sound (adj.) Copy link Outline I. In good condition1. sānus2. sălūbris, e (for the forms saluber and salubris, v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.3. rōbustus4. vălĭdus5. vălens (like vălidus)6. sincērus (uninjured)7. incorruptus (undecayed)8. salvus (safe and s., uninjured)9. intĕger (unimpaired)10. incŏlŭmis, e (like preced.)11. sospes, ĭtis (like preced.)II. Severe, laid on with force (of a beating)III. Of sleep, deep, profound1. altus2. artus (arctus)IV. Of learning, deep, profound, thorough1. altus2. exquīsītus3. accūrātusV. Of arguments, weighty, conclusive, q. v.VI. Valid, not defectiveVII. Founded in truth, orthodoxVIII. Of style, correct, q. v. • sound (adj.): I. In good condition: 1. sānus: a s. part of the body, s. pars corporis, Cic. Sest. 65, 135: Hor. Join: s. recteque valens, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 21: s. ac robustus, Quint. 2, 10, 6. Fig.: s. (opp. insanus), Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11: a man of not very s. mind, male s., id. Att. 9, 15, 5: a s. mind in a s. body, mens s. in corpore s., Juv. 10, 356: to be of scarcely s. mind, vix sanae mentis esse, Liv. 32, 21, extr. Phr.: of s. mind, compos mentis, Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97: cf. compos animi, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 12. Join: sanus mentisque potens, Ov. Tr. 2, 139: v. also sane. 2. sălūbris, e (for the forms saluber and salubris, v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.: sound, healthy): a race of men of s. body, genus hominum s. corpore, Sall. J. 17, med.: s. corpora, Liv. 1, 31, med.: Tac. H. 5, 6: Mart. 10, 47, 6. 3. rōbustus: v. strong. Join: s. eloquence, solida atque r. eloquentia, Quint. 10, 1, 2: s. courage, r. et stabilis fortitudo, Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 51. 4. vălĭdus: but not yet s. enough after disease, necdum ex morbo satis v., Liv. 3, 13, post init.: cf. si ut spero te v. videro, Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 3: cf. v. male filius, Hor. S. 2, 5, 45: v. also healthy, well (adj.). 5. vălens (like vălidus): the doctor distinctly affirms that you will shortly be s. (or in s. health), medicus plane confirmat propediem te v. fore, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2. Join: firmus ac v., ib. 16, 8, 2: robustus et v., id. Agr. 2, 31, 84. 6. sincērus (uninjured): s. body, s. corpus, Ov. M. 12, 100: s. limbs, s. membra, Lucr. 3, 717: s. pigs, s. porci, Pl. Men. 2, 2, 16: a s. vessel, s. vas, Hor. S. 1, 3, 56: v. also genuine. 7. incorruptus (undecayed): s. wood, i. lignum, Plin. 16, 5, 8, § 22: s. timber, i. materia, id. 13, 16, 30, § 101. 8. salvus (safe and s., uninjured): I have so behaved, Quirites, that ye were all preserved safe and s., ita me gessi, Quirites, ut omnes s. conservaremini, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25: is the seal safe and s. (i. e. unbroken)? s. signum est? Pl. Am. 2, 2, 143: cf. s. epistola (opp. conscissa), Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1. Join: to lead an army across safe and s., s. atque incolumem exercitum transducere, Caes. B. C. 2, 32, ad fin.: cf. s. et incolumes, Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 169: s. et sospes, Pl. Capt. 4, 2, 93. 9. intĕger (unimpaired): s. health, i. valetudo, Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64. Join: to want to be s., i. se salvumque velle, ib. 2, 11, 33: to be s. in all respects, omnibus rebus i. incolumemque esse, id. Fam. 13, 4, 3: v. unimpaired. 10. incŏlŭmis, e (like preced.): v. supr. (8): v. also safe. 11. sospes, ĭtis (like preced.): they restored them safe and s. to their fatherland, s. in patriam restituere, Liv. 2, 49, med. Join: s. incolumisque (Caesar), Plin. Pan. 67, med. Phr.: a s. constitution, firma corporis constitutio, Metrodorus in Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117: cf. corpus bene constitutum et exploratum (a paraphrase of the preceding passage), id. Tusc. 2, 6, 17: in s. health, optimo habitu, Cic. Coel. 24, 59: to enjoy s.er health, fidelius constantiusque valere, Gell. 17, 12, med.: he enjoyed such s. health, tanta prosperitate usus est valetudinis, Nep. Att. 21, init. (v. also constitution, health): a s. (or trustworthy) ship, probum navigium, Cic. Acad. 2, 31, 100 (v. also compact, adj.): cf. idonea navis, Ulp. Dig. 19, 2, 13: simly., a s. wall, idoneus paries, Paul. Dig. 39, 2, 36: to send one away safe and s., intactum aliquem inviolatumque dimittere, Liv. 2, 12, ad fin. (v. uninjured, unhurt): to preserve safe and s., sospitare progeniem, Liv. 1, 16, med.: supposing the walls or roof are quite s., si nihil est in parietibus aut in tecto vitii, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 5: a s. state of affairs, bonae res, Cic.: Plaut. (v. good, adj.: prosperous): to consider s., probare, Cic.: Caes. [For not s., v. unsound: and for to make s., become s., v. sound, to make: sound, to become.] S. health, sanitas (v. health, I.). II. Severe, laid on with force (of a beating): Phr.: to give one a s. beating, male aliquem mulcare clavis ac fustibus, Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 94: cf. verberibus m., Tac. A. 1, 32 (v. also to cudgel): cf. plagis irrigatus, Pl. Epid. 1, 2, 18: to give a s. cudgelling, dolare fuste, Hor. S. 1, 5, 23: I fear that he will give me a s. flogging (lit., that he will make his elm-twigs stick to me like parasites), metuo ne ulmos parasitos faciat, Pl. Epid. 2, 3, 6: I shall get a s. thrashing through it, istaec in me cudetur faba, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 90: cf. vehementer vapulare, Pl. Curc. 4, 4, 12: to give one a s. rating, graviter increpare quempiam, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 3: cf. gravibus probris increpare, Liv. 23, 45, med. III. Of sleep, deep, profound: 1. altus: s. sleep, a. somnus, Hor. S. 2, 1, 8: a. sopor, Virg. Aen. 8, 27: 2. artus (arctus): a s.er sleep, arctior somnus, Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10. Phr.: overpowered by s. sleep, pressus gravitate soporis, Ov. M. 15, 21. IV. Of learning, deep, profound, thorough: 1. altus: the s.est learning, altissima eruditio, Plin. Ep. 4, 30, init.: cf. altiores artes, Quint. 8, 3, 2: v. profound. 2. exquīsītus: a s. judgment of letters, e. judicium literarum, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133: philosophers of the greatest talents and s. learning, summis ingeniis exquisitaque doctrina philosophi, id. Fin. 1, 1, 1: v. also studied, refined. 3. accūrātus: v. elaborate. Join: a s.er style of speaking, accuratius et exquisitius dicendi genus, Cic. Brut. 82, 283. Phr.: to have a s. knowledge of Latin, bene Latine scire (based on Cic. Caecin. 19, 55): cf. *in Latinis literis multum versatum esse (Georg.): a s. scholar, (homo) perfecte planeque eruditus, Cic. Brut. 81, 282: cf. absolute doctus, Suet. Gr. 4: he was considered a s. scholar, excultus doctrina putabatur, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 4: a s. geometrician, in geometria perfectus, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20: a s. lawyer, juris peritus, id. pass.: cf. in jure paratissimus, id. Brut. 39, 145 (which Tac. A. 4, 58, expresses by, cui legum peritia). V. Of arguments, weighty, conclusive, q. v.: grăvis: v. conclusive. Phr.: s. arguments, argumenta firma ad probandum, id. 78, 272: s. opinions, sententiae quae stabilitatis aliquid habeant, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85: to have a s. plea, habere excusationem legitimam, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 14: cf. justa excusatio (v. excuse, subs.): if their complaints were s. (= well-founded), si vera essent quae quererentur, Liv.: I do not see sufficiently s. reason for, etc., nihil satis firmi video quamobrem, etc., Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 96. VI. Valid, not defective: rătus: s. wills, r. (opp. rupta) testamenta, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173: v. also valid, impartial. VII. Founded in truth, orthodox: perh. vērus, certus. For s. doctrine, v. orthodox. Miscell.: s. facts, probae res (opp. leves sententiae), Cic. Or. 51, 170: a s. judgment (or decision), judicium sincerum, ib. 8, 25 (v. sincere): but s. (= mature) judgment, judicium firmum, id.: v. mature (adj.), ripe: s. sense, mens bona, Sen. Ep. 10, post med. VIII. Of style, correct, q. v.: sălūbris: whatever is witty or s. in speech, quicquid est salsum aut s. in oratione, Cic. Or. 26, 90.