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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (6 entries · 19 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (5)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• well (subs.):
      1. 1. pŭteus (a pit dug for water): we have seen warm water drawn from clear w.s, ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi vidimus, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25: to dig a w., puteum fodere, Pl. Most. 2, 1, 32.
      2. 2. fons, tis, m. (a spring, fountain): v. fountain. Phr.: medical w.s, *fontes medicae salubritatis: mineral w.s, *fontes metallicae aquae: v. water: the enclosure round a w.'s mouth, pŭteal: Cic.: a w.-cover, *putei operculum: a w.-digger: putearius: Plin. w.-water: puteanae (puteales) aquae: Lucr.: Col.: Plin.
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• well (adj.):
      1. 1. salvus (w. in body or circumstances): I saw your son just now alive, w., and safe, filium tuum modo vivum, salvum, et sospitem vidi, Pl. Capt. 4, 2, 93: would that we could have conversed while all was w., utinam salvis rebus colloqui potuissemus, Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1.
      2. 2. sānus (sound in mind or body): w. and in good health, sanus recteque valens, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 21: if he be made w. again by that medicine, si eo medicamento sanus factus sit, Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92.
      3. 3. vălens (in health): the doctor is quite positive that you will soon be w., medicus plane confirmat prope diem te valentem fore, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2.
      4. 4. intĕger (uninjured): the infant wishes himself to be w. and safe, infans se integrum salvumque vult, Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33. Phr.: to be w.: valere, bene valere; bene se habere; valetudine bona, firma, integra uti: Cic.: v. health, healthy: to get w.: convalescere, ex morbo evadere. recreari: Cic.: to look w., *sanus videri, sanitatem corporis vultu prodere: you do not look quite w., *vix satis valens (firmus, robustus) videris; paullo infirmior (debilior, languidior) videris: my people are never so w. in any other place, mei nusquam salubrius degunt, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 46.
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• well (adv.):
      1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 6. scienter (w. in point of skill, science): to sing w., to play on the lute w., *scienter canere, citharam modulari.
      7. 7. scīte (tastefully): to arrange a banquet w., s. convivium exornare, Sall. J. 85.
      8. 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.
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• well (interj.):
      1. 1. esto (be it so).
      2. 2. non rĕpugno (I do not object).
      3. 3. lĭcet (all right!).
      4. 4. bene est ('tis well).
      5. 5. audio, teneo (of an impatient listener who says well! go on): Pl.: Ter.: (of these colloquial phrases no one is exactly coextensive with Eng. well, which is sometimes hardly emphatic enough to require any distinct rendering by a Latin word).
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• WELL
1. s. puteus (a pit dug for that purpose): fons (a fount or fountain, Vid :). To dig a well, puteum fodere, effodere: medical well or wells, fons medicae salubritatis; fons medicatus: aquae medicatae or medicamentosae; aquae salubres; or (from the context) aquae only: a hot well, calidus fons medicae salubritatis: every hot well is a medical well, omnis aqua calida est medicamentosa: ☞ castellum = reservoir, in which the water from several aqueducts is collected, and from hence distributed over the city (according to Festus, dividiculum): crater (κρατήρ = the basin of a well). The cover of a well, *putei operculum: the (marble) edge of a well, puteal (περιστόμιον, Cic., Att., 1, 10, 3; ☞ Paullus, Dig., 19, 1, 14): one that digs a well, putearius (Plin., 31, 3, 28): the feast of the wells (at Rome), fontanalia (Varr., L.L., 6, 3, § 22).
2.
  • adj.,
  • In good health, sanus (opposed to aeger): salvus (opposed to corruptus, perditus): integer (opposed to debilitatus, fractus, fessus): valens: validus (in full strength): firmus (of a good constitution; opposed to infirmus): robustus (strong; opposed to imbecillus: ☞ saluber = sound, not diseased, and so healthy, in Sall., Liv., Tac., and Martialis, but not in Cic., and Caes.). To be not quite well, minus valere, aegrotare (to be sick); languere (to be weak); male mihi est; non commode valeo: to be not yet quite well, nondum satis firmo corpore esse (Cic.): to get well, convalescere; evadere, recreari exmorbo (Cic.); ex incommodā valetudine emergere (Cic., Att., 5, 8, 1): to be well, valere; bene valere; salvere; belle se habere; recte est mihi; corpore esse sano, firmo (Cic.); uti valetudine bona (Cic., Caes.), prospera (Suet.); integra esse valetudine (Cic.); corpore esse salubri (Sall., Jug., 17, 6): to be quite or extremely well, optima valetudine affectum esse (Cic.); firmissima uti valetudine (Tac.); incorrupta sanitate esse (Cic.): to be never well, numquam bona uti valetudine; semper incommoda esse valetudine (Cic.) to be always well, tueri valetudinem integram; semper bona uti valetudine: my people are never so well in any other place, mei nusquam salubrius degunt (Plin., Ep. 5, 6, 46): to look well, sanitatem corporis vultu prodere.
  • Right, Vid.
3. adverb, bene (the proper word): belle (finely, prettily): jucunde: suaviter (pleasantly, agreeably; e.g., to smell or taste): commode (PROP., duly, rightly; e.g., saltare, verba facere): scienter, scite (skilfully; e.g. scienter tibiis cantare; scite convivium exornare: to dress well, scite coli): probe: recte: pulchre: praeclare (PROP., rightly, according to one’s wishes, according to the nature of a thing; probe, thoroughly). I understand, remember very well, praeclare intelligo, memini: to suit or fit well (of a garment), aliquem satis decere: to live well, bene victitare (comedy); laute vivere (magnificently): to look well (= to be handsome or beautiful), bona esse forma; commendari forma, specie, facie: all things go on well with me, bene mecum agitur; bono loco sunt res meae; apud me recte omnia sunt: to wish one well, bene velle (Terentianus); bene cupere, favere alicui (Cic.): to do well, bene rem gerere; ex sententia gerere aliquid: the matter turned out or went off well, confecta res ex sententia est; meis optatis fortuna respondit: to buy well (= to one’s advantage), bene emere: to take anything well (= in good part), in bonam partem accipere aliquid probare, approbare aliquid (opposed to in malam partem accipere, male interpretari): herein you do well, hoc bene, prudenter, facis, agis: not to be able to let well alone, manurn de tabula non scire tollere (proverbially, Plin., 35, 10, 86, No. 10, § 80): it will be well to do so and so, (de aliqua re) non nocuerit facere, etc.; non inutile erit aliquid or aliquid facere: it is well that you are coming, peropportune venis; opportune te offers (said to a person whom one meets vjhen looking for him): well! bene facis or fecisti (in approbation)! non repugno! nihil impedio! lepide! licet (Plaut., I have nothing to say against it)! satis est (it is enough)! dictum puta! teneo (I understand you, says one who receives a commission)! well to do in the world, satis dives; modice locuples; or (of those who are very wealthy) bene nummatus; pecuniosus; abundans; copiis rei familiaris locuples et pecuniosus; opulentus: well done! bene! recte! bene, recte fecisti! laudo tuum factume! well-nigh, fere; circiter.