“good” in Latin

bonum (general term): honestum (moral good): to do much good, multa bene facere (to do many good actions): de multis bene mereri (to lay many under an obligation to one’s self): to do good to anybody, alicui bene or benigne facere: conferre in aliquem beneficia (much, multa). A person does me much good, optime aliquis meretur de me: to return good for good, similibus beneficiis beneficia pensare: to return good for evil, maleficia benefactis pensare: to return or requite good with evil, beneficia malefactis pensare: to turn anything to good, aliquid in bonum vertere (to turn to one’s advantage; e.g., detrimentum, Caes., B.C., 3, 73, Held.).

Good; i. e., advantage, commodum (advantage): utilitas (use, profit, etc.): salus (welfare): for my good, the good of the state, etc., e re mea; e republica, (also by the dative; e.g., to give up one’s private feelings for the good of the state, studium reipublicae dimittere; Vid: Held., Caes., B.C., 1, 8; so with dare, tribuere, etc.): to be for the good of anybody, e re alicujus esse; alicui prodesse or utile esse; aliquem juvare.

The public good, commune commodum: communis utilitas: bonum publicum: reipublicae commoda: respublica (Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 5, 46): salus communis or reipublicae (the common welfare): to have the public good in view, to consult for or promote it, communi commodo inservire; communi utilitati servire; saluti reipublicae consulere; rem publicam juvare; omnium commodis or communi utilitati prospicere: to endeavor to promote the public good, reipublicae salutem suscipere: to look only to the public good, considering one’s own interests as secondary, ad communem fructum referre omnia; reipublicae commoda privatis necessitatibus habere potiora.

Anything good and excellent of which you partake, bonum: the greatest good, summum bonum; ultimum or finis bonorum: earthly goods, externa bona; res externae or humanae. (2) A possession, property, usually in plur., goods; bona; fortunae (goods of fortune), bona ac fortunae: stolen goods, res furtiva; or plur., res furtivae or furta [Vid: PROPERTY]. A receiver of stolen goods, qui subtractas res (sacras, etc., or pecunias) ex iis qui subtraxerint, suscepit (Cod. Just.).

Goods (wares, etc.), merces [Vid: WARES]. To take out so much and return it in goods, aliquid exhaurire et merces remittere (Plin., 6, 24, 26). Dry goods, perhaps *merces, quae ad ulnam venduntur.

bonus (general term, in a physical and moral sense, but not so extensive as the English word “good,” since we cannot translate “a good wind,” ventus bonus, but secundus ventus; “a good disposition,” not bonus animus, but benignus animus; also of “a good light,” tabulas in bono lumine collocare): jucundus: suavis: dulcis (pleasant, agreeable, of that which affects the sense, as smell, taste, etc.; also, for anything, alicui rei or ad aliquid): probus (that is as it ought to be, in a physical and moral view; e.g., silver, color, etc.; then an artist, person, ability): sanctus (morally good, from a principle of piety): opimus (rich, fat, PROP. and figuratively; campus, Liv.; habitus corporis, Cic.): commodus (serviceable, convenient, good in its kind; e.g., silver, health; also of persons; e.g., a good sort of a person, well-disposed): opportunus (convenient, well fitted or suited; first, of time and place; then also, of persons; e.g., well suited to anything; also for anything, ad aliquid): prosper: secundus (conformable to one’s wish, favorable; e.g., ventus secundus): utilis (serviceable, useful; for anything, alicui rei): salutaris (wholesome; e.g., remedium; for anything, alicui rei). (The words are found in this connection and order.) utilis et salutaris: honestus (morally good, honorable): simplex (unassuming; guileless): benignus (kind; charitable from inclination and goodness of heart): integer (opposed to vitiatus, gone; of fruits). Good food, cibi suaves or jucundi (pleasant to the taste); cibi conquisiti or lauti (exquisitely good): a good house, domicilium bonum or commodum: to have a good house, bene or commode habitare: a good (paved) road, via trita: a good (fertile) field, good soil, ager ferax or fertilis; solum ferax or fertile: a good pasture, pascuum herbis abundans; pascuum pecori alendo bonum: a good harvest, messis frugifera (poetical), or opima: a good year (for fruit, etc.), annus frugifer; annus frugibus locuples (poetical); *annus magni proventus: this is a good year, magnum proventum frugum fructuumque annus hic attulit (after Plin. Ep., 1, 13, 1): good times, tempora bona or felicia (prosperous); anni frugibus locupletes (fruitful years, poetical): a good climate, bonum caelum: a good air, aer purus, tenuis, salubris (☞ not bonus): good weather, idonea tempestas (with reference to a particular purpose; e.g., a voyage; but we find bona et certa tempestas, good and settled weather; Cic., Quint. Fr., 2, 2, extr.): a good hand, compositissimae et clarissimae litterae: in good taste, purus (e.g., ornatus, Quint.). Hortensius’s memory was so good, that, etc., erat Hortensio memoria tanta, ut, etc.: a good physician, medicus arte insignis: a good soldier, miles bello bonus; miles fortis ac strenuus: a good statesman and soldier, bonus pace belloque: good eyes, good sight, oculi acres et acuti: to have good eyes, bene or acriter videre; oculos acres et acutos habere. My good friend! (in a cordial address to a stranger), o bone! sodes: a good friend of mine, mihi amicus; amicus meus (☞ not bonus amicus; i. e., a good friend in the real sense of the words): a good (= considerable) part, bona pars: a good (= considerable) while, aliquantum temporis: to have a good (= sound) sleep, satis arte dormire: in a good manner, [Vid: WELL]: to be good, praestare: to be good to anybody; [Vid: KIND]. Good-morning, night, etc.; Vid: the substantives: to make anything good again, aliquid sanare (to make sound, as it were; e.g., scelus); sarcire aliquid (to patch up, as it were, to mend, an injury, act of injustice, etc., detrimentum acceptum); reconcinnare (to mend, as it were, repair; e.g., detrimentum acceptum): to make much worse what cannot be made good again, ea, quae sanari non possunt, exulcerare: to think anything good, probare, comprobare aliquid (general term, to approve of it); alicui rei adjicere album calculum (to give one’s approval to a thing; to approve of or assent to anything; Plin., Ep., 1, 2, 5): anything does me good, aliquid suaviter me afficit.

Good; i. e., correct, of style [Vid: PURE (of language)].

Good for: to be good for anything, utilem esse alicui rei, or ad aliquid; idoneum esse ad aliquid; bonum esse alicui rei, or ad aliquid; aptum esse ad aliquid; usui esse ad aliquid: not to be good for, non utilem, or inutilem esse, ad aliquid: to be good for nothing, nihili esse; nullius pretii esse: a good-for-nothing fellow, homo nequam; homo nihili: a thorough good-for-nothing fellow, homo nequissimus. (Of medicines): to be good for anything, utilem esse alicui rei or ad aliquid; salutarem or salubrem esse ad aliquid; prodesse ad aliquid; efficacem esse alicui rei (e.g., for cracked lips, labrorum fissuris; all Plin.); bene facere ad aliquid (e.g., ad capitis dolorem, Scribonius, Larg.).: MISCELLANEOUS PHRASES. To put a good face on anything [Vid: FACE]. Everybody does what is good in his own eyes, ipsa olera olla legit (Plaut., Prov.). By good luck, forte fortuna. It was my good luck to, mihi contigit ut. To give anybody as good as he brings, par pari respondere. To make good (a promise) [Vid: FULFILL]. To promise what you can’t make good, frustra polliceri aliquid. When he was as good as condemned and executed, cum pro damnato mortuoque esset: he as good as says it, though he nowhere states it in so many words, non usquam id quidem dicit omnino, sed quae dicit, idem valent.

bene agis! bene facis or fecisti! (to express approbation of conduct): bene habet! non repugno! non impedio! (be it so; I make no objection to it): satis est! (enough!) - dictum puta! teneo (I understand; you need not say any more; said by one to whom a commission is given): ponamus; demus haec (granted; be it so; of a person who grants something on which he is going to found an objection): in this sense, nempe is also used (e.g., Cic., N.D., 3, 39, 93, atque iidem etiam vota dicitis suscipi oportere. Nempe singuli vovent, etc., good! but now sometimes one man makes a vow, sometimes another: Sed effugi insidias; perrupi Apenninum; nempe in Antonii congressum colloquiumque veniendum est, good! [“so far well,” or “be it so, “] but I must still etc.; ☞ Pr. Intr., ii, 153, d): recte (a form of courteous assent; e.g., is mihi dixit se Athenis me exspectaturum, ut mecum decederet. Recte, inquam; quid enim dicerem? Cic.).