good (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Advantage1. commŏdum2. bŏnum3. sălus, ūtis, f.4. ūtĭlĭtas (expediency, interest)5. res, rĕi, f. (in certain phr.)6. for the g. of may be expr. by dat. aloneII. In phil. sense, as opp. to an evilIII. In pl. only • good (subs.): I. Advantage: 1. commŏdum: Cic.: v. advantage (2). 2. bŏnum: the public g., b. publicum, Sall. Cat. 38: for whose g. was it? cui bono fuit? Cass. Pedianus in Cic. R. Am. 30, 84: to turn loss to g., detrimentum in bonum vertere, Caes. 3. sălus, ūtis, f.: v. welfare. 4. ūtĭlĭtas (expediency, interest): though there be no (tangible) g. derived from friendship, etiam si nulla sit u. ex amicitia, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 69. 5. res, rĕi, f. (in certain phr.): what is for your g. (interest), quae in rem tuam sint, Ter. Ph. 2, 4, 9: to be of no g., (good for nothing), nulli rei esse, Gell. 13, 30, med. 6. for the g. of may be expr. by dat. alone: to give up one's resentment for the g. of the State, [studium et] iracundiam suam reipublicae dimittere,he is both a father and a husband for his country's g. Caes. B. C. 1, 8: he is both a father and a husband for his country's g., urbi pater est, urbique maritus, Lucan: cf. L. G. § 288. Phr.: to consult any one's g., alicui consulere, Cic. (v. to consult, III.). II. In phil. sense, as opp. to an evil: bŏnum: there are three kinds of g.s, tria bonorum genera sunt, Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 85: the chief g., summum b., Cic. Fin. 5, 6, init. III. In pl. only: = effects, property: bŏna, orum: to sell any one's g.s, alicujus b. vendere, Liv. 4, 15, extr.: v. property. Phr.: I carry all my g.s about with me, omnia mea mecum porto, Cic.: stolen g.s, furta, Cic. Verr. 2, 70, 171; res furtivae, Quint. 5, 13, 49: a bad piece of g.s (colloq.), mala merx, Pl. Cist. 4, 2, 61.