happy Copy link Outline I. Of human life1. beātus (truly h.)2. fēlix, īcis (lucky, successful)3. fortūnātus (favoured of fortune)4. faustusII. Of language, well chosenIII. Successful in treating a subject • happy: I. Of human life: 1. beātus (truly h.): h. the man, b. ille, qui ..., Hor. Epod. 1, init.: Cic.: v. happiness (2). 2. fēlix, īcis (lucky, successful): used poet. of real happiness: thrice and more than thrice h., f. ter et amplius, Hor. Od. 1, 13, 17. 3. fortūnātus (favoured of fortune): supremely h. (husbandmen), nimium f., Virg. G. 2, 458: v. fortunate. 4. faustus: v. auspicious. II. Of language, well chosen: ĭdōneus, aptus, accommŏdātus ad rem: v. appropriate. Or perh. felix: v. felicitous. III. Successful in treating a subject: fēlix: cf. Plin. 34, 8, 19 § 10. Praxiteles marmore felicior: also Hor. A. P. 34, in-*felix operis summa.