1. bĕo — Lewis & Short
bĕo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.akin to benus, bonus, and, acc. to Fick, connected with deidw, deino/s,
I to make happy, to bless (as verb. finit. rare, and mostly poet. for fortuno, beatum efficio; not in Cic.).
I In gen., to gladden, rejoice, refresh:
hoc me beat,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 12:
foris aliquantillum etiam quod gusto, id beat,id. Capt. 1, 2, 34:
ecquid beo te?does that gladden thee? Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 47.—Hence, in colloq. lang. beas or beasti, that delights me, I am rejoiced at that, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 66; Ter. And. 1, 1, 79.—
II Aliquem aliquā re, to make happy, reward with, enrich:
caelo Musa beat,Hor. C. 4, 8, 29:
seu te... bearis Interiore notā Falerni,id. ib. 2, 3, 7:
ne dominus Munere te parvo beet,id. Ep. 1, 18, 75:
Latium beabit divite linguā,id. ib. 2, 2, 121.—Hence, bĕātus, a, um, P. a.
A Happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf.:
felix, fortunatus): neque ulla alia huic verbo, cum beatum dicimus, subjecta notio est, nisi, secretis malis omnibus, cumulata bonorum complexio,Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29:
hic tyrannus ipse judicavit quam esset beatus,id. ib. 5, 20, 61:
qui beatus est, non intellego, quid requirat, ut sit beatior: si est enim quod desit, ne beatus quidem est,id. ib. 5, 8, 23:
beatus, ni unum hoc desit,Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 18; Afran. ap. Non. p. 517, 17:
beatus ille, qui procul negotiis, etc.,Hor. Epod. 2, 1:
nihil est ab omni Parte beatum,id. C. 2, 16, 28:
beatissima vita,Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 23.—
2 Transf.:
satisne videtur declarasse Dionysius nihil ei esse beatum, cui, etc.,a cause of happiness, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62.—
3 Subst.
(a) bĕāti, ōrum, m., the happy, fortunate persons:
istam oscitantem sapientiam Scaevolarum et ceterorum beatorum concedamus,Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:
Phraaten numero beatorum Eximit Virtus,Hor. C. 2, 2, 18.—
(b) bĕātum, i, n. ( = beatitas, beatitudo, q. v.), happiness, blessedness:
in quā sit ipsum etiam beatum,Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:
ex bonis, quae sola honesta sunt, efficiendum est beatum,id. Tusc. 5, 15, 45.—
B Esp.
1 Of outward prosperity, opulent, wealthy, rich, in good circumstances:
Dionysius tyrannus fuit opulentissumae et beatissumae civitatis (sc. Syracusarum),Cic. N.D. 3, 33, 81:
res omnes quibus abundant ii, qui beati putantur,id. ib. 2, 37, 95; Plaut. Curc. 3, 1:
ut eorum ornatus... hominis non beatissimi suspicionem prae, beret,Nep. Ages. 8, 2; Hor. C. 2, 4, 13; 2, 18, 14; 3, 7, 3; 3, 16, 32; 3, 29, 11; id. S. 2-8, 1; id. Epod. 16, 41; Ov. Am. 1, 15, 34.— As subst.: bĕāti, ōrum, m., the rich:
noli nobilibus, noli conferre beatis,Prop. 2, 9, 33.—
b Poet., of inanimate things, rich, abundant, excellent, splendid, magnificent:
gazae,Hor. C. 1, 29, 1:
arces,id. ib. 2, 6, 21:
Cyprus,id. ib. 3, 26, 9:
copia,id. C.S. 59:
rus,id. Ep. 1, 10, 14.—With abl., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 139:
nectar,Mart. 9, 12, 5; Cat. 68, 14: argentum felix omnique beatius auro, Ov P 2, 8, 5.— Trop.:
ubertas,overflowing, Quint. 10, 1, 109:
copia,id. 10, 1, 61:
eventus,Tac. Dial. 9.—
2 Late Lat., blessed, i. e. deceased, dead:
quem cum beatum fuisse Sallustius respondisset, intellexit occisum,Amm. 25, 3, 21:
beatae memoriae,of blessed memory, Hier. Ep. ad Marc. 24; cf.: si nobis, cum ex hac vitā emigraverimus, in beatorum insulis inmortale aevum, ut fabulae ferunt, degere liceret, Cic. ap. Aug. Trin. 14, 9 (Fragm. Hortens. 40 B. and K.).—
3 Beatissimus, in late Lat., a title of the higher clergy, Cod. 1, 4, 13; Auct. Collat. 9, 6; Novell. 123, 3 al. —Hence, adv.: bĕātē, happily, Cat. 14, 10:
vivere,Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 33; id. Div. 2, 1, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 12, 29; id. Fin. 2, 27, 86; id. Par 1, 3, 15.—Comp., Sen. Ep. 92, 24.—Sup., Sen. Cons. Helv. 9, 4.