felix
felix, fruitful, productive
as long as you are successful, you will have many friends
fēlīx, īcis: (adj.), fruitful, 6.230; happy, lucky, fortunate, 3.493; successful, 11.196; skillful, 9.772; active, making happy; favorable, kind, propitious, 1.330.
fēlix, īcis (abl. felici, except Cic. Or. 48, 159; and as nom. prop., v. II. B. 2. infra), adj. [from root feo, fevo, to bear, produce, Gr. φύω; cf.: fio, femina; whence fetus, fecundus, femina, fenus], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive.
- I Lit. (rare; not in Cic.): felices arbores Cato dixit, quae fructum ferunt, infelices quae non ferunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 10 Müll.; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Amic. 2, 6 ed. Mai.; so, arbor, Liv. 5, 24, 2: arbusta, Lucr. 5, 1378: rami, Verg. G. 2, 81; so, rami feliciores, Hor. Epod. 2, 14: silvae, i. e. of fruitful trees, Verg. G. 4, 329: Massica Baccho, fruitful in vines, id. A. 7, 725; cf. Campania, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60: felicior regio, Ov. P. 2, 10, 51; cf.: felix oleae tractus, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 179: venti, Val. Fl. 6, 711.—
- B In partic.
- 1 In the old relig. lang.: felices arbores, all the nobler sorts of trees, whose fruits were offered to the superior deities, in contradistinction to the infelices, which were dedicated to the inferior deities, Macr. S. 2, 16, 2.—
- 2 Felix, as an adj. propr. in Arabia Felix, the fertile portion of Arabia, opp. Arabia Deserta and Petraea; v. Arabia.—
- II Transf.
- A Act., that brings good luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous (orig. belonging to the relig. lang.; in the class. per. almost confined to poets; syn.: faustus, fortunatus, beatus, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur, Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102; so, QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, etc., an old formula in Varr. L. L. 6, § 86; cf. also: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3 (41): quod tibi mihique sit felix, sub imperium tuum redeo, Liv. 22, 30, 4: auspicia, Verg. A. 11, 32; cf. omen, Ov. P. 2, 1, 35: o dea ... Sis felix, nostrum leves, quaecumque, laborem, Verg. A. 1, 330; cf.: sis bonus o felixque tuis! id. E. 5, 65: terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges, id. G. 1, 345: Zephyri, id. A. 3, 120: sententia, Ov. M. 13, 319: industria (corresp. to fertilis cura), Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—
- B Lucky, happy, fortunate (the predom. signif. in prose and poetry): exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur, Lucr. 1, 100: Polycratem Samium felicem appellabant, Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92: Caesar Alexandriam se recepit, felix, ut sibi quidem videbatur, id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 59: vir ad casum fortunamque felix, id. Font. 15, 33: ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior, id. Brut. 16, 63: Sulla felicissimus omnium ante civilem victoriam, Sall. J. 95, 4: in te retinendo fuit Asia felicior quam nos in deducendo, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 30; cf.: quin etiam si minus felices in diligendo fuissemus, id. Lael. 16, 60: vade, o felix nati pietate, Verg. A. 3, 480; cf. id. ib. 6, 785: Praxiteles quoque marmore fericior, i. e. succeeded better as a sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69: felices ter et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula, Hor. C. 1, 13, 17: omnes composui. Felices! nunc ego resto, id. S. 1, 9, 28: Latium felix, id. C. S. 66: tempora, Juv. 2, 38: saecula, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 103; Juv. 3, 312; Quint. 8, 6, 24: cf.: nulla sorte nascendi aetas felicior, id. 12, 11, 22: felicissima facilitas, id. 10, 1, 111: felicissimus sermo, id. 9, 4, 27: ita sim felix, a form of asseveration, Prop. 1, 7, 3: malum, i. q. salubre, salubrious, wholesome, Verg. G. 2, 127 Serv.—Prov.: felicem scivi, non qui quod vellet haberet, sed qui per fatum non data non cuperet, Aus. Idyll. 319, 23 sq.—
- β With gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Vergilius beatus felixque gratiae, Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 7: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem! Hor. S. 1, 9, 12: felices studiique locique, Ov. M. 5, 267: felix uteri, Sil. 4, 359: leti, id. 4, 398: famae, id. 4, 731: felices operum dies, Verg. G. 1, 277.—
- γ With inf. (poet.): quo non felicior alter Ungueretela manu ferrumque armare veneno, happier, more successful in, Verg. A. 9, 772; id. G. 1, 284; Sil. 13, 126. —
- δ With gerund. dat. (rare): tam felix vobis corrumpendis fuit, successful in, Liv. 3, 17, 2.—Adv.: fēlīcĭter. *
- 1 (Acc. to I.) Fruitfully, abundantly: hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae, Verg. G. 1, 54.—
- 2 (Acc. to II.)
- a Auspiciously, fortunately, favorably: quod mihi vobisque Quirites, Se fortunatim, feliciter ac bene vortat, Enn. ap. Non. 112, 3 (Ann. v. 112 ed. Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58 (788): ut ea res mihi magistratuique meo, populo plebique Romanae bene atque feliciter eveniret, Cic. Mur. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3.—In expressing a wish or in calling to a person, Good luck! faciam quod volunt. Feliciter velim, inquam, teque laudo, Cic. Att. 13, 42, 1: feliciter, succlamant, Phaedr. 5, 1, 4; Suet. Claud. 7; id. Dom. 13; Flor. 3, 3 fin.; Juv. 2, 119; Vulg. Gen. 30, 11 al.—
- b Luckily, happily, successfully (most freq.): omnes sapientes semper feliciter, absolute, fortunate vivere, Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26: res publica et bene et feliciter gesta sit, id. Phil. 5, 15, 40; id. Fam. 7, 28 fin.: navigare, id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 95; cf.: qui te feliciter attulit Eurus, Ov. M. 7, 659: feliciter audet, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166: ob ea feliciter acta, Sall. J. 55, 2.—Prov.: feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 40 (780).—Comp., Ov. Ib. 305.—Sup.: bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit, Cic. Rep. 2, 9: re gesta, Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 1: gerere rem publicam, Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 6: cessit imitatio, Quint. 10, 2, 16: Horatius ... verbis felicissime audax, 10, 1, 96.
fĕlix, ĭcis, v. filix init.
1. fēlīx, īcis (zu einer Wurzel *dhē-, fruchtbar, Ertrag, vgl. fenus, fecundus), I) fruchtbar, arbor, Liv.: ebenso rami, Verg. u. Tac.: regio, Ov.: Arabia, Plin. – II) übtr.: A) von dem, dem alles zu Glücke geht = glücklich, beglückt, vom Glück begünstigt (Ggstz. miser), 1) im allg.: vir, Cic.: saecula, Ov.: multi dubitavere fortior an felicior esset, Sall.: Sulla felicissimus omnium, Cic.: felicissimus pater (Ggstz. miserrimus), Val. Max. – felix, qui etc., Heil dem Manne, der usw., Boëth.: ita sim felix, als Beteuerungsformel, Prop. – mit Genet. (vgl. Fritzsche Hor. sat. 1, 9, 11), cerebri, Hor.: Vergilius beatus felixque gratiae, Plin.: rerum temporalium felix, Augustin. de civ. dei 2, 23. – mit ad u. Akk., ad casum fortunamque felix, Cic. Font. 43: poet. m. bl. Acc. (in), hic publica felix, privata minus, Claud. cons. Stil. 1, 29. – m. Abl., recepto Caesare felix, Hor.: morte (suā) felix, Verg.: Praxiteles quoque marmore (in M.) felicior, Plin.: ingenium et operibus et operum praemiis felix, Liv. epit.: m. Abl. Gerund., tam felix vobis corrumpendis fuit, bei eurer Verführung, Liv. 3, 17, 2: felix es talia diligenter cogitando, amando felicior et ideo eris felicissima consequendo, Augustin. ep. 267. – m. in u. Abl., sis felix, Caeli, sis in amore potens, Catull. 100, 8: m. in u. Abl. Gerund., in te retinendo Asia erat felicior, quam nos in deducendo, Cic. ad Q. fr. 1, 1, 10. § 30: si minus felices in diligendo fuissemus, Cic. de amic. 60. – m. ab u. Abl., ille Graecus ab omni laude (vom Standpunkt allseitiger Anerkennung) felicior, Cic. Brut. 63. – mit Infin., felicior ungere tela manu, glücklicher, mit besserem Erfolge, Verg. Aen. 9, 772; vgl. Verg. georg. 1, 284. Sil. 11, 441; 13, 126. – Felix, der Glückliche, als Beiname, zB. Sullas, Liv. 30, 45, 6. Plin. 7, 137: daher Plur. Felices, Sen. de clem. 1, 14, 2. – 2) insbes., a) vom Glück begünstigt = reich, tam felix esses, Ov.: felicis (reichbegabten) quondam, nunc pauperis agri custodes, Tibull.: u. so rura felicia, Stat. – b) glücklich = glücklich von statten gehend, -ablaufend, von glücklichem Erfolg, curatio, Cels.: seditio, Liv.: sententia, Ov.: facilitas, Quint.: sermo (Redeweise), Quint. – od. = glücklich geführt, -ausgeführt (vollbracht), -errungen, arma, Verg.: felicissimae victoriae, Vell.: felix eventu opus alcis, eine in dem Erfolge glückliche Tat jmds., Vell.: iam semel felix mendacium, mit Erfolg versuchte, erfolgreiche, Liv. – B) aktiv, glücklich, a) = Glück bringend od. verheißend, omen, Ov.: hostia, Verg.: sis felix tuis! Verg.: dah. die Formel quod bonum, faustum, felix fortunatumque sit! d.i. in Gottes Namen! Cic.; vgl. Plaut. trin. 40 sq. ut nobis haec habitatio bona fausta felix fortunataque evenat: so auch quod tibi mihique sit felix! Liv.: m. Infin., felix esse (es sei ein Glück) mori, Lucan. 4, 520. – b) mit Heilkraft gesegnet, malum (Apfel), Verg. georg. 2, 127. – c) freudebereitend, herzerfreuend, labend, poma, Ov. met. 9, 92; 13, 719; 14, 627: vina, Fronto de fer. Als. p. 224, 19 N. – d) befruchtend, limus, Verg. georg. 2, 188. – ➳ Abl. felici (adj.) u. felice (subst.), s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.3 2, 113 u. 115.
2. felix, s. filix.
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plures ‥ quibus ~x arrisit fortuna captivi ducuntur
quo ~ici numine res tue succedant
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non modica res est missam facere et valde ~x est qui unam celebrare digne poterit
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eum bellandi peritum et in prelio ~cem ‥ cognoverat
~x ‥ ille et fortunatus qui ‥
si ipse potestatem ligandi atque monarchiam solvendi ‥ ~ci sorte ‥ accipere promeruit
~ci reditu,gesœligum edhwyrftum
felix culpa fuit talia quae meruit
factum [sic ] est ei ~x luminis restitutio
ex peccato primi parentis evenit magis bonum mundo quam malum, et tamen stultum est excusare illud quamvis ~x et necessarium ne omnino sit peccatum
optatos ~cibus auxiliis patefecit aditus
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1 fēlīx, (7) īcis (cf. fenus, fecundus ), ¶ 1 fécond, fertile : arbor Cat. d. Fest. 92, 10, arbre qui porte des fruits, arbre fruitier, cf. Lucr. 5, 1378 ; Virg. G. 2, 81 ; Liv. 5, 24, 2 ; felicior regio Ov. P. 2, 10, 51, région plus fertile, cf. Plin. 3, 60 ¶ 2 pour qui tout vient heureusement, qui a de la chance, heureux : Cic. Fin. 5, 92, etc. ; -cissimus Sall. J. 95, 4 ; vir ad casum fortunamque felix Cic. Font. 43, heureux sous le rapport des événements et du sort ; ab omni laude felicior Cic. Br. 63, mieux partagé sous le rapport de la considération en général ; si minus felices in deligendo fuissemus Cic. Læl. 60, si nous avions été malheureux dans notre choix ; Praxiteles marmore felicior Plin. 34, 69, Praxitèle plus heureux comme sculpteur [dans le marbre], cf. Liv. 3, 17, 2 || [poét., avec gén.] heureux sous le rapport de : Plin. 14, pr. 7 ; Hor. S. 1, 9, 12 ; Virg. G. 1, 277 ; Ov. M. 5, 267, etc. ; [avec inf.] heureux pour ce qui est de faire qqch. : dies felix ponere vitem Virg. G. 1, 284, jour favorable pour planter la vigne ; felicior ungere... Virg. En. 9, 772, plus habile à imprégner... ¶ 3 heureux, qui a un heureux résultat : industria Plin. 14, pr. 3, activité heureuse ; felicissimus sermo Quint. 9, 4, 27, le style le plus heureux, qui réussit le mieux ¶ 4 qui rend heureux, favorable, de bon augure : o dea... sis felix Virg. En. 1, 330, ô déesse... sois propice ; quod tibi mihique sit felix Liv. 22, 30, 4, et puisse cet acte être heureux pour toi et pour moi, cf. Cic. Div. 1, 102 ; Varro L. 6, 86 || bienfaisant : felix malum Virg. G. 2, 127, pomme salutaire ; felicia poma Ov. M. 9, 92, fruits savoureux, cf. M. 13, 719 ; 14, 627 ; felix limus Virg. G. 2, 188, limon fécond (fécondant) ¶ 5 Felix, lʼHeureux [surnom, en part. de Sylla] : Liv. 30, 45, 6 ; Plin. 7, 137.
2 fĕlix, v. filix.
- 1. vruchtbaar, rijk [arbor; regio; Arabia];
- 2. gelukkig, verheugd, door het geluk begunstigd, gelukzalig [vir; aetas; tempora; saecula]; ➤ donec eris ~, multos numerabis amicos (Ov.); (m. abl.; gen.; in m. abl.) [amando; cerebri; in bello]; als aanmoediging: feliciter succes!;
- 3. gelukkig makend, gelukbrengend, geluk voorspellend, gunstig [omen; mālum geneeskrachtig (als tegengif)];
- 4. succesvol, voorspoedig aflopend of uitgevoerd (v. dingen) [tela; seditio; victoria]; ➤ feliciter rem gerere;
- 5. (Verg.) vruchtbaar makend [limus].
fēlīx īcis (abl.īcī, once īce, C.), adj.with comp.and sup.
- FEV-, fruitful, productive: arbor, L.: rami Feliciores, H.: Massica Baccho, in vines, V.: felicior regio, O.: limus, fertilizing, V.—Bringing good-luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous: dies, T.: quod tibi mihique sit felix, redeo, L.: omen, O.: Sis bonus o felixque tuis!V.: sententia, O.: (dies) ponere vitem, V.—Lucky, happy, fortunate, prosperous, successful: hominem, T.: Polycratem felicem appellabant: ab omni laude felicior: felicissimus omnium, S.: exercitus magis strenuus quam felix, S.: morte, V.: tempora, Iu.: arma, victory, V.: mālum, wholesome, V.: vobis corrumpendis, successful, L.—Poet.: o te cerebri Felicem! H.: dies operum, V.: felicior Unguere tela, successful in, V.
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…quantus in exiguo tempore fugit amor nunc primum longas solus cognoscere noctes cogor et ipse meis auribus esse gravis. felix, qui potuit praesenti flere puellae ; non nihil aspersis gaudet Amor lacrimis aut si despectus potuit mutare calores ,…
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…certus eris. Dum tibi Cadmeae dicuntur, Pontice, Thebae armaque fraternae tristia militiae, atque, ita sim felix, primo contendis Homero, sint modo fata tuis mollia carminibus nos, ut consuemus, nostros agitamus amores ,…
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…claro comitari Hymenaeo, sed casta inceste nubendi tempore in ipso hostia concideret mactatu maesta parentis, exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur. tantum religio potuit suadere malorum. Tutemet a nobis iam quovis tempore vatum terriloquis victus dictis desciscere…
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…, ossaque lecta cado texit Corynaeus aëno. Idem ter socios pura circumtulit unda, spargens rore levi et ramo felicis olivae, lustravitque viros, dixitque novissima verba. At pius Aeneas ingenti mole sepulcrum imponit, suaque arma viro…
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…Iovem. tu vero quoniam semel es periturus amore, utere non alio limine dignus eras. quae tibi sit felix, quoniam novus incidit error ; et quodcumque voles, una sit ista tibi. Tu licet abiectus Tiberina molliter…
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…Chalybe, non tamen illa suos poterit compescere ocellos, surget et invitis spiritus in lacrimis. nunc iacet alterius felici nixa lacerto, at mea nocturno verba cadunt Zephyro. sed tu sola mei tu maxima causa doloris, victa…
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…pulvere nomen, ut mihi non ullo pondere terra foret. at vos, aequoreae formosa Doride natae, candida felici solvite vela choro si quando vestras labens Amor attigit undas, mansuetis socio parcite litoribus. Haec certe deserta loca…
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…. unde tuos primum repetam, mea Cynthia, fastus quod mihi das flendi, Cynthia, principium qui modo felices inter numerabar amantis nunc in amore tuo cogor habere notam. quid tantum merui quae te mihi carmina mutant an…
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…laesa minas at quo sis humilis magis et subiectus amori, hoc magis effectu saepe fruare bono. is poterit felix una remanere puella, qui numquam vacuo pectore liber erit. Ecquid te mediis cessantem, Cynthia, Bais ,…
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…manu sed quocumque modo de me, periura, mereris, sit Galatea tuae non aliena viae ut te, felici praevecta Ceraunia remo, accipiat placidis Oricos aequoribus. nam me non ullae poterunt corrumpere, de te quin ego…
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