen the coat will have to do for ( oder last) this winter;
    geht das jetzt so? will it do?, is it all right like that?;
    der Hunger ging ja noch, aber der Durst (war nicht auszuhalten)! the hunger we could take, but the thirst (was unbearable)!
    24. Entwicklung, Verlauf:
    gut gehen go well, turn out all right; Geschäfte: do well, go well;
    wie gehen die Geschäfte? how’s business?;
    gut/schlecht gehend Geschäft etc: flourishing ( oder thriving)/ailing;
    das konnte nicht gut gehen it was bound to go wrong;
    das kann ja nicht gut gehen! umg there’s no way it’s going to work;
    wenn das nur gut geht! well, let’s just hope for the best;
    das ist noch einmal gut gegangen that was close ( oder a close thing, US a close call), talk about lucky umg;
    so geht es, wenn man nicht aufpasst etc: that’s what comes of (+ger); → schiefgehen
    25. Ware: sell (
    gut well), go (well);
    die Stiefel gehen überhaupt nicht nobody’s buying ( oder interested in) the boots, the boots aren’t selling at all
    26. unpers; Befinden:
    dir? how are you?; zu einem Kranken: how are you feeling?;
    wie geht’s(, wie steht’s)? umg how are things?, how’s life (with you)?, how’s life treating you?;
    mir geht’s gut/schlecht I’m fine/not well; geschäftlich etc: I’m doing fine/badly;
    es geht (so) umg not too bad(ly), (it) could be worse;
    es sich (dat)
    gut gehen lassen have a good time, enjoy o.s.;
    sonst geht’s dir( aber schon) gut? iron are you sure you’re feeling all right?;
    ihm ist es (auch) nicht besser gegangen he didn’t do ( oder fare) any better;
    mir ist es genauso gegangen it was the same for me, same here umg;
    wie geht es dir mit diesem Film? what do you think ( oder how do you feel) about this film (US auch movie)?;
    mir geht es genauso I feel exactly the same way, same here umg;
    an den Kragen etc umg he’s really in for it now
    27. unpers; (möglich sein):
    es geht nicht it can’t be done, it’s impossible, nothing doing umg, no way umg;
    es wird schon gehen it’ll be all right;
    es geht auch so/allein (ohne das/dich) we etc can manage without it/you;
    es geht (eben) nicht anders it can’t be helped(, I’m afraid)
    28. unpers; fig:
    es geht um Thema: it’s about;
    worum geht es in dem Film/bei dem Streit? what’s the film (US auch movie)/quarrel about?;
    es geht hier um … we’re talking about ( oder looking at) …;
    worum geht es? (was willst du von mir) what’s the problem?;
    es geht um den Frieden etc: peace etc is at stake;
    es geht darum zu (+inf) it’s a question ( oder matter) of (+ger)
    darum geht es hier (gar) nicht that’s not the point; persönliches Interesse:
    worum geht es dir eigentlich? what are you really after?;
    es geht ihm nur ums Geld he’s just interested in the money;
    mir geht es nicht ums Geld, sondern um … I’m not interested in the money, but …;
    um das Geld geht’s mir ja gar nicht I’m not the least bit interested in ( oder don’t care about) the money
    29. Teig: rise;
    den Teig gehen lassen let the dough rise
    in die Brüche gehen break, get broken;
    in Druck gehen go to press;
    in Erfüllung gehen be fulfilled ( oder realized);
    B. v/t:
    einen Umweg gehen make a detour;
    wir gingen die Strecke Altdorf - Neustadt in drei Stunden we walked from Altdorf to Neustadt in three hours; → Gang1 3, Weg
    C. v/r unpers:
    in diesen Schuhen geht es sich gut these shoes are good for walking, these are good walking shoes;
    auf dem steinigen Boden ging es sich etwas mühsam the going was fairly laborious over the stony ground
    * * *
    das; Gehens
    2) (Leichtathletik) walking
    * * *
    nur sing. n.
    going n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > gehen

  • 114 santa

    f.
    1 saint, saintly woman.
    2 Santa, St. Nicholas.
    * * *
    1. f., (m. - santo) 2. f., (m. - santo)
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    Sta.    
    santa
    Sta. (
    ◊ Santa) St

    santo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 Rel (lugar, hecho, vida, etc) holy
    2 (persona canonizada) Saint
    Santo Tomás, Saint Thomas
    3 acabó haciendo su santa voluntad, he ended up doing just as he wanted
    familiar todo el santo día, the whole blessed day
    II m,f (persona muy buena) saint
    III sustantivo masculino (onomástica) es mi santo, it's my saint's day o name day
    ♦ Locuciones: se me/le fue el santo al cielo, it went straight out of my/his head
    quedarse para vestir santos, familiar to be left on the shelf
    tener/no tener el santo de cara, to be very lucky/unlucky
    ¿a santo de qué?, why on earth?
    Mil ¡santo y seña!, password
    familiar (conseguir algo a la primera) llegar y besar el santo, to pull sthg off at the first attempt

    ' santa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caer
    - Santa Sede
    - santo
    - sede
    - semana
    - Sta.
    - papá
    - tierra
    English:
    catherine wheel
    - Easter
    - Holy Bible
    - Holy Land
    - Holy Week
    - saint
    - Santa Claus
    - see
    - communion
    - holy
    - inquisition
    - stay
    * * *
    I adj holy
    II m, santa f saint;
    ¿a santo de qué? fam what on earth for? fam ;
    no es santo de mi devoción fam I don’t like him very much, he isn’t my favorite o Br
    favourite person;
    quedarse para vestir santos fam be left on the shelf;
    tener el santo de cara be incredibly lucky, have the luck of the devil;
    tener el santo de espaldas have no luck at all;
    fue llegar y besar el santo fam everything fell into his lap;
    se me ha ido el santo al cielo fam it has gone right out of my head;
    dormir como un santo sleep like a baby o a log;
    Todos los Santos All Saints’ (Day)
    III m ( onomástica) saint’s day

    Spanish-English dictionary > santa

  • 115 loco

    adj.
    1 crazy, cracked, batty, crazed.
    2 crazy.
    m.
    madman, crackpot, crazy person, head case.
    * * *
    1 (gen) mad, crazy, insane
    2 (muy ocupado) terribly busy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 lunatic, insane person
    \
    a lo loco any old how
    como un,-a loco,-a like mad
    estar loco,-a de alegría to be over the moon
    estar loco,-a por alguien to be mad about somebody
    hacer el loco to act wild
    hacerse el/la loco,-a to pretend to know nothing, act dumb
    ¡ni loco,-a! no way!
    volver loco,-a a alguien to drive somebody crazy, drive somebody mad
    volverse loco,-a to go mad
    loco,-a de remate stark raving mad
    * * *
    1. (f. - loca)
    adj.
    crazy, mad
    2. (f. - loca)
    noun
    * * *
    loco, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=no cuerdo) mad, crazy

    ¿estás loco? — are you mad o crazy?

    no seas loco, eso es muy arriesgado — don't be stupid, that's very risky

    una brújula loca — a compass whose needle no longer points north

    estaba loco de alegría — he was mad o wild with joy

    • andar o estar loco con algo — (=preocupado) to be worried to death about sth; (=contento) to be crazy about sth

    • está loco por algn/algo, está loco por esa chica — he's mad o crazy about that girl

    anda o está loca por irse a Inglaterra — she's mad keen to go to England

    • tener o traer loco a algn, este asunto me tiene o trae loco — this business is driving me crazy

    • volver loco a algn — to drive sb mad, drive sb round the bend

    • volverse loco — to go insane, go mad

    2) (=frenético) hectic
    3) * (=enorme)
    2.
    SM / F lunatic, madman/madwoman

    el loco de César se ha comprado otro coche — that lunatic o madman César has bought another car

    • correr como un loco — to run like mad

    • gritar como un loco — to shout like a madman, shout one's head off

    • hacerse el loco — to act the fool

    • es un loco perdido — he's stark raving mad

    • ponerse como un loco — to start acting like a madman/madwoman

    3.
    SM Chile abalone, false abalone
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo
    1)
    a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane
    b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

    este tipo está medio loco — (fam) the guy's not all there (colloq)

    no seas loco, te vas a matar — don't be stupid, you'll kill yourself

    ¿disculparme yo? ni (que estuviera) loco! — what, me apologize? not in a million years!

    hacer algo a lo loco — to do something any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq)

    estar loco de remate or de atar — (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq)

    tener or (Esp) traer loco a alguien — to be driving somebody crazy (colloq)

    c) (contento, entusiasmado)

    están locos con el nieto — they're besotted with their grandchild

    d) (fam) ( ajetreado)
    2)
    b)

    loco de algo: estaba loca de alegría she was blissfully happy; está loco de celos he's wild with jealousy; estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain; está loca de amor — she's madly in love

    II
    - ca masculino, femenino
    1) ( enfermo mental) (m) madman; (f) madwoman

    maneja or (Esp) conduce como un loco — he drives like a lunatic

    corrimos como locos — (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq)

    el loco de Javier se vino a pie — Javier walked here, mad fool that he is

    hay mucho loco suelto — (fam) there are a lot of weirdos about (colloq)

    cada loco con su tema — (fam) to each his own

    la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

    2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], demented, crazed, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], bananas, mad, insane, deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, lunatic, nut, bonkers, wacko, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, berserk, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], madman, nutter, off + Posesivo + nut, kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], maniac, out of + Posesivo + senses, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck.
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex. Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. It is frequently lack of that causes teachers to accuse children of being lazy, uncooperative, insubordinate, rude, or plain bananas.
    Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex. Ramakrishna was deemed holy by his followers but considered insane by many non-Hindus chiefly because of his behavior when interacting with the goddess Kali.
    Ex. Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.
    Ex. The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.
    Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex. The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on ' nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.
    Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
    Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
    Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex. Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.
    Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.
    Ex. The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.
    Ex. He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    ----
    * a lo loco = helter-skelter, like there's no tomorrow.
    * a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.
    * buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.
    * casa de locos = lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.
    * casa de los locos = asylum, mental asylum, madhouse.
    * chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.
    * como un loco = like crazy, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.
    * estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits, be tickled pink.
    * estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon.
    * estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.
    * estar loco por = have + a crush on.
    * gritar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * hacerse el loco = act + dumb, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have heard, pretend + not to have seen, turn + a deaf ear to.
    * idea loca = wild thought.
    * loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.
    * loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.
    * loco de atar = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, stir-crazy.
    * loco de contento = chuffed to bits.
    * loco del deporte = sports freak.
    * loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.
    * loco perdido = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic.
    * ¡ni loco! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.
    * parecer loco = sound + crazy.
    * ponerse como loco = get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar.
    * ponerse loco = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.
    * sine loco (s.l.) = s.l. (sine loco).
    * trabajar como un loco = work off + Posesivo + shoes.
    * volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.
    * volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.
    * volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.
    * volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.
    * volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo
    1)
    a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane
    b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

    este tipo está medio loco — (fam) the guy's not all there (colloq)

    no seas loco, te vas a matar — don't be stupid, you'll kill yourself

    ¿disculparme yo? ni (que estuviera) loco! — what, me apologize? not in a million years!

    hacer algo a lo loco — to do something any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq)

    estar loco de remate or de atar — (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq)

    tener or (Esp) traer loco a alguien — to be driving somebody crazy (colloq)

    c) (contento, entusiasmado)

    están locos con el nieto — they're besotted with their grandchild

    d) (fam) ( ajetreado)
    2)
    b)

    loco de algo: estaba loca de alegría she was blissfully happy; está loco de celos he's wild with jealousy; estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain; está loca de amor — she's madly in love

    II
    - ca masculino, femenino
    1) ( enfermo mental) (m) madman; (f) madwoman

    maneja or (Esp) conduce como un loco — he drives like a lunatic

    corrimos como locos — (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq)

    el loco de Javier se vino a pie — Javier walked here, mad fool that he is

    hay mucho loco suelto — (fam) there are a lot of weirdos about (colloq)

    cada loco con su tema — (fam) to each his own

    la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

    2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], demented, crazed, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], bananas, mad, insane, deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, lunatic, nut, bonkers, wacko, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, berserk, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], madman, nutter, off + Posesivo + nut, kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], maniac, out of + Posesivo + senses, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck.

    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

    Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex: Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex: It is frequently lack of that causes teachers to accuse children of being lazy, uncooperative, insubordinate, rude, or plain bananas.
    Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex: Ramakrishna was deemed holy by his followers but considered insane by many non-Hindus chiefly because of his behavior when interacting with the goddess Kali.
    Ex: Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.
    Ex: The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.
    Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex: The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on ' nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.
    Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
    Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
    Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex: Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.
    Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.
    Ex: The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.
    Ex: He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    * a lo loco = helter-skelter, like there's no tomorrow.
    * a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.
    * buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.
    * casa de locos = lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.
    * casa de los locos = asylum, mental asylum, madhouse.
    * chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.
    * como un loco = like crazy, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.
    * estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits, be tickled pink.
    * estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon.
    * estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.
    * estar loco por = have + a crush on.
    * gritar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * hacerse el loco = act + dumb, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have heard, pretend + not to have seen, turn + a deaf ear to.
    * idea loca = wild thought.
    * loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.
    * loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.
    * loco de atar = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, stir-crazy.
    * loco de contento = chuffed to bits.
    * loco del deporte = sports freak.
    * loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.
    * loco perdido = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic.
    * ¡ni loco! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.
    * parecer loco = sound + crazy.
    * ponerse como loco = get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar.
    * ponerse loco = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.
    * sine loco (s.l.) = s.l. (sine loco).
    * trabajar como un loco = work off + Posesivo + shoes.
    * volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.
    * volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.
    * volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.
    * volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.
    * volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).

    * * *
    loco1 -ca
    A
    1 ( Med, Psic) mad, insane
    2 (chiflado) crazy ( colloq), nuts ( colloq), mad ( BrE colloq)
    este tipo está medio loco ( fam); this guy's not all there ( colloq), this guy's a bit cracked ( colloq)
    ¡pero ustedes están or ( AmL) son locos! you must be crazy o mad o insane o out of your mind! ( colloq)
    no seas loco, te vas a matar don't be so stupid o foolish, you'll kill yourself
    eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco there's no way I'd do that, nothing in the world would make me do that o induce me to do that
    ¿disculparme yo? ¡ni (que estuviera) loco! what, me apologize? not in a million years o no way o never!
    llenó el formulario a lo loco she completed the form any which way ( AmE) o ( BrE) any old how ( colloq)
    gasta dinero a lo loco he spends money like water o like there's no tomorrow
    estar loco de remate or de atar ( fam); to be stark raving o stark staring mad, to be nutty as a fruitcake ( colloq), to be completely nuts ( colloq), to be mad as a hatter ( BrE)
    traer or tener loco a algn ( Esp); to be driving sb mad o crazy o up the wall o round the bend ( colloq)
    volver loco a algn to drive sb mad o crazy ( colloq)
    vuelve locos a los hombres she drives men wild ( colloq)
    el chocolate me vuelve loca I adore chocolate, I'm a chocolate addict ( colloq)
    volverse loco to go mad
    este desorden es para volverse loco this mess is enough to drive you crazy ( colloq)
    3
    (contento, entusiasmado): están locos con el nieto they're besotted with o crazy about their grandchild
    está loca por él she's mad o crazy o wild about him ( colloq)
    está loco por verla/por que le presenten a Laura he's dying o ( BrE) mad keen to see her/to be introduced to Laura ( colloq)
    es loco por las aceitunas (CS); he's crazy about o mad on olives ( colloq)
    4 ( fam) (preocupado) worried sick ( colloq)
    anda (como) loco con las pruebas he's worried sick about the tests
    B
    1
    (indicando gran cantidad): tengo unas ganas locas de verla I'm really looking forward to seeing her, I'm dying to see her ( colloq)
    tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly lucky
    la obra tuvo un éxito loco the play was hugely successful
    tienen la guita loca ( RPl arg); they're rolling in it ( colloq), they're absolutely loaded ( colloq)
    2 loco DE algo:
    estaba loca de alegría or de contenta she was incredibly happy, she was over the moon ( BrE colloq)
    está loco de ira/celos he's wild with anger/jealousy
    estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain
    está loca de amor por él she's madly in love with him
    3
    (CS fam) (indicando poca cantidad): por cuatro clientes locos que puedan venir, no vamos a abrir it's not worth opening up just for a few odd customers
    loco2 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    A (enfermo mental) ( masculine) madman; ( feminine) madwoman
    se puso como un loco al oír la noticia he went crazy o mad when he heard the news
    maneja or ( Esp) conduce como un loco he drives like a madman o lunatic
    corrimos como locos para alcanzar el autobús ( fam); we ran like crazy o mad to catch the bus ( colloq)
    gritaba como una loca she was shouting like a madwoman, she was shouting her head off ( colloq)
    ¡qué desorganización, esto es de locos! what chaos! this is pure o sheer madness!
    el loco de Javier se ha venido a pie Javier walked here, madman that he is
    hoy en día hay mucho loco suelto ( fam); there are a lot of loonies o nutcases o weirdos about these days ( colloq)
    cada loco con su tema ( fam); to each his own, each to his own ( BrE)
    ahora le ha dado por el budismo — cada loco con su tema she's into Buddhism now — oh well, each to his own o ( colloq) whatever turns you on
    hacer el loco ( Chi fam); to make a fool of oneself
    hacerse el loco to act dumb ( colloq)
    no te hagas el loco don't act dumb, don't pretend you haven't seen/heard
    la loca de la casa ( liter); the imagination
    B
    loco masculine ( Chi) ( Zool) abalone
    C
    loco masculine ( RPl arg) (hombre) guy ( colloq), bloke ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

     

    loco 1
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

    b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq);


    eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco there's no way I'd do that;
    hacer algo a lo loco to do sth any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq);
    estar loco de remate (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq);
    tener or (Esp) traer loco a algn to be driving sb crazy (colloq);
    volver loco a algn to drive sb crazy (colloq);
    volverse loco to go mad


    está loco por volver he's dying to come back (colloq)
    d) (fam) ( ajetreado):




    tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly lucky
    f) estar loco de algo: ‹de entusiasmo/furia/celos› to be wild with sth;

    ‹de dolor/remordimiento› to be racked with sth;

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( enfermo mental) (m) madman;
    (f) madwoman;
    ◊ se puso como un loco he went crazy o mad;

    corrimos como locos (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq);
    hacerse el loco to act dumb (colloq)
    loco 2 sustantivo masculino (Chi) (Zool) abalone
    loco,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 mad, crazy
    volverse loco, to lose one's mind o to go mad
    2 (deseoso) estoy loco por ir a París, I'm eager to travel to Paris
    3 (entusiasmado) está loca de alegría, she's thrilled
    está loco por las motos, he's crazy about motorbikes
    II m,f (hombre) madman, (mujer) madwoman
    ♦ Locuciones: hacerse el loco, to act the fool
    familiar ¡ni loco!, I'd sooner die!
    familiar traer/volver loco a alguien, to drive sb crazy
    a lo loco, crazily

    ' loco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atar
    - chiflada
    - chiflado
    - conforme
    - enajenar
    - enajenarse
    - estragos
    - hormigueo
    - ida
    - ido
    - loc. cit.
    - loca
    - tema
    - tocada
    - tocado
    - trastocarse
    - trastornar
    - volver
    - volverse
    - carro
    - maniaco
    - perdido
    - poner
    - rayado
    - rayar
    - rematado
    English:
    amok
    - away
    - bend
    - berserk
    - beside
    - bit
    - bonkers
    - certifiable
    - change over
    - cracker
    - crazy
    - cuckoo
    - delirious
    - demented
    - drive
    - gaga
    - head
    - hijack
    - insane
    - loony
    - lunatic
    - mad
    - madly
    - madman
    - maniac
    - mind
    - moon
    - nut
    - nuts
    - nutter
    - nutty
    - parched
    - potshot
    - rampage
    - raving
    - roadhog
    - send
    - some
    - something
    - stark
    - wall
    - wild
    - wildly
    - wind up
    - wit
    - bumper car
    - cracked
    - fear
    - flap
    - go
    * * *
    loco, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [demente] mad, crazy;
    volver loco a alguien [enajenar, aturdir] to drive sb mad;
    esos martillazos en la pared me van a volver loco that hammering on the wall is driving me mad;
    el dolor lo volvía loco the pain was driving him mad;
    volverse loco to go mad;
    este niño me trae loco this child is driving me mad;
    estar loco de atar o [m5] de remate to be stark raving mad;
    ¡ni loco! (absolutely) no way!;
    ¡no lo haría ni loco! there's no way you'd get me doing that!
    2. [insensato] mad, crazy;
    no seas loca, es muy peligroso don't be (so) stupid, it's very dangerous;
    está medio loco pero es muy simpático he's a bit crazy, but he's very nice with it;
    a lo loco [sin pensar] hastily;
    [temerariamente] wildly;
    conduce o Am [m5] maneja a lo loco he drives like a madman
    3. [apasionado, entusiasmado] mad, crazy;
    la abuela está loca con su nieto the grandmother's mad o crazy about her grandson;
    estar loco de contento/pasión to be wild with joy/passion;
    estar loco de amor to be madly in love;
    estar loco de celos to be wildly o insanely jealous;
    estar loco de ira to be raging mad;
    estar o CSur [m5]ser loco por algo/alguien to be mad about sth/sb;
    está o CSur [m5] es loco por ella [enamorado] he's madly in love with her, he's crazy about her;
    está loca por conocerte she's dying to meet you;
    está (como) loco por que lleguen los invitados he's desperate for the guests to arrive, he can't wait for the guests to arrive;
    le vuelve loco el fútbol he's mad about soccer o Br football, he's soccer-crazy o Br football-crazy;
    la vuelve loca la paella she absolutely adores paella
    4. [muy ajetreado] mad, hectic;
    llevamos una semana loca it's been a mad week for us
    5. [enorme]
    tengo unas ganas locas de conocer Italia I'm absolutely dying to go to Italy;
    tuvimos una suerte loca we were extraordinarily o amazingly lucky;
    RP Fam
    tener la guita loca to be rolling in it
    6. RP Fam [insignificante]
    sólo van a venir tres o cuatro invitados locos only a handful of guests will show up;
    no nos vamos a pelear por dos pesos locos let's not quarrel over a few measly pesos
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [enfermo] [hombre] lunatic, madman;
    [mujer] lunatic, madwoman;
    conduce o Am [m5] maneja como un loco he drives like a madman;
    corrimos como locos we ran like mad o crazy;
    el loco de tu marido se puso a chillar that madman husband of yours started shouting;
    ponerse como un loco [enfadarse] to go mad;
    sería de locos empezar de nuevo todo el trabajo it would be crazy o madness to start the whole job over again;
    Fam
    ¡deja de hacer el loco! stop messing around!;
    cada loco con su tema: ya está otra vez Santi con lo del yoga, cada loco con su tema Santi's going on about yoga again, the man's obsessed!;
    Fam
    hacerse el loco to play dumb, to pretend not to understand
    2. RP, Ven Fam [como apelativo]
    este loco se encarga de todo this guy's in charge of everything;
    loco, vení para acá come over here, Br mate o US buddy
    3. Chile [molusco comestible] false abalone
    * * *
    I adj mad, crazy;
    a lo loco fam ( sin pensar) hastily;
    es para volverse loco it’s enough to drive you mad o crazy;
    remate completely mad;
    estar loco de alegría be insanely happy;
    estar loco por alguien be mad o crazy about s.o.
    II m
    1 madman;
    cada loco con su tema each to his own;
    hacer el loco make a fool of o.s.
    guy;
    loco, ayudame help me, pal
    * * *
    loco, -ca adj
    1) demente: crazy, insane, mad
    2)
    a lo loco : wildly, recklessly
    3)
    volverse loco : to go mad
    loco, -ca n
    1) : crazy person, lunatic
    2)
    hacerse el loco : to act the fool
    * * *
    loco1 adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest] / mad [comp. madder; superl. maddest]
    loco2 n lunatic

    Spanish-English dictionary > loco

  • 116 dog

    doɡ
    1. noun
    (a domestic, meat-eating animal related to the wolf and fox.) perro

    2. adjective
    ((usually of members of the dog family) male: a dog-fox.) macho

    3. verb
    (to follow closely as a dog does: She dogged his footsteps.) seguir (de cerca)
    - doggedly
    - doggedness
    - dog-biscuit
    - dog collar
    - dog-eared
    - dog-tired
    - a dog's life
    - go to the dogs
    - in the doghouse
    - not a dog's chance
    dog n perro
    tr[dɒg]
    1 (gen) perro,-a
    3 familiar (person) tipo,-a
    ■ dirty dog canalla, sinvergüenza
    1 (pursue) perseguir
    1 las carreras nombre femenino plural de galgos
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    a dog's life una vida de perros
    it's dog eat dog hay una competencia despiadada
    every dog has his/its day a todos les llega su momento de gloria
    let sleeping dogs lie peor es meneallo, deja las cosas como están
    to be dressed up like a dog's dinner estar hecho,-a un mamarracho
    not to have a dog's chance no tener ni la más remota posibilidad
    to go to the dogs venirse abajo
    to put on the dog darse pisto
    dog biscuit galleta para perros
    dog collar (dog's) collar nombre masculino de perro 2 (priest's) alzacuello
    dog tag placa de identificación
    dog paddle estilo perro
    dog sled / dog sledge trineo
    the dog days la canícula
    the Dog Star Sirio
    dog ['dɔg, 'dɑg] vt, dogged ; dogging : seguir de cerca, perseguir, acosar
    to dog someone's footsteps: seguir los pasos de alguien
    dogged by bad luck: perseguido por la mala suerte
    dog n
    : perro m, -rra f
    adj.
    • perruno, -a adj.
    n.
    • can s.m.
    • lobo s.m.
    • perro s.m.
    • zorro s.m.
    v.
    • perseguir v.

    I dɔːg, dɒg
    noun ( Zool) perro, -rra m,f; ( male canine) macho m

    a dog's life — una vida de perros

    dressed o done up like a dog's dinner — (BrE) todo emperifollado (fam)

    not to have o stand a dog's chance — no tener* ni la más remota posibilidad

    to go to the dogs — venirse* abajo

    the country's going to the dogs — el país se viene abajo

    to treat somebody like a dog — tratar a alguien como a un perro

    give a dog a bad name (and hang it) — (BrE) por un perro que maté, mataperros me llamaron

    you can't teach an old dog new tricks — loro viejo no aprende a hablar; (before n)

    dog show — exposición f canina


    II
    a) ( trouble) (often pass) perseguir*
    b) ( follow closely) perseguir*

    to dog somebody's footsteps o heels — pisarle los talones a alguien

    [dɒɡ]
    1. N
    1) (Zool) perro(-a) m / f

    dog eat dog —

    - go to the dogs

    to have a dog's chance —

    - be dressed up like a dog's dinner
    - be a dog in the manger
    - put on the dog
    - be top dog
    2) (=male) (fox) macho m
    3) * (term of abuse) canalla m, bribón m

    you dog! — ¡canalla!; hum ¡tunante!

    4) ** (=unattractive girl) callo m (malayo) *
    5) * (=person)

    dirty dog — tío m guarro *, tipo m asqueroso *

    you lucky dog! — ¡qué suerte tienes!

    6)

    the dogs — (Brit) * (=greyhounds) las carreras de galgos

    See:
    see cultural note GREYHOUND RACING in greyhound
    7) (Brit) ** (=telephone) teléfono m
    2.
    VT (=follow closely) seguir (de cerca)
    3.
    CPD

    dog basket N — cesto m del perro

    dog biscuit N — galleta f de perro

    dog breeder N — criador(a) m / f de perros

    dog collar N — collar m de perro; (Rel) hum gola f, alzacuello(s) m inv

    dog days NPL — canícula f

    dog fancier N — (=connoisseur) entendido(-a) m / f en perros; (=breeder) criador(a) m / f de perros

    dog food N — comida f para perros

    dog fox N — zorro m macho

    dog guard N — (Aut) reja f separadora

    dog handler N — (Police) adiestrador(a) m / f de perros

    dog kennel N — (Brit) perrera f

    dog Latin N — latín m macarrónico

    dog licence N — permiso m para perros

    dog paddle N — braza f de perro (forma de nadar)

    dog-paddle

    dog rose N — escaramujo m, rosal m silvestre

    dog show N — exposición f canina

    Dog Star N — Sirio m

    dog tag N — (US) (Mil) placa f de identificación

    dog track N — (Sport) canódromo m

    * * *

    I [dɔːg, dɒg]
    noun ( Zool) perro, -rra m,f; ( male canine) macho m

    a dog's life — una vida de perros

    dressed o done up like a dog's dinner — (BrE) todo emperifollado (fam)

    not to have o stand a dog's chance — no tener* ni la más remota posibilidad

    to go to the dogs — venirse* abajo

    the country's going to the dogs — el país se viene abajo

    to treat somebody like a dog — tratar a alguien como a un perro

    give a dog a bad name (and hang it) — (BrE) por un perro que maté, mataperros me llamaron

    you can't teach an old dog new tricks — loro viejo no aprende a hablar; (before n)

    dog show — exposición f canina


    II
    a) ( trouble) (often pass) perseguir*
    b) ( follow closely) perseguir*

    to dog somebody's footsteps o heels — pisarle los talones a alguien

    English-spanish dictionary > dog

  • 117 tanto

    adj.
    so much, all that much, that much, as much.
    adv.
    so much, such a lot, so, so very much.
    pron.
    as much, so much, all that much, that much.
    m.
    1 portion, certain amount.
    2 score point, point.
    * * *
    1 (incontables) so much; (contables) so many
    ■ ¡tengo tanto calor! I'm so hot!
    ■ ¡ha pasado tanto tiempo! it's been so long!
    1 (incontable) so much; (contable) so many
    1 (cantidad) so much
    ■ ¡te quiero tanto! I love you so much!
    2 (tiempo) so long
    3 (frecuencia) so often
    1 (punto) point; (fútbol) goal
    2 (cantidad imprecisa) so much, a certain amount
    3 (poco) bit
    \
    a las tantas familiar very late, at an unearthly hour
    a tantos de sometime in
    apuntar un tanto / marcar un tanto (gen) to score a point 2 (fútbol) to score a goal
    con tanto / de tanto with so much
    cuanto más... tanto más... the more... the more...
    en tanto / entre tanto / mientras tanto meanwhile
    eso es tanto como... that is like...
    estar al tanto (informado) to be informed 2 (alerta) to be on the alert
    ni tanto ni tan poco / ni tanto ni tan calvo familiar neither one extreme nor the other
    no es para tanto / no hay para tanto it's not that bad
    no será tanto it can't be as bad as you make out
    otro tanto as much again, the same again
    por lo tanto therefore
    ser uno de tantos / ser una de tantos to be nothing special
    tanto cuanto as much as
    tanto más / tanto menos all the more / all the less
    tanto mejor / tanto peor so much the better / so much the worse
    tanto si... como si... whether... or...
    uno de tantos / una de tantas run-of-the-mill
    ... y tantos /... y tantas (cantidad) odd 2 (año) something
    tanto por ciento percentage
    ————————
    1 (punto) point; (fútbol) goal
    2 (cantidad imprecisa) so much, a certain amount
    3 (poco) bit
    * * *
    1. noun m.
    1) point, goal
    3) rate
    •
    2. (f. - tanta)
    adj.
    1) so many, so much, such
    2) as many, as much
    3. adv.
    •
    - entre tanto
    - por lo tanto
    - un tanto     4. (f. - tanta)
    pron.
    so many, so much
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [indicando gran cantidad] [en singular] so much; [en plural] so many

    ¡tuve tanta suerte! — I was so lucky!

    ¡tengo tantas cosas que hacer hoy! — I have so many things to do today!

    • tanto... como — [en singular] as much... as; [en plural] as many... as

    • tanto gusto — how do you do?, pleased to meet you

    2) [indicando cantidad indeterminada]

    hay otros tantos candidatos — there are as many more candidates, there's the same number of candidates again

    2. PRON
    1) (=gran cantidad) [en singular] so much; [en plural] so many

    • tanto como — [en singular] as much as; [en plural] as many as

    • es uno de tantos — he's nothing special

    2) (=cantidad indeterminada)

    las tantas (de la madrugada o de la noche) —

    -¿qué hora es? -deben de ser las tantas — "what's the time?" - "it must be pretty late"

    3) [otras locuciones]

    • entre tanto — meanwhile

    • mientras tanto — meanwhile

    • no es para tanto — [al quejarse] it's not as bad as all that; [al enfadarse] there's no need to get like that about it

    • por lo tanto — so, therefore

    ni tanto así —

    ¡y tanto! —

    -¿necesitarás unas vacaciones? -¡y tanto! — "do you need a holiday?" - "you bet I do!"

    3. ADV
    1) [con verbos] [indicando duración, cantidad] so much; [indicando frecuencia] so often

    se preocupa tanto que no puede dormir — he gets so worried that he can't sleep, he worries so much that he can't sleep

    ¡cuesta tanto comprar una casa! — buying a house is such hard work!

    ¡no corras tanto! — don't run so fast!

    ahora no la veo tanto — I don't see so o as much of her now, I don't see her so often now

    • tanto como, él gasta tanto como yo — he spends as much as I do o as me

    tanto como corre, va a perder la carrera — he may be a fast runner, but he's still going to lose the race

    • tanto es así que — so much so that

    montar 2., 3)
    2) [con adjetivos, adverbios]

    los dos son ya mayores, aunque su mujer no tanto — the two of them are elderly, although his wife less so

    • tanto como, es difícil, pero tanto como eso no creo — it's difficult, but not that difficult

    es un poco tacaño, pero tanto como estafador, no — he's a bit on the mean side, but I wouldn't go so far as to call him a swindler

    • es tanto más difícil — it is all the more difficult

    es tanto más loable cuanto que... — it is all the more praiseworthy because...

    • tanto peor — so much the worse

    tanto peor para ti — it's your loss o that's just too bad

    3) [en locuciones conjuntivas]

    • en tanto — as (being)

    • en tanto que — (=mientras que) while; (=como) as

    no puede haber democracia en tanto que siga habiendo torturas — for as long as there is torture, there can never be democracy, there cannot be democracy while there is torture

    4. SM
    1) (=cantidad)

    ¿qué tanto será? — LAm how much (is it)?

    • otro tanto, las máquinas costaron otro tanto — the machines cost as much again o the same again

    2) (=punto) (Ftbl, Hockey) goal; (Baloncesto, Tenis) point

    • apuntar los tantos — to keep score

    tanto a favor — goal for, point for

    tanto en contra — goal against, point against

    apuntarse 3)
    3)

    • estar al tanto — to be up to date

    • mantener a algn al tanto de algo — to keep sb informed about sth

    • poner a algn al tanto de algo — to put sb in the picture about sth

    4)

    • un tanto — [como adv] rather

    * * *
    I
    1) [see note under tan] ( aplicado a adjetivo o adverbio) so; ( aplicado a verbo) so much

    si es así, tanto mejor — if that's the case, so much the better

    y si no te gusta, tanto peor para ti — and if you don't like it, too bad o (colloq) tough!

    tan/tanto... que — so... (that)

    tan/tanto... como — as... as

    sale tanto como tú — he goes out as much o as often as you do

    2) (AmL exc RPl)

    qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?; ¿qué tanto hay de cierto en eso? — how much of it is true?

    3) para locs ver tanto III 2)
    II
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) (sing) so much; (pl) so many

    había tanto espacio/tantos niños — there was so much space/there were so many children

    tiene tanta fuerza...! — she has such strength...!

    tanto/tantos... como as much/as many...as; sufro tanto como ella I suffer as much as she does; no hubo tantos turistas como el año pasado there weren't been as many o so many tourists as last year; tengo tanta suerte como tú — I'm as lucky as you are

    tenía setenta y tantos años — he was seventy something, he was seventy-odd (colloq)

    2) (sing) (fam) ( con valor plural) so many
    III
    - ta pronombre
    1)
    a) (sing) so much; (pl) so many

    quería azúcar, pero no tanta — I wanted sugar but not that much

    ¿de verdad gana tanto? — does he really earn that much?

    ni tanto ni tan calvo or tan poco — there's no need to go that far

    no te pongas así, no es para tanto — come on, there's no need to get like that about it

    duele, pero no es para tanto — it hurts, but it's not that bad

    tanto tienes tanto vales — you are what you own

    cincuenta y tantas — fifty-odd, fifty or so

    aún faltan dos horas - ¿tanto? — there's still two hours to go - what? that long?

    en tanto + subj — as long as, so long as

    entre tanto — meanwhile, in the meantime

    hasta tanto + subj — (frml)

    cuesta $15 y las pilas, casi otro tanto — it costs $15 and then the batteries cost nearly as much again

    otro tanto cabe decir de... — the same can be said of...

    tan siquiera: no pudo ni tan siquiera gritar he couldn't even shout; cómprale tan siquiera unas flores at least buy her some flowers; si tan siquiera me hubieras prevenido! if only you'd warned me!; tan sólo only; tanto es así que... so much so that...; tanto más cuanto que... — especially since...

    IV
    1) ( cantidad)
    2) ( punto - en fútbol) goal; (- en fútbol americano) point; (- en tenis, en juegos) point

    al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture; mantenerse al tanto de to keep up to date with; te mantendré al tanto I'll keep you informed; estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq); ya está al tanto de lo ocurrido he already knows what's happened; un tanto triste — somewhat o rather o a little sad

    * * *
    I
    1) [see note under tan] ( aplicado a adjetivo o adverbio) so; ( aplicado a verbo) so much

    si es así, tanto mejor — if that's the case, so much the better

    y si no te gusta, tanto peor para ti — and if you don't like it, too bad o (colloq) tough!

    tan/tanto... que — so... (that)

    tan/tanto... como — as... as

    sale tanto como tú — he goes out as much o as often as you do

    2) (AmL exc RPl)

    qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?; ¿qué tanto hay de cierto en eso? — how much of it is true?

    3) para locs ver tanto III 2)
    II
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) (sing) so much; (pl) so many

    había tanto espacio/tantos niños — there was so much space/there were so many children

    tiene tanta fuerza...! — she has such strength...!

    tanto/tantos... como as much/as many...as; sufro tanto como ella I suffer as much as she does; no hubo tantos turistas como el año pasado there weren't been as many o so many tourists as last year; tengo tanta suerte como tú — I'm as lucky as you are

    tenía setenta y tantos años — he was seventy something, he was seventy-odd (colloq)

    2) (sing) (fam) ( con valor plural) so many
    III
    - ta pronombre
    1)
    a) (sing) so much; (pl) so many

    quería azúcar, pero no tanta — I wanted sugar but not that much

    ¿de verdad gana tanto? — does he really earn that much?

    ni tanto ni tan calvo or tan poco — there's no need to go that far

    no te pongas así, no es para tanto — come on, there's no need to get like that about it

    duele, pero no es para tanto — it hurts, but it's not that bad

    tanto tienes tanto vales — you are what you own

    cincuenta y tantas — fifty-odd, fifty or so

    aún faltan dos horas - ¿tanto? — there's still two hours to go - what? that long?

    en tanto + subj — as long as, so long as

    entre tanto — meanwhile, in the meantime

    hasta tanto + subj — (frml)

    cuesta $15 y las pilas, casi otro tanto — it costs $15 and then the batteries cost nearly as much again

    otro tanto cabe decir de... — the same can be said of...

    tan siquiera: no pudo ni tan siquiera gritar he couldn't even shout; cómprale tan siquiera unas flores at least buy her some flowers; si tan siquiera me hubieras prevenido! if only you'd warned me!; tan sólo only; tanto es así que... so much so that...; tanto más cuanto que... — especially since...

    IV
    1) ( cantidad)
    2) ( punto - en fútbol) goal; (- en fútbol americano) point; (- en tenis, en juegos) point

    al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture; mantenerse al tanto de to keep up to date with; te mantendré al tanto I'll keep you informed; estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq); ya está al tanto de lo ocurrido he already knows what's happened; un tanto triste — somewhat o rather o a little sad

    * * *
    tanto1
    * al tanto = in the know, in step.
    * al tanto de = on the lookout for, on the alert for, in step with.
    * debe por lo tanto ser una consecuencia lógica que = it must therefore follow that.
    * en tanto por ciento = percentage-wise.
    * estar al tanto = monitor + developments.
    * estar al tanto de = be on the lookout for, keep + track of, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.
    * estar al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.
    * mantenerse al tanto = stay + tuned.
    * mantenerse al tanto de = keep in + sync, keep + a finger on the pulse of, keep + track of, stay in + step with, keep in + step with, keep + step with.
    * mantenerse al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.
    * mantenerse al tanto de las noticias = keep up with + the news.
    * mantenerse al tanto de los avances = track + developments.
    * mientras tanto = in (the) meantime, meantime, ad interim.
    * no estar al tanto de = be out of touch with.
    * otros tantos = as many.
    * poner a Alguien al tanto de = fill + Alguien + in on.
    * poner al tanto (de) = bring into + the swim of, bring + Nombre + up to speed (on), get + Nombre + up to speed on.
    * poner al tanto sobre = give + Nombre + the lowdown on.
    * ponerse al tanto = get + up to speed, wise up.
    * ponerse al tanto de = get up to + speed on.
    * por lo tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.
    * por tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.
    tanto2
    = so much, so + Participio, quite so much.

    Ex: It is rather a pity that book reviewers tend to ignore this very popular genre so much.

    Ex: On the other hand, 626 is now unused, for the subject to which it was originally allocated, Canal engineering, has so decreased in importance that it no longer justifies a separate heading.
    Ex: But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.
    * cada tanto = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.
    * cada tantos minutos = every few minutes.
    * cada tantos + Período de Tiempo = every few + Período de Tiempo.
    * cada tanto tiempo = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.
    * cambiar tanto que resulta irreconocible = change + beyond (all) recognition.
    * con tan buenos resultados = to such good effect.
    * con tan poca antelación = at such short notice.
    * con tan poca anticipación = at such short notice.
    * con tanta frecuencia = so often.
    * desde hace tanto tiempo = so long.
    * dinero que tanto ha costado ganar = hard-earned money.
    * durante tanto tiempo = for so long, so long.
    * durante tanto tiempo como sea posible = for as long as possible.
    * en tanto en cuanto = as long as, so long as.
    * en tanto en cuanto que = inasmuch as, insomuch as.
    * en tanto en cuanto + Subjuntivo = provided (that).
    * en tanto que = insofar as [in so far as].
    * es por lo tanto deducible = it therefore follows that.
    * es por lo tanto lógico que = it therefore follows that.
    * estar mareado de tanto trabajo = be reeling.
    * estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish, moreish.
    * nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.
    * no ser tan bueno como se dice = not + it's cracked up to be.
    * no tan bueno = not-so-good.
    * quedarse tan fresco = not bat an eyelash, not bat an eyelid.
    * ser tan buen momento como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.
    * ser un momento tan bueno como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.
    * tan = all too + Adjetivo.
    * tan + Adjetivo = most + Adjetivo, so + Adjetivo, as + Adjetivo + as that.
    * tan + Adjetivo/Adverbio = all that + Adjetivo/Adverbio.
    * tan + Adjetivo + como = as + Adjetivo + as, every bit as + Adjetivo + as.
    * tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.
    * tan + Adjetivo + como siempre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.
    * tan + Adverbio = ever so + Adverbio.
    * tan amado de todos = so beloved of all.
    * tan amado por todos = so beloved of all.
    * tan a menudo = so often.
    * tan anunciado = much-vaunted, much-touted, long-heralded, much-heralded.
    * tan astuto como un zorro = as sly as a fox, as wily as a fox.
    * tan borracho como una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a skunk.
    * tan bueno como ningún otro = as good as any.
    * tan cacareado = much-vaunted, much-touted, long-heralded, much-heralded, much acclaimed.
    * tan claro como el agua = as clear as a bell.
    * tan duro como el pedernal = as hard as nails.
    * tan duro como la piedra = as hard as nails.
    * tan duro como la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.
    * tan duro como una piedra = as hard as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.
    * tan fácil como coser y cantar = as simple as ABC.
    * tan famoso = much acclaimed.
    * tan fresco = as cool as a cucumber.
    * tan inocente como un bebé = as innocent as a lamb.
    * tan lejano como = as far afield as.
    * tan lejos como = as far away as.
    * tan manso como un cordero = as meek as a lamb.
    * tan pancho = as cool as a cucumber, unfazed.
    * tan pregonado = much-vaunted.
    * tan pronto = quite so soon.
    * tan pronto como = as soon as, just as soon as, no sooner... than.
    * tan pronto como + Pronombre + sea posible = at + Posesivo + earliest convenience.
    * tan pronto como sea posible = as soon as possible (asap), at an early a juncture as possible.
    * tan querido de todos = so beloved of all.
    * tan querido por todos = so beloved of all.
    * tan rápido como una liebre = as quick as a wink.
    * tan rápido como un rayo = as quick as a wink.
    * tan rápido como un relámpago = as quick as a wink.
    * tan renombrado = much acclaimed.
    * tan simple como = with as little ado as.
    * tan sordo como una tapia = as deaf as a post.
    * tan sorprendente como pueda parecer = as amazing as it seems.
    * tan suave como el terciopelo = as smooth as silk, as soft as velvet.
    * tan suave como la seda = as soft as silk, as smooth as silk.
    * tan suave como un guante = as meek as a lamb.
    * tanto como = as many... as..., as much as + Adjetivo, both... and..., no less than, equally, if not, so much as.
    * tanto como sea posible = as far as possible.
    * tanto como siempre = as much as ever.
    * tanto es así que = so much so that.
    * tanto mejor = so much the better.
    * tanto por ciento = percentage.
    * tanto que = so much so that, insomuch that.
    * tantos = so many.
    * tanto tiempo = so much time, this long, such a very long time.
    * tan tranquilo = unfazed.
    * tardar tanto tiempo en = take + so long to.
    * uno más de tantos en la organización = a cog in the machine.
    * uno más de tantos en la organización = a cog in the wheel.
    * un tanto + Adjetivo = vaguely + Adjetivo.

    tanto3
    3 = goal.

    Ex: Kristen Taylor leads Carolina with three goals and an assist.

    * encargado de anotar los tantos = scorer.
    * marcar un tanto = score, poach + a goal, score + goal.
    * tanto de la victoria = winning goal.
    * tanto del empate = equaliser [equalizer, -USA].

    * * *
    es tan difícil de describir it's so difficult to describe
    ¡es una chica tan amable! she's such a nice girl!
    ¡te he echado tanto de menos! I've missed you so much!
    si es así, tanto mejor if that's the case, so much the better
    y si no te gusta, tanto peor para ti and if you don't like it, too bad o ( colloq) tough!
    vamos, no es tan difícil come on, it's not that difficult
    ¡y tanto! and how!
    el tan esperado acontecimiento the long-awaited event
    ya no cenamos afuera tanto nowadays we don't eat out so often o so much
    de tanto que habla te marea he talks so much he makes your head spin
    es tanto más importante cuanto que es su única fuente de ingresos ( frml); it is all the more important because it is his only source of income
    no deberías trabajar/gastar tanto you shouldn't work so hard/spend so much
    tan/tanto … QUE:
    llegó tan tarde que ya no había nadie he arrived so late (that) everybody had gone
    tanto insistió que no tuve más remedio que quedarme he was so insistent that I just had to stay
    tan/tanto … COMO:
    no es tan tímida como parece she's not as shy as she looks
    sale tanto como tú/como se lo permiten los compromisos he goes out as much o as often as you do/as his commitments allow
    tan pronto como le sea posible as soon as you can, as soon as possible
    no han mejorado tanto como para poder ganar el torneo they haven't improved enough to win the tournament
    tanto Suárez como Vargas votaron en contra both Suárez and Vargas voted against
    te lo cobran tanto si lo comes como si no lo comes they charge you for it whether you eat it or not
    B
    ( AmL exc CS): qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?
    es difícil decir qué tanto hay de autobiográfico en la novela it is difficult to say how much of the novel is autobiographical
    C para locs ver tanto3 pron B. (↑ tanto (3))
    tanto2 -ta
    A
    1 ( sing) so much; (pl) so many
    no sabía que había tanto espacio/tantas habitaciones I didn't know there was so much space/there were so many rooms
    había tantísima gente ( fam); there were so many o such a lot of people
    ¡tiene tanta fuerza …! she has such strength …!, she is so strong …!
    ¡tanto tiempo sin verte! it's been so long!, it's been such a long time!
    tanto … QUE:
    comió tanto chocolate que le hizo mal he ate so much chocolate (that) it made him ill
    tanto … COMO:
    tengo tanto derecho como el que más I've got as much right as anyone else o as the next man
    no ha habido tantos turistas como el año pasado there haven't been as many o so many tourists as last year
    2 ( fam)
    (expresando cantidades indeterminadas): tenía setenta y tantos años he was seventy something, he was seventy-odd ( colloq)
    mil quinientos y tantos pesos one thousand five hundred and something pesos, fifteen hundred something pesos ( AmE)
    B ( sing) ( fam) (con valor plural) so many
    había tanto mosquito que no pudimos dormir there were so many mosquitoes we couldn't sleep
    tanto3 -ta
    A
    1 ( sing) so much; (pl) so many
    ¿no querías azúcar? — sí, pero no tanta didn't you want sugar? — yes, but not that much
    vinieron tantos que no alcanzaron los asientos so many people came there weren't enough seats
    es uno de tantos he's one of many
    ¡tengo tanto que hacer! I've so much to do!
    ¿de verdad gana tanto? does he really earn that much?
    ni tanto ni tan calvo or tan poco there's no need to go that far
    no es para tanto ( fam): no te pongas así, hombre; tampoco es para tanto come on, there's no need to get like that about it
    duele un poco, pero no es para tanto it hurts a bit, but it's not that bad
    no pinta mal pero tampoco es para tanto she's not a bad artist but she's not that good
    tanto monta, monta tanto ( Esp); it makes no difference, it's as broad as it is long ( colloq)
    tanto tienes, tanto vales you are what you own
    2 ( fam)
    (expresando cantidades indeterminadas): hasta las tantas de la madrugada until the early hours of the morning
    te cobran tanto por folio/por minuto they charge you so much a sheet/a minute
    en el año mil ochocientos treinta y tantos in eighteen thirty-something
    cincuenta y tantas fifty-odd, fifty or so
    3
    hace tanto que no me llama she hasn't called me for such a long time o for so long, it's been so long since she called me
    todavía faltan dos horas — ¿tanto? there's still two hours to go — what? that long?
    B ( en locs):
    en tanto while
    en tanto ella atendía a los clientes, él cocinaba while she served the customers, he did the cooking
    en tanto + SUBJ as long as, so long as
    en tanto tú estés aquí as long as you're here
    en tanto que ( frml) (como) as; (dado que) inasmuch as ( frml), insofar as ( frml)
    entre tanto meanwhile, in the meantime
    hasta tanto + SUBJ
    ( frml): hasta tanto (no) se solucione este conflicto until this conflict is solved
    otro tanto: otro tanto cabe decir de su política exterior the same can be said of their foreign policy
    me queda otro tanto por hacer I have as many again still to do
    cuesta unos $15 y las pilas, casi otro tanto it costs about $15 and then the batteries cost nearly as much again
    por (lo) tanto therefore
    tan siquiera: ¡si tan siquiera me hubieras prevenido! if only you'd warned me!
    no le escribió ni tan siquiera una notita he didn't even write her a little note
    cómprale tan siquiera unas flores at least buy her some flowers o buy her some flowers, at least
    tan sólo only
    tenía tan sólo cuatro años he was only four years old
    por tan sólo dos mil pesos for only o for as little as two thousand pesos
    tanto es así or tan así es so much so
    se sentía mal, tanto es así que no quiso comer she felt ill, so much so that she didn't want anything to eat
    tanto más cuanto que specially since, all the more so because
    es importante, tanto más cuanto que es su única fuente de ingresos it's important, specially since o all the more so because it's his only source of income
    A
    (cantidad): recibe un tanto por ciento por cada venta she gets a percentage o a certain percentage on every sale
    tienes que entregar un tanto de depósito you have to put down so much o a certain amount as a deposit
    B (punto — en fútbol) goal; (— en fútbol americano) point; (— en tenis, en juegos) point
    apuntarse un tanto to score a point
    C ( en locs):
    al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture
    me mantengo al tanto de lo que pasa en el mundo I keep abreast of o I keep up to date with what is going on in the world
    te mantendré al tanto I'll keep you informed
    ya está al tanto de lo ocurrido he already knows what's happened
    estáte al tanto para cuando venga keep an eye out for him ( colloq)
    un tanto somewhat, rather, a little
    un tanto triste somewhat o rather o a little sad
    * * *

     

    tanto 1 adverbio
    1 [ see note under


    ( aplicado a verbo) so much;

    ¡es una chica tan amable! she's such a nice girl!;
    tanto mejor so much the better;
    tan solo only;
    tanto es así que … so much so that …;
    ya no salimos tanto we don't go out so often o so much now;
    llegó tan tarde que … he arrived so late (that) …;
    no es tan tímida como parece she's not as shy as she looks;
    sale tanto como tú he goes out as much as you do;
    tan pronto como puedas as soon as you can;
    tanto Suárez como Vargas votaron en contra both Suárez and Vargas voted against
    2 (AmL exc RPl)
    ◊ qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tanto te duele? how much does it hurt?;

    ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    1 ( cantidad):

    hay que dejar un tanto de depósito you have to put down a certain amount as a deposit
    2 ( punto — en fútbol) goal;
    (— en fútbol americano, tenis, juegos) point
    3 ( en locs)
    ◊ al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture;

    mantenerse al tanto de algo to keep up to date with sth;
    estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq);
    está al tanto de lo ocurrido he knows what's happened;
    un tanto somewhat, rather;
    un tanto triste somewhat sad
    tanto 2
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    a) ( sing) so much;

    (pl) so many;
    ◊ había tanto espacio/tantos niños there was so much space/there were so many children;

    ¡tanto tiempo sin verte! it's been so long!;
    tanto dinero/tantos turistas como … as much money/as many tourists as …


    ■ pronombre
    1
    a) ( sing) so much;

    (pl) so many;
    ◊ ¡tengo tanto que hacer! I've so much to do!;

    vinieron tantos que … so many people came (that) …;
    ¿de verdad gana tanto? does he really earn that much?;
    no ser para tanto (fam): duele, pero no es para tanto it hurts, but it's not that bad


    treinta y tantas thirty or so


    aún faltan dos horas — ¿tanto? there's still two hours to go — what? that long?
    2 ( en locs)

    entre tanto meanwhile, in the meantime;
    otro tanto as much again;
    me queda otro tanto por hacer I have as much again still to do;
    por (lo) tanto therefore
    tanto,-a
    I adjetivo & pron
    1 (gran cantidad, mucho) (con singular) so much
    (con plural) so many: ¿cómo puedes ahorrar tanto (dinero)?, how are you able to save so much money?
    no necesito tantos folios, I don't need so many sheets of paper
    ¡hace tanto tiempo!, it's been so long!
    no es para tanto, it's not that bad
    2 (cantidad imprecisa) le costó cuarenta y tantos dólares, it cost her forty-odd dollars
    tiene cincuenta y tantos años, he's fifty something o fifty-odd
    3 (en comparaciones: con singular) as much
    (: en plural) as many: tiene tantos amigos como tú, he has as many friends as you
    II adverbio tanto 1 (hasta tal punto) so much: no deberías beber tanto, you shouldn't drink so much
    si vienes con nosotros, tanto mejor, if you come with us, so much the better
    tanto peor, so much the worse
    2 (referido a tiempo) so long: tardé un mes en escribirlo, - ¿tanto?, I spent one month writing it, - so long?
    (a menudo) ya no sale tanto, nowadays he doesn't go out so often
    III sustantivo masculino tanto 1 Dep point
    Ftb goal
    2 (una cantidad determinada) a certain amount
    ♦ Locuciones: figurado apuntarse un tanto, to score a point
    estar al tanto, to be up-to-date
    poner al tanto, to put sb in the picture
    a las tantas: me llamó a las tantas de la madrugada/de la noche, she phoned me in the early hours of the morning/very late at night
    entre tanto, meanwhile
    otro tanto, as much again
    por lo tanto, therefore
    tanto (...) como (...), both: tanto Pedro como María, both Pedro and María
    tanto por ciento, percentage
    un tanto, somewhat, rather, a bit
    un tanto cansado, rather tired
    ¡y tanto!, and how!
    ' tanto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alquilar
    - amargada
    - amargado
    - atonía
    - bar
    - calva
    - calvo
    - ciento
    - cuñada
    - cuñado
    - embrutecerse
    - empañar
    - escarnio
    - fastidio
    - griterío
    - gusto
    - hartar
    - hermano
    - histórica
    - histórico
    - idiotizar
    - licuación
    - marcar
    - mejor
    - mientras
    - mucha
    - mucho
    - normal
    - objeto
    - padre
    - para
    - parecerse
    - permitirse
    - que
    - ronca
    - ronco
    - satisfacción
    - sobrino
    - tanta
    - tela
    - toda
    - todo
    - tutearse
    - ver
    - vencerse
    - anotar
    - anular
    - apuntar
    - arreglar
    - así
    English:
    acquaint
    - all
    - alone
    - as
    - awaken
    - ball
    - better
    - bog down
    - both
    - critical
    - delay
    - din
    - ear
    - excitement
    - fall apart
    - fuss over
    - hence
    - labour
    - lie down
    - meantime
    - meanwhile
    - monopolize
    - much
    - must
    - name
    - neither
    - packaging
    - picture
    - point
    - privy
    - rupture
    - score
    - scorer
    - so
    - somewhat
    - song
    - spin out
    - stretch out
    - such
    - that
    - therefore
    - this
    - whereas
    - work
    - alike
    - begrudge
    - cope
    - every
    - fail
    - follow
    * * *
    tanto, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [gran cantidad] [singular] so much;
    [plural] so many;
    tanto dinero so much money, such a lot of money;
    tanta gente so many people;
    tiene tanto entusiasmo/tantos amigos que… she is so enthusiastic/has so many friends that…;
    Fam
    nunca había visto tanto niño junto en mi vida I'd never seen so many children in one place;
    de tanto gritar se quedó afónico he lost his voice from all that shouting, he shouted so much that he lost his voice;
    ¡tanto quejarse del tiempo y luego se mudan a Alaska! they never stop complaining about the weather and then they move to Alaska!
    2. [cantidad indeterminada] [singular] so much;
    [plural] so many;
    nos daban tantos pesos al día they used to give us so many pesos per day;
    hay cuarenta y tantos candidatos there are forty-odd o forty or so candidates;
    tiene treinta y tantos años she's thirty-something o thirty-odd;
    nos conocimos en el año sesenta y tantos we met in nineteen sixty-something
    3. [en comparaciones]
    tanto… como as much… as;
    tantos… como as many… as;
    hoy no hay tanta gente como ayer there aren't as many people today as yesterday
    ♦ pron
    1. [tan gran cantidad] [singular] so much;
    [plural] so many;
    tenemos tanto de qué hablar we have so much o such a lot to talk about;
    ¿cómo puedes tener tantos? how can you have so many?;
    éramos tantos que faltó comida there were so many of us we ran out of food;
    ser uno de tantos to be nothing special
    2. [cantidad indeterminada] [singular] so much;
    [plural] so many;
    si el petróleo está a tanto el barril… if oil costs so much a barrel…;
    a tantos de agosto on such and such a date in August;
    ocurrió en el sesenta y tantos it happened in nineteen sixty-something
    3. [igual cantidad] [singular] as much;
    [plural] as many;
    tantos as many;
    tantos como desees as many as you like;
    había mucha gente aquí, pero allí no había tanta there were a lot of people here, but there weren't as many there;
    otro tanto as much again, the same again;
    otro tanto le ocurrió a los demás the same thing happened to the rest of them;
    ponme otro tanto same again, please;
    Fam
    ni tanto ni tan calvo there's no need to go to extremes;
    Esp
    tanto monta, monta tanto it makes no difference, it's all the same to me/him/ etc
    ♦ adv
    1. [mucho]
    tanto (que…) [cantidad] so much (that…);
    [tiempo] so long (that…);
    no bebas tanto don't drink so much;
    de eso hace tanto que ya no me acordaba it's been so long since that happened that I don't even remember;
    la aprecia tanto que… he's so fond of her that…;
    ya no llueve tanto it's not raining as much o so hard now;
    ya no vienen tanto por aquí they don't come here so often o as much any more;
    la quiero, pero no tanto I like her, but not that much;
    quizás tardemos una hora en llegar – ¡no tanto! it may take us an hour to get there – it won't take that long!;
    ¿nos denunciarán? – no creo que la cosa llegue a tanto will they report us? – I don't think it will come to that;
    no es para tanto [no es tan grave, malo] it's not too serious;
    [no te enfades] there's no need to get so upset about it, it's not such a big deal;
    ¿el mejor escritor de la historia? yo creo que no es para tanto the best writer ever? I don't see what all the fuss is about myself;
    faltan cien kilómetros todavía – ¿tanto? there are still a hundred kilometres to go – as much as that?;
    tanto (es así) que… so much so that…;
    odia las fiestas, tanto es así que no celebra ni su cumpleaños he hates parties, so much so that he doesn't even celebrate his own birthday;
    tanto más cuanto que… all the more so because…;
    tanto mejor/peor so much the better/worse;
    si no nos quieren invitar, tanto peor para ellos if they don't want to invite us, that's their loss;
    ¡y tanto! absolutely!, you bet!;
    hay cosas más importantes en la vida – ¡y tanto! there are more important things in life – there certainly are! o that's too true!
    2. [en comparaciones]
    tanto como as much as;
    me gusta tanto como a ti I like it (just) as much as you do;
    la casa está deteriorada, pero no tanto como para demolerla the house is in a poor state of repair, but not so as you'd want to demolish it;
    tanto hombres como mujeres both men and women;
    tanto si estoy en casa como si no whether I'm at home or not
    3. Am
    qué tanto [cuánto]: [m5]¿qué tanto lo conoces? how well do you know him?;
    no importa qué tanto sepan de tecnología it doesn't matter how much they know about technology
    ♦ nm
    1. [punto] point;
    [gol] goal;
    marcar un tanto to score
    tanto directo de saque [en tenis] ace;
    tanto de saque [en tenis] service point
    2. [ventaja] point;
    apuntarse un tanto (a favor) to earn a point in one's favour
    3. [poco]
    un tanto a bit, rather;
    es un tanto pesada she's a bit of a bore o rather boring;
    se le ve un tanto triste he seems rather sad
    4. [cantidad indeterminada]
    un tanto so much, a certain amount;
    te cobran un tanto por la reparación y otro por el desplazamiento they charge you so much o a certain amount for the repair work and on top of that a call-out charge;
    un tanto así [acompañado de un gesto] this much
    tanto por ciento percentage;
    ¿qué tanto por ciento de IVA llevan los libros? what percentage Br VAT o US sales tax do you pay on books?
    ♦ al tanto loc adv
    siempre está al tanto de todo she always knows everything that's going on;
    no estoy al tanto de lo que ha pasado I'm not up to date with what happened;
    mantener a alguien al tanto de algo [informado] to keep sb up to date on o informed about sth;
    te mantendremos al tanto we'll keep you informed;
    mantenerse al tanto (de algo) to keep up to date (on sth), to keep oneself informed (about sth);
    poner a alguien al tanto (de algo) to inform sb (about sth)
    ♦ en tanto que loc conj
    1. [mientras, hasta que] while;
    espera en tanto que acabamos wait while we finish
    2. [mientras, pero] while, whereas;
    él dimitió en tanto que los demás siguieron en el cargo he resigned while o whereas the others remained in their posts
    ♦ en tanto que loc prep
    [como] as;
    en tanto que director, me corresponde la decisión as manager, it's for me to decide
    ♦ entre tanto loc adv
    [mientras] meanwhile;
    haz las camas y entre tanto, yo lavo los platos you make the beds and, meanwhile, I'll do the dishes
    ♦ hasta tanto loc conj
    [hasta que] until;
    hasta tanto no se reúnan until they meet
    ♦ por (lo) tanto loc conj
    therefore, so
    * * *
    I adj so much; igual cantidad as much;
    tantos pl so many; igual número as many;
    comí tantos pasteles que me puse malo I ate so many candies that I was ill;
    no vimos tantos pájaros como ayer we didn’t see as many birds as we did yesterday
    II pron so much; igual cantidad as much;
    un tanto a little;
    tantos pl so many; igual número as many;
    uno de tantos one of many;
    tienes tanto you have so much;
    no hay tantos como ayer there aren’t as many as yesterday;
    a las tantas de la noche in the small hours
    III adv so much; igual cantidad as much; periodo so long;
    tardó tanto como él she took as long as him;
    tanto mejor so much the better;
    no es para tanto it’s not such a big deal;
    a tanto no llega things aren’t as bad as that;
    tanto es así que … so much so that…;
    tanto (me) da I don’t really care;
    ¡y tanto! yeah!, right on!
    :
    por lo tanto therefore, so;
    entre tanto meanwhile;
    ella trabajaba en tanto que él veía la televisión she was working while he was watching television
    V m
    1 point;
    marcar un tanto DEP score a point;
    tanto por ciento percentage
    2
    :
    estar al tanto be informed (de about)
    3
    :
    él es muy inteligente, y ella otro tanto he is very intelligent and so is she o and she is too
    * * *
    tanto adv
    1) : so much
    tanto mejor: so much the better
    2) : so long
    ¿por qué te tardaste tanto?: why did you take so long?
    tanto, -ta adj
    1) : so much, so many, such
    no hagas tantas preguntas: don't ask so many questions
    tiene tanto encanto: he has such charm, he's so charming
    2) : as much, as many
    come tantos dulces como yo: she eats as many sweets as I do
    3) : odd, however many
    cuarenta y tantos años: forty-odd years
    tanto nm
    1) : certain amount
    2) : goal, point (in sports)
    3)
    al tanto : abreast, in the picture
    4)
    un tanto : somewhat, rather
    un tanto cansado: rather tired
    tanto, -ta pron
    1) : so much, so many
    tiene tanto que hacer: she has so much to do
    ¡no me des tantos!: don't give me so many!
    2)
    entre tanto : meanwhile
    3)
    por lo tanto : therefore
    * * *
    tanto1 adj pron
    ¡hay tantos mosquitos! there are so many mosquitoes!
    Cuando se traduce con un adjetivo en inglés, se usa so a secas
    tanto... como as much... as / as many... as
    ... y tantos... something
    tanto2 adv
    1. (en general) so much
    2. (tiempo) so long
    tardabas tanto, que me fui you took so long, that I went
    tanto... como... both... and...
    tanto3 n point / goal

    Spanish-English dictionary > tanto

  • 118 buono

    "good;
    Gut;
    bom"
    * * *
    1. adj good
    ( valido) good, valid
    momento, occasione right
    alla buona informal, casual
    buona fortuna good luck
    di buon grado willingly
    avere buon naso have a good sense of smell
    buono a nulla good-for-nothing
    2. m good
    finance bond
    ( tagliando) coupon, voucher
    buono del tesoro Treasury bond
    buono pasto o mensa luncheon voucher
    buono regalo gift voucher
    buono sconto money-off coupon
    * * *
    buono1 agg.
    1 ( chi ha, rivela bontà d'animo) good; ( bonario, gentile) good, kind: è un uomo molto buono, he's a very good man; essere d'animo buono, to be kind-hearted (o good-hearted); è sempre stato buono con me, he has always been kind to me; gli disse una parola buona, he said a kind word to him; mi accolse con buone parole, he greeted me with sympathetic words; una persona di buon cuore, a good-hearted person; buoni pensieri, kind thoughts; buoni sentimenti, good sentiments // troppo buono! too kind! // buono come il pane, as good as gold
    2 ( onesto, rispettabile) good, honest, virtuous, upright: un buon cittadino, an honest citizen; di buona famiglia, of good family (o with a good background) // buona società, high society
    3 ( calmo, tranquillo) good; ( di tempo) fine, good: sono stati buoni i bambini?, have the children been good (o have the children behaved)?; sii buono!, be a good boy!; il tempo è sempre stato buono, the weather has always been fine (o good); presto arriverà la buona stagione, summer will soon be here
    4 ( pregevole, di qualità) good; fine; first-rate (attr.): è un tessuto di buona qualità, it's good quality material; ha fatto un buon lavoro, he made a good (o fine) job of it; un prodotto di buona marca, a quality brand product; è un buon vino ma ce ne sono di migliori, it's a good wine but there are better; è un buon Sironi, it's a fine Sironi; in quell'albergo il vitto è molto buono, the food is very good (o excellent) in that hotel // l'abito, il vestito buono, one's best suit // il salotto buono, the best living room
    5 ( gradevole, piacevole) good; nice; lovely: che buon profumo hanno questi fiori!, what a nice (o lovely) scent these flowers have!; è stata una buona giornata, it's been a good day; dopo un buon pasto ci si sente meglio, after a good meal you feel better; come è buona questa torta, questa minestra!, this cake, this soup is really delicious (o lovely)
    6 ( abile, capace) good, fine: un buon meccanico, medico, a good mechanic, doctor; è sempre stata una buona madre, she's always been a good mother // non sei buono a nulla, you're no good at anything // non è buono di fare niente, (region.) he can't do anything; non sono buono di dirgli di no, (region.) I just can't say no
    7 ( efficace, efficiente) good, effective; ( adatto) right, proper; fit: è un buon rimedio per la tosse, it's a good (o effective) remedy for a cough; per la sua età ha ancora la vista buona, considering his age his sight is still good; per tagliarlo mi ci vuole un buon coltello, I need a sharp knife to cut it with; è stata una buona idea, it was a good idea; buono da mangiare, fit to eat; è proprio la vettura buona per andare nel deserto, (fam.) it's the right (o proper) car to use in a desert // buono da buttar via, (fam.) ready to throw out
    8 ( abbondante) abundant; ( grande) large; ( lungo) long: una buona dose, a good strong dose; un buon pezzo di pane, a big piece of bread; ci vorrà un'ora buona, it will take a full hour; lo aspettai un'ora buona, I waited for him more than an hour; dobbiamo ancora percorrere un tre chilometri buoni, we've still got a good three kilometres to go
    9 ( propizio, vantaggioso) good, profitable, advantageous: un buon investimento, a good (o advantageous) investment; una buona occasione, a favourable opportunity; una buona stella, a lucky star // buono affare, snip (o bargain) // a buon prezzo, cheaply (avv.); cheap, inexpensive (agg.)
    10 ( in formule di cortesia) good, happy; nice: buona fortuna!, good luck!; buona notte!, good night!; buon viaggio!, have a pleasant journey!; buona giornata!, have a nice day!
    ◆ FRASEOLOGIA: buon pro vi faccia!, much good may it do you! // alla buona, informal: una persona alla buona, an easy-going person; una riunione alla buona, a get-together; era vestito molto alla buona, he was dressed very plainly; fare alla buona, to do things simply // a buon diritto, rightly // con le buone, with kindness; con le buone ( si ottiene tutto)!; with a gentle touch (you get everything) // di buon grado, with pleasure // di buon'ora, early (in the morning) // di buon passo, briskly // di buona voglia, willingly // Dio ce la mandi buona!, God help us! // darsi al buon tempo, to have a good time // essere di buona bocca, to eat everything and anything; (fig.) to be easily pleased // essere in buona, to be in a good mood; (essere in buoni rapporti con qlcu.) to be on good terms (with s.o.) // essere, parlare in buona fede, to be, to speak in good faith // far buon viso a cattivo gioco, to put a good face on it // guardare qlcu. di buon occhio, to look kindly on s.o. // menar buono, to bring good luck // tornare in buona con qlcu., to make it up with s.o. // prendere per buona una scusa, to accept an excuse //lascialo in pace una buona volta!, leave him alone for once! // un uomo tre volte buono, a simpleton ∙ Dato il molteplice numero di espressioni fraseologiche in cui l'agg. 'buono' compare con diverse sfumature di significato, si consiglia di consultare i rispettivi sostantivi cui questo agg. si accompagna: p.e. meritare una buona lezione → lezione; un uomo di buoni principi → principio.
    buono1 s.m.
    1 (fil.) (the) Good; ( cosa buona) good thing: nel suo saggio si indaga sul vero, il bello e il buono, in his essay he investigates Truth, Beauty and Good; c'è del buono nella sua poesia, there is something in his poetry (o his poetry has got something); ha di buono che non perde mai la pazienza, one good thing about him is that he never loses his patience // buon per te!, luckily for you! // portare buono, to bring good luck (o fortune) // ci volle del bello e del buono per convincerlo!, it took a lot to convince him! (o he took a lot of convincing) // è un poco di buono, he is a nasty customer (o a nasty piece of work) // un buono a nulla, a good-for-nothing // il tempo si mette albuono, the weather is clearing up saper di buono, to smell fine (o to have a nice smell)
    2 ( persona) good person: i buoni, good people; i buoni e i cattivi, the good and the wicked; mio padre alza la voce, ma in fondo è un buono, my father does tend to shout but really he's a good-hearted (o good-natured) person // fare il buono, to be good (o to behave oneself): fa il buono!, keep quiet (o behave yourself)!
    buono2 s.m.
    1 ( tagliando) coupon, voucher, token: buono acquisto, regalo, ( pubblicitario) token; un buono per l'acquisto di libri, a book token; buono d'acquisto, ( dato come regalo) gift token (o gift voucher); buono premio, free-gift coupon; buono benzina, petrol coupon; buono sconto, discount voucher; buono mensa, luncheon voucher; buono pasto, luncheon voucher, meal ticket; buono viveri governativo, food stamp // (comm.): buono di cassa, cash voucher; buono frazionario, script; buono di consegna, delivery order; buono di carico ( di magazzino), warehouse bond; buono d'imbarco, shipping order; buono di pagamento, voucher; buono di prelievo per l'esportazione, customs warrant; buono di opzione, subscription warrant
    2 ( titolo di credito) bill; bond: buono ( ordinario) del Tesoro, Treasury bill (o bond), T bill, (antiq.) Exchequer bill (o bill of Exchequer); buono del tesoro di nuova emissione, hot Treasury bill; buono del tesoro poliennale, long-term Treasury bond, (amer.) long-term Treasury note.
    * * *
    ['bwɔno] I buono (-a)
    1. agg, migliore comp ottimo superl davanti sm: buon + consonante, vocale, buono + s impura, gn, pn, ps, x, z; davanti sf: buona + consonante, buon' + vocale
    1) (gen) good, (prodotto) good (quality), (odore, ambiente, atmosfera) good, nice, pleasant, (posizione, ditta, impresa) sound

    più buono — better

    stai buono! — behave!

    tenere buono qn — (bambino) to keep sb quiet, (fig : persona influente) to keep sb sweet

    2) (generoso: persona, azione) good, kind, kindly
    3)

    (abile, idoneo) essere buono a nulla — to be no good o use at anything $, sm/f

    quest'acqua non è buona da bersi — this water isn't safe to drink

    buono da buttar via — fit for the dustbin

    mi sembra buono per questo lavoro — he seems suitable for the job

    4)

    (utile, vantaggioso) a buon mercato — cheap

    5) (giusto, valido) correct, right, (motivo) valid

    al momento buono — at the right moment

    6) (utilizzabile) usable, (biglietto, passaporto) valid

    non è più buono — (latte) it's off, (pane) it's stale

    peserà dieci chili buoni — it must weigh a good ten kilos

    ci vuole un mesetto buono — it takes a good month o a month at least

    un buon numero — a good o large number

    deciditi una buona volta! — make up your mind once and for all!

    8)

    (auguri) buon appetito! — enjoy your meal!

    buon compleanno! — happy birthday!

    tante buone cose! — all the best!

    buon divertimento! — have a nice time!

    buona fortuna! — good luck!

    buon giorno! — (in mattinata) good morning!, (di pomeriggio) good afternoon!

    buon Natale! — happy Christmas!

    buona notte! — good night!

    buona permanenza! — enjoy your stay!

    buon riposo! — sleep well!

    buona sera! — good evening!

    buon viaggio! — have a good trip!

    9)

    (fraseologia) fare qc alla buona — to do sth simply o in a simple way

    stasera mi vesto alla buona — I'm not getting dressed up this evening

    è un tipo alla buona — he's an easy-going sort

    accetterà con le buone o con le cattive — he'll have to agree whether he wants to or not

    che Dio ce la mandi buona! — here's hoping!

    con le buone maniere — in a kind o friendly way

    mettere una buona parola per qn — to put in a good word for sb

    siamo a buon punto con il pranzo — dinner's nearly ready

    questa sì che è buona! — that's a good one!

    mi dica, buon uomo — tell me, my good man

    fare buon viso a cattivo gioco — to put a brave face on things

    2. sm/f
    (persona) good o upright person

    i buoni e i cattivi — (in film) the goodies and the baddies

    3. sm solo sg
    (bontà) goodness, good

    di buono c'è che... — the good thing about it is that...

    essere un poco di buono — to be a nasty piece of work

    è una poco di buono — she's a slut

    II ['bwɔno] sm
    1) Comm coupon, voucher
    2) Fin bill, bond
    * * *
    I 1. ['bwɔno]
    aggettivo ( buon, buona, buon'; buono becomes buon before a vowel or a consonant followed by a vowel, l or r; compar. più buono, migliore, superl. buonissimo, ottimo)
    1) (gradevole) [ pasto] good, nice

    avere un buon sapore, odore — to taste, smell good

    2) (gentile) [persona, azione, parola] good, kind

    opere -e — good works o deeds

    4) (di buona qualità) [consiglio, lavoro, salute] good; [hotel, merce, tempo] good, fine

    in buono stato — [casa, auto] in good condition o state; [ edificio] in safe condition, in good order

    il vestito buono — (elegante) Sunday's dress

    5) (giusto) [ momento] good, right
    6) colloq. (commestibile, bevibile) [ cibo] good

    buono da bere — fit to drink, drinkable

    buono da mangiare — fit to eat, eatable

    7) (bravo) [medico, padre, allievo, marito] good
    8) (valido) [rimedio, metodo, esempio, motivo] good

    buono per o contro la tosse good for coughs; -a idea! good thinking o idea! fare un buon uso di qcs. to put sth. to good use; ogni scusa è -a per lui any excuse is good for him; la palla è, non è -a the ball is in, out of play; l'abbonamento è buono per altri due mesi — the season ticket is good for two more months

    9) (vantaggioso) [prezzo, affare] good

    buono a sapersi — that's handy to know o worth remembering

    10) (favorevole) [segno, impressione, opportunità] good

    avere una -a opinione di — to think kindly o much of, to have a high opinion of

    11) (rispettabile) [famiglia, matrimonio] good, decent; [ reputazione] good
    12) (tranquillo) [bambino, animale] good, quiet
    13) (abbondante) good

    un buon numero di... — a fair number of, quite a few...

    un'ora -a — a full hour, at least an hour

    14) (in frasi di augurio) [fortuna, notte, sera] good; [compleanno, Pasqua] happy; [ Natale] merry
    15) una buona volta once and for all
    16) alla buona [ persona] informal, simple; [pasto, hotel] homely
    2.
    sostantivo maschile (f. -a)
    1) (persona buona) good person

    i -i e i cattivi — the good and the bad; (nei film) the good guys and the villains

    2) (cosa buona, lato buono)

    non promette nulla di buono — it looks bad, it doesn't look good

    •

    buono a nulla — good-for-nothing, fit for nothing

    ••

    prendere qcn. con le -e — to deal gently with sb.

    con le -e o con le cattive — by hook or by crook, by fair means or foul

    tenersi buono qcn. — to keep sb. sweet, to sweeten sb. up, to sweeten up sb.

    buon per lui — good for him, that's all very well for him

    II ['bwɔno]
    sostantivo maschile
    1) comm. token, voucher, coupon
    2) econ. bond
    •

    buono omaggio — gift token o voucher

    * * *
    buono1
    /'bwɔno/
     ( buon, buona, buon'; buono becomes buon before a vowel or a consonant followed by a vowel, l or r; compar. più buono, migliore, superl. buonissimo, ottimo)
     1 (gradevole) [ pasto] good, nice; avere un buon sapore, odore to taste, smell good
     2 (gentile) [persona, azione, parola] good, kind; opere -e good works o deeds
     3 (caro) un suo buon amico a good friend of his
     4 (di buona qualità) [consiglio, lavoro, salute] good; [hotel, merce, tempo] good, fine; in buono stato [casa, auto] in good condition o state; [ edificio] in safe condition, in good order; il vestito buono (elegante) Sunday's dress
     5 (giusto) [ momento] good, right
     6 colloq. (commestibile, bevibile) [ cibo] good; il latte non è più buono the milk has gone off; buono da bere fit to drink, drinkable; buono da mangiare fit to eat, eatable
     7 (bravo) [medico, padre, allievo, marito] good
     8 (valido) [rimedio, metodo, esempio, motivo] good; buono per o contro la tosse good for coughs; -a idea! good thinking o idea! fare un buon uso di qcs. to put sth. to good use; ogni scusa è -a per lui any excuse is good for him; la palla è, non è -a the ball is in, out of play; l'abbonamento è buono per altri due mesi the season ticket is good for two more months
     9 (vantaggioso) [prezzo, affare] good; sarebbe una -a cosa it would be a good thing; buono a sapersi that's handy to know o worth remembering
     10 (favorevole) [segno, impressione, opportunità] good; avere una -a opinione di to think kindly o much of, to have a high opinion of
     11 (rispettabile) [famiglia, matrimonio] good, decent; [ reputazione] good; di -a famiglia well-bred
     12 (tranquillo) [bambino, animale] good, quiet; stai buono (be) quiet; buono! buono! (per calmare un bambino) there there! buono! (a un animale) easy!
     13 (abbondante) good; un buon numero di... a fair number of, quite a few...; ci ho messo due ore -e it took me a good two hours; un'ora -a a full hour, at least an hour; - a parte del loro lavoro much of their work
     14 (in frasi di augurio) [fortuna, notte, sera] good; [compleanno, Pasqua] happy; [ Natale] merry; -a serata! have a nice evening! -a permanenza! enjoy your stay! buon appetito! enjoy your meal! buon divertimento! have fun! enjoy yourself! buon viaggio! (have a) safe journey!
     15 una buona volta once and for all; posso parlare anch'io una -a volta? can I speak for a change?
     16 alla buona [ persona] informal, simple; [pasto, hotel] homely; vestirsi alla -a to dress down o casually
     17 buono a (capace) sei buono solo a criticare all you can do is criticize
     (f. -a)
     1 (persona buona) good person; i -i e i cattivi the good and the bad; (nei film) the good guys and the villains
     2 (cosa buona, lato buono) c'è del buono in questo articolo there's some good stuff in this article; non ne uscirà niente di buono no good can o will come of it; non promette nulla di buono it looks bad, it doesn't look good; cucinare qualcosa di buono to cook something good; ha di buono che the good thing about it is
    prendere qcn. con le -e to deal gently with sb.; con le -e o con le cattive by hook or by crook, by fair means or foul; tenersi buono qcn. to keep sb. sweet, to sweeten sb. up, to sweeten up sb.; che Dio ce la mandi -a! may God help us! buon per lui good for him, that's all very well for him; questa è (proprio) -a! that's a (very) good one!
    \
    buon selvaggio noble savage; buono a nulla good-for-nothing, fit for nothing; - a stella lucky star; - a volontà goodwill.
    ————————
    buono2
    /'bwɔno/
    sostantivo m.
     1 comm. token, voucher, coupon
     2 econ. bond
    buono (di) benzina petrol coupon; buono di cassa cash voucher; buono omaggio gift token o voucher; buono pasto meal ticket; buono sconto discount voucher o coupon; buono del Tesoro Treasury bill o bond.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > buono

  • 119 capitare

    di persona find oneself
    se mi capita l'occasione di venire if I get a chance to come
    capitare in cattive mani fall into the wrong hands
    mangio dove capita I don't always eat in the same place
    capitare a proposito come along at the right time
    sono cose che capitano these things happen
    * * *
    capitare v. intr.
    1 ( venire, giungere) to come* (to a place); to arrive (at a place); (fam.) to turn up (at a place): capitarono qui mentre meno li aspettavamo, they came (o arrived o turned up) when we least expected them; se capiti a Milano vieni a trovarmi, if you come to Milan come and see me; aspetta che Marco mi capiti tra le mani!, just wait till I get hold of Marco! // capitare bene, male, ( essere fortunato, sfortunato) to be lucky, unlucky
    2 ( presentarsi, accadere) to happen, to occur, to arise*, to chance (to do): cosa gli è capitato?, what has happened to him?; mi capitò di rivederli alle corse, I happened (o I chanced) to see them again at the races; se capita l'occasione..., if the opportunity arises (o should the opportunity arise)...; capitano tutte a lui, everything happens to him; sono cose che capitano, things like that happen (o these things happen) // a chi capita, capita, it's the luck of the draw.
    * * *
    [kapi'tare]
    1. vi (aus essere)
    1) (giungere casualmente) to arrive, find o.s., (presentarsi: cosa) to turn up, present itself

    capitare a proposito/bene/male — to turn up at the right moment/at a good time/at a bad time

    2) (accadere) to happen
    2. vb impers

    capita spesso di incontrarci o che ci incontriamo — we often bump into one another

    * * *
    [kapi'tare] 1.
    verbo intransitivo (aus. essere)
    1) (arrivare) to come*, to arrive, to end up

    se capiti a Torino... — if you ever come to Turin...

    capitare a proposito — to come o arrive just at the right moment

    2) (presentarsi) [opportunità, lavoro] to turn up; [ problema] to come* about

    mi è capitato un buon affare — I came across a bargain, I got a good deal

    se ti capita l'occasione... — if you get a chance

    3) (succedere) to happen
    2.
    verbo impersonale

    non capita tutti i giorni che... — it's not every day that

    ••

    capitare bene, male — to be lucky, unlucky

    come, dove capitare — in whatever way, no matter where

    * * *
    capitare
    /kapi'tare/ [1]
     (aus. essere)
     1 (arrivare) to come*, to arrive, to end up; se capiti a Torino... if you ever come to Turin...; capiti in un brutto momento you've hit on a bad time; capitare a proposito to come o arrive just at the right moment
     2 (presentarsi) [opportunità, lavoro] to turn up; [ problema] to come* about; mi è capitato un buon affare I came across a bargain, I got a good deal; la prima cosa che capita sottomano the first thing that comes to hand; mi è capitato un esaminatore severo I got a harsh examiner; dormire dove capita to sleep rough; se ti capita l'occasione... if you get a chance...
     3 (succedere) to happen; son cose che capitano! it is just one of those things! these things happen! capitano tutte a me! that's the story of my life!
     ti capita di usare il computer? do you get to use a computer? se ti capita di vederla salutala if you happen to see her say hello; non capita tutti i giorni che... it's not every day that...
    capitare bene, male to be lucky, unlucky; come, dove capitare in whatever way, no matter where.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > capitare

  • 120 break

    I [breɪk]
    1) (fracture) rottura f., frattura f.
    2) (crack) spaccatura f., incrinatura f.
    3) (gap) (in wall) breccia f.; (in row, line) spazio m. (vuoto); (in circuit, chain) interruzione f.; (in conversation, match) pausa f.; (in performance) intervallo m.

    a break in the clouds — uno squarcio fra le nuvole, una schiarita

    4) rad. telev. (anche commercial break) pausa f. pubblicitaria, pubblicità f.
    5) (pause) pausa f.; scol. intervallo m., ricreazione f.

    to take o have a break from working smettere di lavorare per un lungo periodo; give us a break! — colloq. dacci tregua!

    6) (holiday) vacanze f.pl.
    7) fig. (departure) rottura f.

    it's time to make the break — (from family) è ora di lasciare il nido; (from job) è ora di cambiare

    8) (opportunity) colloq. opportunità f.

    at the break of day — allo spuntar del giorno, all'alba

    to make a break for it — (from prison) colloq. tentare la fuga

    11) (in tennis) (anche service break) break m.
    12) (in snooker, pool)
    II 1. [breɪk]
    verbo transitivo (pass. broke; p.pass. broken)
    1) (damage) rompere [chair, eggs, stick, toy]; rompere, spaccare [plate, window]; spezzare [ rope]

    to break a tooth, a bone — rompersi o spezzarsi un dente, un osso

    2) (rupture) infrangere [ seal]; interrompere [ sentence]
    3) (interrupt) [ person] rompere [ silence]; [shout, siren] squarciare [ silence]; interrompere [ circuit]; rompere [monotony, spell]; spezzare, rompere [ties, links]
    4) (disobey) infrangere [law, rule]; non rispettare [embargo, terms]; violare [ treaty]; sospendere [ strike]; rompere, venir meno a [ vow]; mancare a [ appointment]

    he broke his word, promise — ha mancato di parola, è venuto meno alla sua promessa

    5) (exceed, surpass) oltrepassare, superare [speed limit, bounds]; battere [ record]; superare [ speed barrier]
    6) (lessen the impact of) tagliare [ wind]; [ branches] frenare [ fall]; [ hay] attutire [ fall]
    7) fig. (destroy) [ troops] soffocare [ rebellion]; spezzare [resistance, will]

    to break sb.'s spirit — abbattere il morale di qcn.

    8) (ruin) rovinare [ person]
    9) equit. domare [ young horse]

    to break sb.'s serve — strappare il servizio a qcn

    11) (decipher) decifrare [ code]
    13) (announce) annunciare [ news]; rivelare [ truth]

    to break the news to sb. — comunicare la notizia a qcn

    2.
    verbo intransitivo (pass. broke; p.pass. broken)
    1) (be damaged) [chair, egg, string] rompersi; [ branch] rompersi, spezzarsi; [plate, window] rompersi, infrangersi; [arm, bone, leg] rompersi, fratturarsi; [ bag] spaccarsi
    2) (separate) [ clouds] aprirsi, squarciarsi; [ waves] (in)frangersi
    3) (stop for a rest) fare una pausa
    4) (change) [ good weather] guastarsi; [ heatwave] cessare
    5) (begin) [ day] spuntare, cominciare; [ storm] scoppiare; [scandal, story] scoppiare, esplodere

    to break with sb. — rompere (i rapporti) con qcn.

    to break with a party, the church — lasciare un partito, la chiesa

    to break under torture — crollare, cedere sotto le torture

    8) (change tone) [ boy's voice] mutare, cambiare
    •
    * * *
    [breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb
    1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) rompere, spezzare
    2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) rompere, spezzare
    3) (to make or become unusable.) rompere
    4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) infrangere, venire meno
    5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) battere, superare
    6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) interrompere
    7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) rompere
    8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) comunicare
    9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) alterarsi, mutare
    10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) smussare
    11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) scoppiare, cominciare
    2. noun
    1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) pausa
    2) (a change: a break in the weather.) cambiamento
    3) (an opening.) inizio
    4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) opportunità, occasione
    •
    3. noun
    ((usually in plural) something likely to break.) oggetto fragile
    - breaker
    - breakdown
    - break-in
    - breakneck
    - breakout
    - breakthrough
    - breakwater
    - break away
    - break down
    - break into
    - break in
    - break loose
    - break off
    - break out
    - break out in
    - break the ice
    - break up
    - make a break for it
    * * *
    I [breɪk]
    1) (fracture) rottura f., frattura f.
    2) (crack) spaccatura f., incrinatura f.
    3) (gap) (in wall) breccia f.; (in row, line) spazio m. (vuoto); (in circuit, chain) interruzione f.; (in conversation, match) pausa f.; (in performance) intervallo m.

    a break in the clouds — uno squarcio fra le nuvole, una schiarita

    4) rad. telev. (anche commercial break) pausa f. pubblicitaria, pubblicità f.
    5) (pause) pausa f.; scol. intervallo m., ricreazione f.

    to take o have a break from working smettere di lavorare per un lungo periodo; give us a break! — colloq. dacci tregua!

    6) (holiday) vacanze f.pl.
    7) fig. (departure) rottura f.

    it's time to make the break — (from family) è ora di lasciare il nido; (from job) è ora di cambiare

    8) (opportunity) colloq. opportunità f.

    at the break of day — allo spuntar del giorno, all'alba

    to make a break for it — (from prison) colloq. tentare la fuga

    11) (in tennis) (anche service break) break m.
    12) (in snooker, pool)
    II 1. [breɪk]
    verbo transitivo (pass. broke; p.pass. broken)
    1) (damage) rompere [chair, eggs, stick, toy]; rompere, spaccare [plate, window]; spezzare [ rope]

    to break a tooth, a bone — rompersi o spezzarsi un dente, un osso

    2) (rupture) infrangere [ seal]; interrompere [ sentence]
    3) (interrupt) [ person] rompere [ silence]; [shout, siren] squarciare [ silence]; interrompere [ circuit]; rompere [monotony, spell]; spezzare, rompere [ties, links]
    4) (disobey) infrangere [law, rule]; non rispettare [embargo, terms]; violare [ treaty]; sospendere [ strike]; rompere, venir meno a [ vow]; mancare a [ appointment]

    he broke his word, promise — ha mancato di parola, è venuto meno alla sua promessa

    5) (exceed, surpass) oltrepassare, superare [speed limit, bounds]; battere [ record]; superare [ speed barrier]
    6) (lessen the impact of) tagliare [ wind]; [ branches] frenare [ fall]; [ hay] attutire [ fall]
    7) fig. (destroy) [ troops] soffocare [ rebellion]; spezzare [resistance, will]

    to break sb.'s spirit — abbattere il morale di qcn.

    8) (ruin) rovinare [ person]
    9) equit. domare [ young horse]

    to break sb.'s serve — strappare il servizio a qcn

    11) (decipher) decifrare [ code]
    13) (announce) annunciare [ news]; rivelare [ truth]

    to break the news to sb. — comunicare la notizia a qcn

    2.
    verbo intransitivo (pass. broke; p.pass. broken)
    1) (be damaged) [chair, egg, string] rompersi; [ branch] rompersi, spezzarsi; [plate, window] rompersi, infrangersi; [arm, bone, leg] rompersi, fratturarsi; [ bag] spaccarsi
    2) (separate) [ clouds] aprirsi, squarciarsi; [ waves] (in)frangersi
    3) (stop for a rest) fare una pausa
    4) (change) [ good weather] guastarsi; [ heatwave] cessare
    5) (begin) [ day] spuntare, cominciare; [ storm] scoppiare; [scandal, story] scoppiare, esplodere

    to break with sb. — rompere (i rapporti) con qcn.

    to break with a party, the church — lasciare un partito, la chiesa

    to break under torture — crollare, cedere sotto le torture

    8) (change tone) [ boy's voice] mutare, cambiare
    •

    English-Italian dictionary > break

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