suitable

suitable
adj.
P. and V. ἐπῐτήδειος, σύμφορος, πρόσφορος, σύμμετρος, P. ἔμμετρος.
Opportune: P. and V. καίριος, ἐπί̆καιρος, V. εὔκαιρος.
Suitable to: P. οἰκεῖος (dat.).
Becoming: P. and V. εὐπρεπής, πρέπων, προσήκων, Ar. and P. πρεπώδης, V. συμπρεπής, ἐπεικώς, προσεικώς ; see becoming.

SUITABLE SUITED

accommodatus alicui rei or ad rem (adapted): aptus alicui rei or ad aliquid (appropriate): conveniens: congruens (☞ congruus is not Latin): consentaneus alicui rei or cum re (that agrees with): decorus alicui or alicui rei (becoming): dignus aliquo or aliqua re (worthy). (The words are found in this connection and order.) aptus et accommodatus: aptus consentaneusque: congruens et aptus: aptus et congruens: commodus (in due measure): opportunus (proper fit; especially of situation or position then of time of age etc.): idoneus (fit adapted by nature). (The words are found in this connection and order.) opportunus et idoneus: commodus et idoneus: habilis et aptus. Very suitable percommodus; peropportunus; peridoneus (to anything alicui rei or ad aliquid): a suitable opportunity occasio idonea or commoda et idonea; opportunitas: not suitable alienus: a suitable punishment pro modo poena: a suitable speech decora oratio: suitable to time or circumstances consentaneus tempori; ad tempus accommodatus; ... and persons aptus consentaneusque tempori et personae: to be suitable convenire ad aliquid; consentire or congruere alicui rei or cum aliqua re; respondere alicui rei; (of climate food etc.) salubrem esse: not to be suitable gravem parum salubrem esse.

suitable, suited:

1. aptus: a day s. for sacrifice, a. dies sacrificio, Liv. 1, 45, post med.: a rhythmical and s. speech, numerosa et a. oratio, Cic. Or. 50, 168: no character seemed more s.'d to talk about age, nulla videbatur aptior persona quae de aetate loqueretur, Cic. Am. 1, 4 (for constr. v. Zumpt, Gr. § 568). Join: a. et accommodatus, Cic.; a. et congruens, id.: a. consentaneusque, id.: v. FIT (adj.), ADAPTED.

2. ĭdōneus (for a definite purpose = ad eam rem: usu. with ad, a relative, the dat., or absol.): counsels s.'d to this our business, consilia i. ad hoc nostrum negotium, Cic. Att. 5, 6, 1: the character of Laelius seemed to me s.'d for discussing the subject of friendship, i. mihi Laelii persona visa est quae de amicitia dissereret, id. Am. 1. 4: he chooses a site s. for a camp, castris i. locum deligit, Caes. B. G. 6, 10: a s. time, tempus i., Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68. (For rarer constructions, v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.)

3. accommŏdātus, accommŏdus (poet.: rare), appŏsĭtus: v. FIT (adj.), ADAPTED.

4. congruens, consentāneus, convĕniens, consentiens: v. APPROPRIATE, AGREEING (adj.), APPLICABLE.

5. ingĕniōsus (naturally adapted: poet.): v. ADAPTED (4.).

6. hăbĭlis, e (in active sense, possessing ability or capability): v. FIT (adj., 3.).

7. commŏdus, opportūnus: v. CONVENIENT (II.), OPPORTUNE.

8. dĕcōrus, dĕcens: v. BECOMING (adj.).

9. dignus: v. WORTHY.

10. aequus, pār: v. RIGHT, PROPER. Phr.: classes of herbs s. for the bites of beasts, genera herbarum ad morsus bestiarum, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 13: not s., alienus (v. also UNSUITABLE): hence s., non alienus, Sall. C. 40, ad fin. [N.B.--To be s., expr.: (1.) by verb (v. TO SUIT, B., TO BECOME). (2.) by sum with adj. (v. BECOMING, SUITABLE, FIT). (3.) by sum with prepp.: the other materials which are s. for conflagrations, (reliquae res) quae sunt ad incendia, Caes. B. C. 3, 101, post init.: he orders things which are s. (or to the purpose), imperat quae in rem sunt, Liv. 26, 44, ad fin.]

ἱκανός
ἱκανός, sufficient, competent; suitable, adequate
ἐπιτήδειος
ἐπιτήδειος, made for a purpose, suitable; useful, necessary
ἄρτιος
suitable, exactly fitted, even (number); ἀρτίως = ἄρτι, just now
σύμφορος
accompanying; suitable, useful, profitable

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αὐλητικός
of or for the aulos, suitable for aulos playing
κοσμοπρεπής
suitable for the universe
μωλωπικός
suitable for weals
νυγματικός
suitable for
πρεπώδης
fit, becoming, suitable, proper
προσοίκειος
suitable
τετράσωμος
suitable for holding four bodies
ἀναγνωστικός
suitable for reading
ἀπολογητικός
suitable for defence, apologetic
ἐκδαρτικός
suitable for flaying
ἐκκοπτικός
suitable for eradicating
ἐπιπλαστώδης
suitable for a plaster
ἔμμετρος
in measure, proportioned, suitable, moderate

par
equal; suitable
dignus
worthy, deserving, meritorious, deserved, suitable, fitting, becoming, proper
aptus
fastened, joined, fitted, bound, attached; suitable
decet
it is fitting, suitable, proper
idoneus
fit, meet, proper, becoming, suitable, apt, capable, convenient, sufficient
opportunus
fit, meet, adapted, convenient, suitable, seasonable, opportune
decorus
becoming, fitting, seemly, proper, suitable, decorous
tempestivus
...time, at the proper time, timely, seasonable, opportune, fitting, appropriate, suitable
habilis
easily handled, manageable, handy, suitable, fit, proper, apt, nimble, swift

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accommodatus
fitted, fit, suitable, adapted, appropriate to, in accordance with
accommodus
fit for, suitable for
aptatus
fit, suitable
congruens
agreeing, fit, appropriate, suitable, consistent, congruous
consequens
according to reason, correspondent, suitable, fit
deceo
to be seemly, be comely, become, beseem, behoove, be fitting, be suitable, be proper
iuvenalis
youthful, juvenile, suitable for young people
scitus
fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty