friendly Copy link Outline I. Amiable, obliging1. cōmis, e2. hūmānus (characterized by refined, amiable feeling)II. Well-disposed towards; usu. foll. by prep. to1. ămīcus (foll. by dat., or erga and acc.)2. bĕnĕvŏlus (well-inclined towards3. aequus • friendly: I. Amiable, obliging: 1. cōmis, e: f., kind, good-natured people, c., benigni, faciles homines, Cic. Balb. 16, 36: v. courteous. 2. hūmānus (characterized by refined, amiable feeling): a most good-natured and f. man, homo facillimus atque humanissimus, Cic. Att. 16, 16, c. See also kind, affable. II. Well-disposed towards; usu. foll. by prep. to: 1. ămīcus (foll. by dat., or erga and acc.): to have f. feelings towards any one, a. esse animo erga aliquem, Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 29: Cic. (for dat., v. friend, II., 1): a f. power, numen a., Virg.: Hor. 2. bĕnĕvŏlus (well-inclined towards: usu. foll. by dat.): Cic.: v. well-disposed. 3. aequus: v. favourable. Phr.: in a f. manner, amice, familiariter: to be on very f. terms with any one, cum aliquo amicissime, familiarissime vivere, Cic. (v. friend, I., Phr.): f. behaviour, comitas, humanitas: v. friendliness.