useful Copy link Outline 1. ūtĭlis, e (gen. term)2. sălūtāris, sălūbris3. effĭcax4. commodus, aptus, accommŏdātus, ĭdōneus • useful: 1. ūtĭlis, e (gen. term): a man u. for nothing, homo ad nullam rem u., Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29: he mixed the u. with the pleasant, miscuit utile dulci, Hor. A. P. 343. 2. sălūtāris, sălūbris: v. wholesome, beneficial. Join: utilis et s., Cic. N. D. 1, 15. 3. effĭcax: Hor.: Plin.: v. efficacious. 4. commodus, aptus, accommŏdātus, ĭdōneus: v. fit, serviceable, convenient, suitable. Phr.: to be u., usui esse: to be u. to the state, usui esse civitati, Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33: to be very u., magno usui esse, id. Att. 1, 1: no one is more u. to you, magis ex usu tuo nemo est, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 47: proficere, Cic.: Liv.: v. [TO BE OF] USE: I will make you see how u. I can be, utilitatem ego faciam ut cognoscas meam, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 17: to keep what is u. in war and honourable in peace, utilitatem belli et pacis dignitatem retinere, Cic. Manil. 6, 14. Very u. works, perutilia opera, Cic. Att. 9, 17, fin.