well-affected Copy link Outline 1. bĕnĕvŏlus (kind)2. ămīcus (friendly)3. prŏpĭtius (favourable; of one whose favour is courted)4. prōnus (thus used in poets and post-Aug. prose) • well-affected: 1. bĕnĕvŏlus (kind): w. towards anyone, erga aliquem b., Pl. Capt. 2, 2, 100. 2. ămīcus (friendly): the tribunes of the plebs are w. towards us, tribuni plebis sunt nobis amici, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 16. 3. prŏpĭtius (favourable; of one whose favour is courted): they hope he is w., the other they think angry, hunc propitium sperant, illum iratum putant, Cic. Att. 8, 16. 4. prōnus (thus used in poets and post-Aug. prose): if only the deities be w. and help, si modo prona assint numina, Stat. S. 4, 8, 61: Nero's court was w. towards him, prona in eum aula Neronis, Tac. H. 1, 11: v. friendly, favourable. Phr.: to be w.: favere. v. to favour.
WELL-AFFECTED Copy link • WELL-AFFECTEDbene sentiens: benevolus: amicus (well-disposed toward): propitius (gracious, favorable; of superiors toward inferiors). [Vid: also, AFFECTIONATE.] To be well-affected, deditus alicui or alicui rei; addictus alicui or alicui rei (devoted). (The words are found in this connection and order.) addictus et deditus. devotus alicui or alicui rei (much attached, post-Augustan). (The words are found in this connection and order.) deditus devotusque [Vid: also, DEVOTED]: to be well-affected toward; Vid: To FAVOR.