(adj.adv.) : ĭdōnĕus, a, um, adj.Sanscr. root indh-, idh-, to kindle; prop. bright, conspicuous; cf. Idus
* Fit for something (esp. for an action), meet, proper, becoming, suitable, apt, capable, convenient, sufficient (of persons and things; class. and very freq. in prose and poetry; syn.: aptus, opportunus); constr. most commonly with ad, qui, the dat., or absol.; less freq. with in aliquid, the abl., or the inf.
* With ad: tot quidem non potuisti adducere homines magis ad hanc rem idoneos, etc.,Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 6: non essem ad ullam causam idoneus, judices, si hoc non viderem,Cic. Clu. 6, 17: ad amicitiam esse idoneus,id. Lael. 17, 62: loco pro castris ad aciem instruendam opportuno atque idoneo,Caes. B. G. 2, 8, 3: cum statim auditoris animum nobis idoneum reddimus ad audiendum,Auct. Her. 1, 4, 6: est enim (lex) ratio mensque sapientis, ad jubendum et ad deterrendum idonea,Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8: scientia opportunitatis idoneorum ad agendum temporum,id. Off. 1, 40, 142: ad captandos lacertos tempestates non sunt idoneae,id. Att. 2, 6, 1: consilia idonea ad hoc nostrum negotium,id. ib. 5, 6, 1 al.
* With qui, or a rel. adverb: video hercle ego te me arbitrari, Euclio, hominem idoneum, Quem senecta aetate ludos facias,Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 74; cf. Ter. And. 3, 2, 12; 4, 4, 18: utrum ille (Pompeius) idoneus non est, qui impetret, etc.,Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57: tibi fortasse idoneus fuit nemo, quem imitarere,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41: idonea mihi Laelii persona visa est, quae de amicitia dissereret,id. Lael. 1, 4: et rem idoneam, de qua quaeratur, et homines dignos, quibuscum disseratur, putant,id. Ac. 2, 6, 18: nequeo mearum rerum initium ullum invenire idoneum, Unde exordiar narrare, quae, etc.,Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 1.
* With dat.: erit alius (discipulus) historiae magis idoneus,Quint. 2, 8, 7; 12, 10, 49: idoneus arti Cuilibet,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 8: non sat idoneus Pugnae ferebaris,id. C. 2, 19, 26: vixi puellis nuper idoneus,id. ib. 3, 26, 1: cum idoneos rhetori pueros putaverunt,Quint. 2, 3, 1: Falernum mihi semper idoneum visum est deversorio,Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 1: castris idoneum locum deligit,Caes. B. G. 6, 10, 2; 7, 35, 4: ad cibos viribus conservandis idoneos redeunt,Quint. 2, 10, 6: (volunt poëtae) simul et jucunda et idonea dicere vitae,Hor. A. P. 334: metuensque futuri In pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello, id. S. 2, 2, 111: ut patriae sit idoneus,serviceable,Juv. 14, 71.—With dat. gerundi (post-Aug.): Julius, qui perferendis militum mandatis habebatur idoneus,Tac. A. 1, 23 fin.
* Absol.: cujus (Cethegi) eloquentiae est auctor, et idoneus quidem mea sententia, Q. Ennius, etc.,a proper, sufficient voucher,Cic. Brut. 15, 57: auctor,Quint. 1, 4, 20; 2, 4, 42: qui si adductus gratia minus idoneum hominem praemio affecisset, etc.,i. e. deserving, worthy,Cic. Balb. 3, 7; cf. id. Off. 2, 15, 54: idoneus suae rei quisque defensor,Quint. 4, 1, 46: imperator,id. 12, 3, 5: juvenis,id. 10, 5, 21: debitor, safe, able to pay (opp. inops), Dig. 4, 4, 27 fin.; so, tutor,ib. 26, 1, 9; 27, 8, 1: homines,ib. 35, 2, 88; cf. Sen. Ben. 4, 39: servi conscii, tempus idoneum, locus opportune captus ad eam rem,Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68: tempora,Quint. 12, 11, 18; cf.: lex promulgata idoneo die,id. 2, 4, 35: minus idoneis (verbis) uti,Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 154; cf.: aptum atque idoneum verbum,Quint. 9, 4, 144: vox actoris,id. 12, 7, 1: lectio,id. ib. 8 praef. § 28: cautio,Dig. 40, 4, 50: paries,safe, sound,ib. 39, 2, 36: navis,ib. 19, 2, 13: pignora,sufficient, satisfactory,ib. 22, 1, 33.—Comp. (post-class.): si persona idoneior accedat ad emptionem,Dig. 18, 2, 4, § 6; cf. ib. 47, 23, 2; 43, 29, 3; 50, 6, 5 fin.; Tert. adv. Herm. 18; Anim. 18 (al. idonior or idoneor). —Subst.: in deligendis idoneis judicium et diligentiam adhibere,Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62: cum idoneis collocutus,Liv. 34, 25, 7: nullo idoneo respondente,Suet. Ner. 44; Quint. 7, 4, 39: novum illud exemplum a dignis et idoneis ad indignos et non idoneos transfertur,Sall. C. 51, 27: per idoneos et secreti ejus socios,Tac. A. 2, 39: apud idonea provinciarum,i. e. at proper stations,id. ib. 4, 5.—(ε) With in and acc.: infirmi et in nullam spem idonei,Sen. Contr. 5, 33: componere materias in hoc idoneas, ut, etc.,Quint. 6, 3, 15.—*(ζ) With abl. (like dignus): res idoneas dignitate suā judicare,Auct. Her. 3, 3, 5.—(η) With inf. (poet. and postclass.): fons etiam rivo dare nomen idoneus,i. e. large enough,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 12: si torrere jecur quaeris idoneum,id. C. 4, 1, 12: accendi idonea,Sen. N. Q. 1, 15, 1.— Comp.: idoneor (late Lat.),Dig. 18, 2, 4, § 6; 47, 23, 2; Tert. adv. Herm. 18; id. de Anim. 18.—Hence, adv.: ĭdōnĕē, fitly, suitably, properly, duly, sufficiently (very rare): exordium est oratio animum auditoris idonee comparans ad reliquam dictionem,Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20: ergo cavendum est idonee. Quid est idonee? Satisdato utique aut pignoribus datis,enough,Dig. 40, 5, 4: cavere,ib. 5, 3, 41; 27, 8, 1: magis idonee reficere parietem,more safely, solidly,ib. 39, 2, 41.—Comp.: idonius,Tert. Pall. 3 med.

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