A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


Well (Eng. noun): puteus,-i (s.m.II), abl. sg. puteo, 'a well; a pit' such as for storing grain; cf. puteale,-is (s.n.II)), abl. sg. puteale: a stone curb round the mouth of a well; a similar curb placed round any spot (Lewis & Short); see storehouse; see’ pit;’ see cistern. of or belonging to a well: putealis,-e (adj.B), puteanus,a,-um (adj. A). Coniophora puteana, one of two fungus species generating 'cellar fungus.' Well-water: aqua (s.f.I) putealis,,-e (adj.B); aqua puteana (adj.A).
well (Eng.adj.), not sick, healthy: saluber,-bra,-brum (adj.A), salutaris,-e (adj.B): 'of or belonging to well-being, healthful, wholesome,' salvus,-a,-um (adj.A), 'saved, preserved, unhurt, uninjured, well, sound;' sanus,-a,-um (adj.A), sound, whole, healthy, physically or mentally. - flores infectae illis inflorescentiarum sanarum conspicue similes, flowers infected to those of healthy inflorescences conspicuously similar.
well, quite: bene (adv.), q.v., ‘well, quite, thoroughly;’ recte (adv.) 'rightly, correctly, suitably;' rite (adv.)'well, properly, correctly;' opp. male (adv.) 'badly; scarcely, barely, hardly,' q.v.; see completely; see very.
well-: in Gk. comp. eu-, q.v., well, good, thoroughly, completely, truly; - euhydrus, well-watered; eumorphus, well-formed
well-developed (adj.): effectus,-a,-um (part.A), q.v. + bene (adv.), valde (adv.) 'strongly;' see -osus,-a,-um (adj.A); the superlative of the adjective or adverb may be used: see -issimus,-a,-um (adj.A), -issime (adv.); see the Latin suffix -osus,-a,-um (adj.A); see eu-, in Gk. comp., as eubotrys (adj.B) with well-developed clusters; euchromus, well-colored; eumorphus, well-formed, well-developed; - stratum stereidarum bene effectum, band of stereids well developed. - species notis bene distincta, the species by the characters quite distinct. Leskea nervosa, a moss with a well-developed costa in the leaf;
Well (of water): see fons, gen. sg. fontis (s.m.III); ); puteus,-ei (s.m.II), q.v., abl. sg. puteo, gen. pl. puteorum, a well, of a cistern; see bath; - in aquis dulcibus ad lapides et plantas aquaticas et ad parietes piscinarum et puteorum, in fresh water on stones and aquatic plants and on the walls of cisterns and wells (Stearn). - prope Mediolanum ubi fontis parietem domus campestris cujusdam obducit (mosses; Mueller), near Milan where it covers the wall of the well of a certain rural [i.e. farm] house. - ad fossas et fontes (DeCandolle), on ditches and wells. - in fornice fontis cujusdam diruti Eremuli Sanctissimae Virgini Маriae, & Divae Саtharinae V.ac М. dicati in summitate Моntis Мurelli (Mich.), on the arch [vault] of the well of some [i.e. unnamed] ruined little hermitage dedicated to the most Holy Virgin Mary and Saint Catharine V. and M. on the summit of Mount Murell.
well (adv.), healthily: sane (adv.).