well (adv.) Copy link Outline 1. bĕne (most general word; used both abs. and with verbs and participles)2. prŏbe (excellently, thoroughly)3. recte (rightly)4. pulchre (beautifully)5. belle (neatly, nicely)6. scienter (w. in point of skill, science)7. scīte (tastefully)8. praeclāre (admirably w.) • well (adv.): 1. bĕne (most general word; used both abs. and with verbs and participles): it is w., bene est, bene habet, bene agitur, Cic.: Ter.: it is w. with husbands, b. est maritis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 89: a country house w. built, villa b. aedificata, Cic.: a field w. tilled, ager b. cultus, Cic.: to speak, do, w., b. dicere, facere: the gods do w. to you, tibi Di b. faciant, Pl., to buy w. (advantageously), bene emere, Cic.: to do w. (fare well): b. rem gerere, se habere. 2. prŏbe (excellently, thoroughly): up to this point we have done w., usque adhuc actum est probe, Pl. Mil. 2, 6, 107: Antipater whom you w. remember, Antipater quem tu probe meministi, Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194: w. drunk, appotus probe, Pl. Am. 1, 1, 126. 3. recte (rightly): it seems done w. and regularly, r. atque ordine factum videtur, Cic. Quint. 7, 28: there was one to whom I could w. entrust a letter to you, fuit cui r. ad te litteras darem, id. Att. 4, 1, 1: to look out w. for oneself, r. sibi videre, Ter. Ph. 1, 4, 12. 4. pulchre (beautifully): it is w. and wisely said, p. et sapienter dictum, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26: it is w. with me, p. est mihi, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114. 5. belle (neatly, nicely): Terentia was less w., Terentia minus b. habuit, Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1: to operate w., b. facere (in medicine), Cato R. R. 157. 6. scienter (w. in point of skill, science): to sing w., to play on the lute w., *scienter canere, citharam modulari. 7. scīte (tastefully): to arrange a banquet w., s. convivium exornare, Sall. J. 85. 8. praeclāre (admirably w.): you do w., p. facitis, Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25. Some other Latin adverbs expressing special excellence might serve to render the English well, though not strictly translateable by well when found in Latin authors. Phr.: to take anything w., in bonam partem accipere: Cic.: to wish any one well: favere alicui: Cic.: to let w. alone (prov.), quieta non movere: because Apelles knew when to let w. alone, quod Apelles manum de tabula sciret tollere, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80: w. met! I was looking for you, ehem opportune! te ipsum quaerito, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 1.