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|lshtext=<b>bellus</b>: a, um, adj. as if for benulus, from [[benus]] = [[bonus]], Prisc. p. 556 P..<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of persons, [[pretty]], [[handsome]], [[charming]], [[fine]], [[lovely]], [[neat]], [[pleasant]], [[agreeable]], etc. (of persons, things, actions, etc.; [[most]] freq. in the [[ante]]-[[class]]. per. and in the poets; in Cic. [[mostly]] in his epistt.): [[uxor]], Varr. ap. Non. p. 248, 17: [[nimis]] bella es [[atque]] [[amabilis]], Plaut. As. 3, 3, 84; id. Rud. 2, 5, 6; Cat. 8, 16; 43, 6: [[puella]], id. 69, 8; 78, 4; Ov. Am. 1, 9, 6; Mart. 1, 65; 2, 87: Piliae et puellae Caeciliae bellissimae salutem dices, Cic. Att. 6, 4, 3: fui ego [[bellus]] ([[civil]], [[courtly]], [[polite]]), [[lepidus]], [[bonus]] vir [[numquam]], Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 3: [[hospes]], id. Bacch. 2, 3, 111; Cat. 24, 7; 78, 3; 81, 2: [[durius]] accipere hoc mihi [[visus]] est [[quam]] homines belli solent, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4: [[homo]] et [[bellus]] et [[humanus]], id. Fin. 2, 31, 102: [[Cicero]] bellissimus [[tibi]] salutem plurimam dicit, id. Fam. 14, 7, 3.—Also [[active]], [[brisk]], [[lively]], as the [[effect]] of [[health]], etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 20: fac [[bellus]] revertare, Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of things, places, etc.: [[socius]] es hostibus, [[socius]] [[bellum]] ita geris, ut bella omnia ([[every]] [[thing]] [[beautiful]], [[costly]]) domum auferas, Varr. ap. Non. p. 248, 19: unum [[quicquid]], [[quod]] [[quidem]] erit bellissimum, Carpam, * Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 51: [[vinum]] bellissimum, Col. 12, 19, 2: [[nimis]] hic [[bellus]] [[atque]] ut esse maxume optabam locu'st, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 74: illum pueris locum esse bellissimum duximus, Cic. Att. 5, 17, 3: bella [[copia]], id. Rep. 2, 40, 67: [[recordor]], [[quam]] bella [[paulisper]] nobis gubernantibus [[civitas]] fuerit, in [[what]] a [[pleasant]] [[condition]] the State [[was]], id. Att. 4, 16, 10: malae [[tenebrae]] Orci, quae omnia bella devoratis, Cat. 3, 14: [[subsidium]] bellissimum [[existimo]] esse senectuti [[otium]], Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255: ([[epistula]]) [[valde]] bella, id. Att. 4, 6, 4: [[occasio]] bellissima, Petr. 25: [[fama]], * Hor. S. 1, 4, 114: [[quam]] [[sit]] [[bellum]] cavere [[malum]], [[how]] [[delightful]], [[pleasant]] it is, Cic. de Or 1, 58, 247: bellissimum putaverunt dicere amissas (esse litteras), [[thought]] it [[best]], i. e. safest, [[most]] [[plausible]], id. Fl. 17, 39; cf.: bella haec pietatis et quaestuosa [[simulatio]], [[fine]], [[plausible]], id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145: mihi jampridem venit in mentem, [[bellum]] esse, [[aliquo]] exire, id. Fam. 9, 2, 3; id. Att. 13, 49, 2; Cod. 6, 35, 11.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Gallant, etc.: illam esse amicam tui viri bellissimi, Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 27; cf.: [[Gallus]] [[homo]]'st [[bellus]]: nam dulces jungit amores, Cat. 78, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> For [[bonus]], [[good]]: [[venio]] [[nunc]] ad alterum [[genus]] testamenti, [[quod]] dicitur physicon, in quo [[Graeci]] belliores [[quam]] Romani nostri, Varr. ap. Non. p. 77, 30 (Sat. Menipp. 87, 3).—Hence, bellē, adv., [[prettily]], [[neatly]], [[becomingly]], [[finely]], [[excellently]], [[well]], [[delightfully]], etc.: [[quare]] [[bene]] et [[praeclare]], [[quamvis]] nobis [[saepe]] dicatur; [[belle]] et [[festive]], [[nimium]] [[saepe]] [[nolo]], Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; cf. id. Quint. 30, 93; so Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 35; * Lucr. 1, 644; Cic. Att. 1, 1, 5; 16, 3, 4; Quint. 6, 3, 48 al.: [[quod]] [[honeste]] aut [[sine]] detrimento nostro promittere non possumus... [[belle]] negandum est, in a [[courtly]], [[polite]] [[manner]], Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 11, 45; so Publ. Syr. ap. Gell. 17, 14, 10: [[belle]] se habere, Cic. Att. 12, 37: [[belle]] habere (cf.: εὖ, [[καλῶς]] ἔχειν), to be in [[good]] [[health]], be [[well]], id. Fam. 9, 9, 1; so, bellissime esse, id. Att. 14, 14, 1: facere, in [[medical]] lang., to [[operate]] [[well]], to [[have]] a [[good]] [[effect]], [[Cato]], R. R. 157; Scrib. Comp. 136; 150 (cf. the uses of [[bene]]). —With [[bellus]]: i [[sane]], bella [[belle]], Plaut. As. 3, 8, 86; id. Curc. 4, 2, 35 (cf.: καλὴ [[καλῶς]], Av. Ach. 253).—Ellipt., [[belle]], for [[belle]] habere: sed ut ad epistolas tuas redeam, [[cetera]] [[belle]], illud [[miror]], the others are [[well]] or [[right]], Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 2.—Sup.: haec ipsa [[fero]] [[equidem]] fronte, ut [[puto]], et voltu bellissime, sed [[angor]] intimis sensibus, Cic. Att. 5, 10, 3; id. Fam. 14, 14, 1: navigare, id. ib. 16, 9, 1 al. (comp. perh. not in [[use]]).
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|gf=<b>bellus</b>,¹⁰ a, um, (benulus, de [[benus]] = [[bonus]]),<br /><b>1</b> joli, charmant, élégant, aimable, délicat : [[homo]] [[bellus]] Cic. Fin. 2, 102, homme aimable ; bellissimus Cic. Att. 6, 4, 3<br /><b>2</b> en bon état, en bonne santé : [[fac]] [[bellus]] revertare Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 1, tâche de revenir en bonne santé || bon : belliores [[quam]] [[Romani]] Varr. d. Non. 77, 30, supérieurs aux Romains<br /><b>3</b> [[bellum]] (bellissimum) [[est]] avec inf. Cic. de Or. 1, 247, il [[est]] bien (très bien) de.
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