fit Copy link Outline 1. aptus (with dat. of person; the object or end for which being usu. expr. by ad and acc.)2. ĭdōneus (for a definite purpose = ad eam rem)3. hăbĭlis, e (in active sense; possessing ability or capability4. appŏsĭtus (in passive sense; adapted for5. accommŏdātus (well adapted or qualified • fit ; fitted adj.: 1. aptus (with dat. of person; the object or end for which being usu. expr. by ad and acc.): these kinds of speaking are fitter for youth, haec genera dicendi aptiora sunt adolescentibus, Cic. Brut. 95, 326: a woollen cloak f. for any season of the year, pallium laneum a. ad omne anni tempus, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83: v. suitable. 2. ĭdōneus (for a definite purpose = ad eam rem): v. suitable. 3. hăbĭlis, e (in active sense; possessing ability or capability: with dat., or acc. with ad): these vines are fitter for rich soils, pinguibus hae vites terris h., Virg. G. 2, 92: Hor.: never was the same nature more fitted for the most opposite circumstances, nunquam ingenium idem ad res diversissimas habilius, Liv. 21, 4. 4. appŏsĭtus (in passive sense; adapted for: with ad and acc.): one soil is fitted for the vine, another for grain, ager alius est ad videm ap., alius ad frumentum, Varr. R. R. 1, 7: a place very ill-fitted for bearing calamity in, locus minime ap. ad tolerandam calamitatem, Cic. Att. 3, 14. 5. accommŏdātus (well adapted or qualified: with dat., or ad and acc.): fitted to console, ad consolandum ac., Cic. Fam. 5, 16: a man fitted for the administration of public or private affairs, vir publicarum privatarumque rerum administrationi ac., Quint. 1, pref. § 10. (N.B. Fit to be ... may sometimes be expr. by ger. part.: things fit to be spoken or not, dicenda tacenda, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 72: see the several verbs.)