most delightfully

vĕnustus, a, um, adj. [1. Venus], lovely, comely, charming, pleasing, winning, agreeable, graceful, beautiful, elegant, etc. (syn.: pulcher, formosus, speciosus).

Physically:

species,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 153:

vultus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 93; Suet. Ner. 51:

gestus et motus corporis,

Cic. Brut. 55, 203:

soror,

Cat. 89, 2.— Sup.:

diva venustissima Venus,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 4:

forma,

Suet. Aug. 79.— Transf., of inanim. things:

sphaera venustior et nobilior,

Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21:

hortuli,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 34:

Sirmio,

Cat. 31, 12:

aspectus figurationis,

Vitr. 3, 2.—

Mentally:

Graecus facilis et valde venustus,

Cic. Pis. 28, 70:

plerumque dolor etiam venustos facit,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 3: venustum esse, quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur apparet, Quint. 6, 3, 18:

(genus dictionis) sententiosum et argutum, sententiae concinnae et venustae,

Cic. Brut. 95, 325:

(antiqua comoedia) grandis et elegans et venusta,

Quint. 10, 1, 65:

transitus,

id. 9, 2, 61.— Comp.:

homines venustiores,

Cat. 3, 1:

longe venustiora omnia in respondendo quam in provocando,

Quint. 6, 3, 13.— Sup.:

repercutiendi genus venustissimum,

Quint. 6, 3, 78:

materia,

id. 6, 3, 84:

lusus,

id. 5, 13, 46.— Adv.: vĕnustē, charmingly, gracefully, beautifully: venuste cecidisse, most delightfully, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2:

dicere,

Quint. 6, 3, 54:

respondere,

id. 5, 7, 31:

eludere,

id. 5, 13, 48:

scribere mimiambos,

Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 4.— Comp.:

Hispanus hunc colorem venustius (adhibuit),

Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 20.— Sup.: quibus venustissime Curio respondit, se, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

omnia venustissime fingere,

Quint. 6, 3, 41.

bellus, a, um, adj. [as if for benulus, from benus = bonus, Prisc. p. 556 P.].

In gen.

Of persons, pretty, handsome, charming, fine, lovely, neat, pleasant, agreeable, etc. (of persons, things, actions, etc.; most freq. in the ante-class. per. and in the poets; in Cic. mostly in his epistt.): uxor, Varr. ap. Non. p. 248, 17: nimis bella es atque amabilis, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 84; id. Rud. 2, 5, 6; Cat. 8, 16; 43, 6:

puella,

id. 69, 8; 78, 4; Ov. Am. 1, 9, 6; Mart. 1, 65; 2, 87:

Piliae et puellae Caeciliae bellissimae salutem dices,

Cic. Att. 6, 4, 3: fui ego bellus ( civil, courtly, polite), lepidus, bonus vir numquam, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 3:

hospes,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 111; Cat. 24, 7; 78, 3; 81, 2:

durius accipere hoc mihi visus est quam homines belli solent,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4:

homo et bellus et humanus,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 102:

Cicero bellissimus tibi salutem plurimam dicit,

id. Fam. 14, 7, 3.—Also active, brisk, lively, as the effect of health, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 20:

fac bellus revertare,

Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 1.—

Of things, places, etc.: socius es hostibus, socius bellum ita geris, ut bella omnia ( every thing beautiful, costly) domum auferas, Varr. ap. Non. p. 248, 19: unum quicquid, quod quidem erit bellissimum, Carpam, * Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 51:

vinum bellissimum,

Col. 12, 19, 2:

nimis hic bellus atque ut esse maxume optabam locu'st,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 74:

illum pueris locum esse bellissimum duximus,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 3:

bella copia,

id. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

recordor, quam bella paulisper nobis gubernantibus civitas fuerit,

in what a pleasant condition the State was, id. Att. 4, 16, 10:

malae tenebrae Orci, quae omnia bella devoratis,

Cat. 3, 14:

subsidium bellissimum existimo esse senectuti otium,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

(epistula) valde bella,

id. Att. 4, 6, 4:

occasio bellissima,

Petr. 25: fama, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 114:

quam sit bellum cavere malum,

how delightful, pleasant it is, Cic. de Or 1, 58, 247: bellissimum putaverunt dicere amissas (esse litteras), thought it best, i. e. safest, most plausible, id. Fl. 17, 39; cf.:

bella haec pietatis et quaestuosa simulatio,

fine, plausible, id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145:

mihi jampridem venit in mentem, bellum esse, aliquo exire,

id. Fam. 9, 2, 3; id. Att. 13, 49, 2; Cod. 6, 35, 11.—

Esp.

Gallant, etc.:

illam esse amicam tui viri bellissimi,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 27; cf.:

Gallus homo'st bellus: nam dulces jungit amores,

Cat. 78, 3.—

For bonus, good: venio nunc ad alterum genus testamenti, quod dicitur physicon, in quo Graeci belliores quam Romani nostri, Varr. ap. Non. p. 77, 30 (Sat. Menipp. 87, 3).—Hence, bellē, adv., prettily, neatly, becomingly, finely, excellently, well, delightfully, etc.: quare bene et praeclare, quamvis nobis saepe dicatur;

belle et festive, nimium saepe nolo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; cf. id. Quint. 30, 93; so Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 35; * Lucr. 1, 644; Cic. Att. 1, 1, 5; 16, 3, 4; Quint. 6, 3, 48 al.:

quod honeste aut sine detrimento nostro promittere non possumus... belle negandum est,

in a courtly, polite manner, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 11, 45; so Publ. Syr. ap. Gell. 17, 14, 10:

belle se habere,

Cic. Att. 12, 37: belle habere (cf.: eu, kalôs echein), to be in good health, be well, id. Fam. 9, 9, 1; so,

bellissime esse,

id. Att. 14, 14, 1:

facere, in medical lang.,

to operate well, to have a good effect, Cato, R. R. 157; Scrib. Comp. 136; 150 (cf. the uses of bene). —With bellus:

i sane, bella belle,

Plaut. As. 3, 8, 86; id. Curc. 4, 2, 35 (cf.: kalê kalôs, Av. Ach. 253).—Ellipt., belle, for belle habere: sed ut ad epistolas tuas redeam, cetera belle, illud miror, the others are well or right, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 2.— Sup.:

haec ipsa fero equidem fronte, ut puto, et voltu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,

Cic. Att. 5, 10, 3; id. Fam. 14, 14, 1:

navigare,

id. ib. 16, 9, 1 al. ( comp. perh. not in use).

ămoenus, a, um, adj. [amo; some comp. ameinôn], lovely, delightful, pleasant, charming (in gen. of objects affecting the sense of sight only; as a beautiful landscape, gar dens, rivers, pictures, etc.: amoena loca.. quod solum amorem praestentetad se amanda adliciant, Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 14:

amoena sunt loca solius voluptatis plena,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 734; while jucundus is used both in a phys. and mental sense; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p 36; class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: amoena salicta, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.): Ennius, qui primus amoeno Detulit ex Helicone perenni fronde coronam, who first from the charming Helicon, etc., Lucr. 1, 117:

fons,

id. 4, 1024:

locus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 290:

praediola,

id. Att. 16, 3, 4:

loca amoena voluptaria,

Sall. C. 11, 5 Kritz:

amoena piorum Concilia,

Verg. A. 5, 734:

Devenere locos laetos et amoena virecta Fortunatorum nemorum sedesque beatas,

id. ib. 6, 638:

rus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6:

aquae, aurae,

id. C. 3, 4, 7: hae latebrae dulces, etiam, si credis, amoenae, delightful to me (subjectively), but also in and of themselves (objectively) pleasant, id. Ep. 1, 16, 15 Schmid.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 35: amoenae Farfarus umbrae,

Ov. M. 14, 330, where Merkel, opacae Farfarus undae:

amoenissima aedificia,

Tac. H. 3, 30:

pictura,

Plin. 35, 10, 37 fin. —In reproach: cultus amoenior, too showy, coquetting, Liv. 4, 44, 11.—As subst., ămoena, ōrum, n. (cf. abditus, etc.), pleasant places:

per amoena Asiae atque Achaiae,

Tac. A. 3, 7:

amoena litorum,

id. H. 3, 76. —

Transf. to other things (rare, and for the most part only post-Aug.):

vita,

Tac. A. 15, 55:

ingenium,

id. ib. 2, 64; so id. ib. 13, 3:

animus, i. e. amoenitatibus deditus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 1:

amoenissima verba,

Gell. 2, 26; 16, 3; 18, 5 al.—Hence, adv.

Old form ămoenĭter:

hilare atque amoeniter vindemiam agitare,

joyfully and delightfully, Gell. 20, 8.—

Usu. form ămoenē;

* in respect to smell,

sweetly, fragrantly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2; of a dwelling, pleasantly (in sup.), Plin. Ep. 4, 23; of discourse (in comp.), Gell. 14, 1, 32.

ămoenus, a, um, adj. [amo; some comp. ameinôn], lovely, delightful, pleasant, charming (in gen. of objects affecting the sense of sight only; as a beautiful landscape, gar dens, rivers, pictures, etc.: amoena loca.. quod solum amorem praestentetad se amanda adliciant, Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 14:

amoena sunt loca solius voluptatis plena,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 734; while jucundus is used both in a phys. and mental sense; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p 36; class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: amoena salicta, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.): Ennius, qui primus amoeno Detulit ex Helicone perenni fronde coronam, who first from the charming Helicon, etc., Lucr. 1, 117:

fons,

id. 4, 1024:

locus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 290:

praediola,

id. Att. 16, 3, 4:

loca amoena voluptaria,

Sall. C. 11, 5 Kritz:

amoena piorum Concilia,

Verg. A. 5, 734:

Devenere locos laetos et amoena virecta Fortunatorum nemorum sedesque beatas,

id. ib. 6, 638:

rus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6:

aquae, aurae,

id. C. 3, 4, 7: hae latebrae dulces, etiam, si credis, amoenae, delightful to me (subjectively), but also in and of themselves (objectively) pleasant, id. Ep. 1, 16, 15 Schmid.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 35: amoenae Farfarus umbrae,

Ov. M. 14, 330, where Merkel, opacae Farfarus undae:

amoenissima aedificia,

Tac. H. 3, 30:

pictura,

Plin. 35, 10, 37 fin. —In reproach: cultus amoenior, too showy, coquetting, Liv. 4, 44, 11.—As subst., ămoena, ōrum, n. (cf. abditus, etc.), pleasant places:

per amoena Asiae atque Achaiae,

Tac. A. 3, 7:

amoena litorum,

id. H. 3, 76. —

Transf. to other things (rare, and for the most part only post-Aug.):

vita,

Tac. A. 15, 55:

ingenium,

id. ib. 2, 64; so id. ib. 13, 3:

animus, i. e. amoenitatibus deditus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 1:

amoenissima verba,

Gell. 2, 26; 16, 3; 18, 5 al.—Hence, adv.

Old form ămoenĭter:

hilare atque amoeniter vindemiam agitare,

joyfully and delightfully, Gell. 20, 8.—

Usu. form ămoenē;

* in respect to smell,

sweetly, fragrantly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2; of a dwelling, pleasantly (in sup.), Plin. Ep. 4, 23; of discourse (in comp.), Gell. 14, 1, 32.

suāvis, e (sŭāves, trisyl., Sedul. 1, 274), adj. [Gr. root had-, handanô, to please; hêdus, sweet; Sanscr. svad-, taste; cf. suadeo], sweet, pleasant, agreeable, grateful, delightful (freq. and class.; cf.: dulcis, jucundus).

As affecting the senses:

quod suave est aliis, aliis fit amarum,

Lucr. 4, 658:

odor suavis et jucundus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:

elixus esse quam assus soleo suavior,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 66:

vidimus et merulas poni et sine clune palumbes, Suaves res, si, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 92:

suaviores aquae,

Plin. 20, 11, 44, § 114:

radix suavissimi gustūs et odoris,

id. 25, 9, 64, § 110:

spiritus unguenti,

Lucr. 3, 223:

tibi suavis daedala tellus Summittit flores,

id. 1, 7:

anima, Phaedr, 3, 1, 5: suavior et lenior color,

Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140: sonus Egeriai, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 42 Müll.:

cantus,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 2:

cantatio,

id. Stich. 5, 5, 19:

sermo,

id. As. 5, 1, 8:

accentus,

Quint. 12, 10, 33:

appellatio litterarum,

id. 11, 3, 35:

vox,

Gell. 19, 9, 10:

sopor,

Lucr. 4, 453.— Poet., suave, adv., sweetly, agreeably, pleasantly:

suave locus voci resonat conclusus,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 76:

suave rubens hyacinthus,

Verg. E. 3, 63:

rubenti Murice,

id. ib. 4, 43.—

As affecting the mind or feelings (cf.: gratus, jucundus): doctus, fidelis, Suavis homo, facundus, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 250 Vahl.); so,

homo,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 64:

mea suavis, amabilis, amoena Stephanium,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 54:

comes, benigni, faciles, suaves homines esse dicuntur, qui erranti comiter monstrant viam, benigne, non gravate,

Cic. Balb. 16, 36; cf.:

suavis, sicut fuit, videri maluit quam gravis,

id. Brut. 9, 38:

amor suavissimus,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 45:

amicitia,

Lucr. 1, 141:

inter nos conjunctio,

Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 1:

suavis suaviatio,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 12; id. Ps. 1, 1, 63:

hunc diem suavem Meum natalem agitemus amoenum,

id. Pers. 5, 1, 16:

modus,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 17.—Suave est with subj.-clause:

ut rei servire suave est!

Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 21:

tibi porro ut non sit suave vivere,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 73:

suave, mari magno... E terrā magnum alterius spectare laborem,

Lucr. 2, 1: non quin mihi suavissimum sit... tuae memoriae dare operam, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1.—Hence, adv.: suāvĭ-ter, sweetly, agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully (class.).

To the senses:

video quam suaviter voluptas sensibus nostris blandiatur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

nec tam bene quam suaviter loquendo,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 43; cf.

dicere,

id. Brut. 29, 110.— Sup.:

suavissime legere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 3:

peucedanum odore suaviter gravi,

Plin. 25, 9, 70, § 118.—

To the mind, etc.:

secunda jucunde ac suaviter meminerimus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 57:

epistula copiose et suaviter scripta,

id. Fam. 15, 21, 4; cf. sup.:

litterae suavissime scriptae,

id. ib. 13, 18, 1:

quid agis, dulcissime rerum? Suaviter, ut nunc est, inquam,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 5; Petr. 71, 10; 75, 8:

sicut tu amicissime et suavissime optas,

Cic. Fam. 3, 12. [p. 1772]