good (adj.) Copy link Outline I. In ord. sense1. bŏnus (in most senses)2. prŏbusII. In medicine1. sălūtāris, e2. effĭcax3. singŭlāris, e (same constr. as preced.)III. Considerable; esp. in phr., a g. many, aliquam multi (rare), Cic. Verr. 4, 25, 56 • good (adj.): I. In ord. sense: 1. bŏnus (in most senses): (a). of anything good in its kind: a g. house, aedes b., Pl.: a g. pen, b. calamus, Cic.: a g. voice, b. vox, Quint.: (b). answering a certain end: foll. by ad and acc. or dat.: what (the soil) is g. for, ad quam rem bona sit, Varr. R. R. 1, 9, init.: mountain territory g. for rearing cattle, mons pecori b. alendo, Liv. 29, 31: Virg.: (c). auspicious, prosperous: g. words (of g. omen), b. verba, Tib. 2, 2, 1: g. fortune, bonae res, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5: g. health, b. valetudo, Cic. Off. 2, 25, 88: (d). of honourable rank: a woman of g. family, mulier b. genere nata, Pl.; bonis prognata, Ter.: v. honourable: (e). considerable (q. v.): a g. part of mankind, b. pars hominum, Hor. S. 1, 1, 61: Cic.: (f). in moral sense: g. men hate to sin from love of virtue, boni oderunt peccare virtutis amore, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52: cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28 (but in Cic. boni viri oft. means simply respectable men, or those belonging to the optimates: cf. Cic. Att. 8, 1, bonorum, id est, lautorum et locupletium): (g). genuine: g. money, b. numi (opp. to adulterini), Cic. Off. 3., 23, 91. 2. prŏbus: (a). desirable: good in its kind: g. timber, a g. carpenter, p. materies, p. faber, Pl. Poen. 4, 2, 93: a g. ship, p. navigium, Cic. Acad. 2, 31, 100: more freq., (b). in moral sense: v. honest, upright. Join: probus, bene moratus, bonus vir, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, extr.: (c). genuine: the money was not g., p. argentum non esse, Liv. 32, 2, init. II. In medicine: efficacious: 1. sălūtāris, e: the decoction is g. for tooth-ache, dentium dolori decoctum eorum s. est, Plin. 23, 9, 42: v. wholesome. 2. effĭcax: (a herb) g. for runnings at the eyes, oculorum fluxionibus ef., Plin. 27, 9, 50: also foll. by adversus, contra, with acc.; in and abl., Plin. 3. singŭlāris, e (same constr. as preced.): Plin.: v. specific. Esp. with to be: (1). făcio, 3 (with ad or dat.): to be g. for dysury, f. ad difficultatem urinae, Plin. 22, 18, 21: to be exceedingly g. for colic, coeliacis praeclare f., ib. 19, 22. (2). prōsum, irr. (with dat. or prep.): to be g. for the voice, voci p., Plin.: to be g. for erysipelas, contra ignem sacrum p., Plin. 20, 7, 25. III. Considerable; esp. in phr., a g. many, aliquam multi (rare), Cic. Verr. 4, 25, 56: Gell.: aliquot, plerique, complures (v. some, several): a g. deal, aliquantum (with gen.), as aliquantum agri, Cic.; also used adverb., as the speech affected the ambassadors a g. deal, movit aliquantum oratio legatos, Liv. 39, 29, init.: before a compar., usu. aliquanto, a g. deal better, aliquanto melius, Cic. de Or. 2., 24, 103: Liv. (but aliquantum avidior, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 5; aliquantum amplior, Liv. 1, 7): a g. many times, aliquoties: Cic.: Liv.: a g. while, aliquam diu (or as one word), Cic. Acad. 1, 3, 12: Nep. Con. 5: also aliquantisper, Just. 42, 4, 8 (but this word usu. denotes a shorter period of time): for a g. way (distance), aliquatenus, Mela (who also uses aliquam diu of space, 2, 5, med.). Miscell. Phr.: g. for nothing (v. foll. art.): g. day to you, young man! and a very g. day to you, young woman, salve tu adolescens! et tu multum salveto adolescentula! Pl. Rud. 2, 4, 3: Ter.: g. bye, vale, ave! (v. farewell): be so g., amabo (parenthetically), Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 70; also amabo te, Cic. Att. 2, 2, cura, amabo te, Ciceronem nostrum: you are a g. fellow, Syrus, deamo te, Syre! Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 21: to enjoy very g. health, perprospera valetudine uti, Suet. Cl. 31: it is a g. plan to profit by the experience of others, scitum est periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu fiat, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36: I have been as g. as my word, dictum ac factum reddidi, ib. 4, 5, 12.