(adjective) : fēlix, īcis (abl. felici, except Cic. Or. 48, 159; and as nom. prop., v. II. B. 2. infra), from root feo, fevo, to bear, produce, Gr. φύω; cf.: fio, femina; whence fetus, fecundus, femina, fenus
* Fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive.
* 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.
* In partic.
* Transf.
* Felix, as an adj. propr. in Arabia Felix, the fertile portion of Arabia, opp. Arabia Deserta and Petraea; v. Arabia.
* 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: 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* (Acc. to I.) Fruitfully, abundantly: hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae,Verg. G. 1, 54.
* (Acc. to II.)
* 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: 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.
* 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,Cic. 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.—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
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