adverb
perbene
perbene (not comparable)
Classical[ˈpɛr.bɛ.nɛ]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛr.be.ne]
Meaning
- not comparablevery well
per-bĕnĕ, adv.,
I. very well:
prandi perbene, Potavi, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 81: pol ego haud a pecuniā perbene, id. Aul. 2, 2, 9: loqui Latine, Cic. Brut. 28, 108: Fortunam fecisse, quando, etc., Liv. 45, 3, 5.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
per-bene adv.,
very well: La<*>ine loqui: fecisse, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Archaic Latin duenos Archaic Latin *duenēd Latin bene Latin perbene From per- + bene.