health Copy link Outline 1. sānĭtas (sound, good h.)2. vălētūdo (good or bad h.3. sălus, ūtis, f. (restoration to h., opp. to fatal illness) • health: 1. sānĭtas (sound, good h.): Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30: to restore h. or to h., sanitatem, sanitati restituere, Plin. Join: (corporis) integritas sanitasque, Gell. 18, 1, med. 2. vălētūdo (good or bad h.: esp. the latter): beauty, h., strength, pulchritudo, v., firmitas, Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30: to enjoy (very good) h., bona, optima v. uti, Cic.: Caes.; firma v. uti, Plin. jun.: ill h., v. incommoda, Cic. Att. 5, 8, init.; aegra, id. Brut. 48, extr.: delicate h., v. infirma, Cic. Brut. 48, extr.; tenuis, id. Sen. 11, 35 [quam tenui vel potius nulla v.]: suffering from ill h., affectus valetudine, Caes. B. C. 1, 31: be sure to take care of your h., v. tuam velim cures, cura diligenter, fac ut cures, Cic. Fam. 14, pass.: to excuse oneself on the ground of ill h., excusatione uti valetudinis, Cic. in Pis. 6, 13. 3. sălus, ūtis, f. (restoration to h., opp. to fatal illness): v. recovery. To drink to any one's h., salutem alicui propinare, Pl. Phr.: (i.) to be in (good) h., văleo, 2: I hope you are in good h., si vales bene est [S.V.B.E.], Cic. pass.: to be in good h., bene, optime, valere, Cic.; commode v., Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11: v. to do (IV.). (ii.) to recover h., convalesco, valui, 3: Cic. (lit. and fig.): v. to recover, intrans. (iii.) to drink to any one's h., prŏpīno, 1 (passing the cup to the person complimented): I drink to the h. of Critias the fair, propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96: Mart.: v. supr. (3). "To the h. of Messala!" let each say as he drinks, bene Messalam! sua quisque ad pocula dicat, Tib. 2, 1, 31 (R. and A.): see also to greet.