serviceable

serviceable
adj.
P. and V. χρήσῐμος, χρηστός, σύμφορος, πρόσφορος, ἐπῐτήδειος, Ar. and P. ὠφέλῐμος, προὔργου, Ar. and V. ὠφελήσῐμος.

SERVICEABLE

utilis (useful; ☞ not conducibilis in good prose): saluber salutaris (wholesome): efficax (efficacious): commodus accommodatus aptus (fit): to be serviceable to adjuvare aliquem adjutorem (feminine adjutricem) esse alicui adjumento esse alicui (general term to help support); auxiliari alicui auxilio esse alicui (to aid or help one in need); sublevare aliquem or aliquid (PROP. to raise one up); consulere alicui (to consult the good of anybody). To be serviceable to a person in any matter adjuvare aliquem or adjutorem (adjutricem) esse alicui in aliqua re or ad aliquid (general term to assist): commodare alicui operam suam ad aliquid (to lend one’s help to anything): in re alicui non deesse (not to withdraw one’s aid): sublevare aliquid aliqua re (to lighten or render easy; e.g. fugam alicujus pecunia). He has been serviceable to me for that purpose ejus opera consecutus sum quod optabam

serviceable:

I. That does service, beneficial, advantageous:

1. ūtĭlis: (of both persons and things): an advantageous and s. law, lex accommodata ac u., Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 14: that they could be s. friends to them, posse iis utiles esse amicos, Caes. B. G. 4, 7, fin.

2. opportūnus (rare in this sense): all other things are s. each for a separate purpose, ceterae res opportunae sunt singulae rebus singulis, Cic. Am. 6, 22.

3. aptus: with ad or dat. (of persons always with dat.): the bones have joints s. for stability, ossa habent commissuras ad stabilitatem aptas, id. N. D. 2, 55, 139: a s. place for an ambush, locus ad insidias a., id. Mil. 20, 53: that that which is true, simple, and sincere, is s. to the nature of man, quod verum, simplex sincerumque sit, id esse hominis naturae aptum, id. Off. 1, 4, 13. Or translate by verb: inservio, 4: with dat.: to render oneself s. to any one, alicui inservire, id. Off. 1, 15, 49.

II. Capable of, or fit for, military duty:

1. aptus a s. army, i. e. in fighting trim, exercitus a., Liv. 10, 25, init.

2. ūtĭlis navigando (of ships): v. SEAWORTHY. So by anal., utilis pugnando, bello, etc.

serviceable, to be:

1. prōsum, irr. (most gen. term, to do good to in any way: with dat.): I fear lest your artifice may not be very s. to you, metuo ne artificium tuum parum tibi prosit, Cic. Fam. 7, 13, fin.: v. TO SERVE (III.).

2. bĕnĕfăcio, 3: it is a glorious thing to be s. to the state, pulchrum est reipublicae b., Sall. C. 3, init.: v. TO BENEFIT.

3. prōfĭcio, 3 (to advance, promote any object): v. TO SERVE (III.).

χρήσιμος
useful, serviceable, good for use, good, apt
χρηστός
χρηστός, useful, serviceable; good, honest, worthy
πρόσφορος
serviceable, useful, profitable
προὔργου
serving for or towards a work, useful, serviceable

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βοηθητικός
ready or able to help, serviceable
διακονικός
serviceable
εὔχρηστος
easy to make use of, useful, serviceable
στρατεύσιμος
fit for service, serviceable
χραισμήεις
serviceable
ἀρωγός
aiding, succouring, propitious, serviceable
ἐκβλητικός
serviceable for expelling
ὑπουργός
rendering service, serviceable, promoting, conducive to
ὠφελήσιμος
useful, serviceable

utilis
useful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous, expedient, to good purpose
probus
estimable, good, serviceable, excellent, superior, upright, honest, honorable, virtuous
famulus
serving, serviceable
officiosus
full of courtesy, complaisant, obliging, serviceable

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beneficus
generous, liberal, serviceable, beneficent, bountiful
satius
more satisfying, better, more serviceable, fitter, preferable
utibilis
to be used, fit, appropriate, useful, serviceable