cui bonophr.n.

Brit.

/ˌkuːɪ ˈbəʊnəʊ/,

/ˌkwiː ˈbəʊnəʊ/,

/ˌkuːɪ ˈbɒnəʊ/,

/ˌkwiː ˈbɒnəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌkwi ˈboʊˌnoʊ/

Etymology: < Latin cui bono, properly cui bono est, fuit, etc., meaning ‘To whom [is or was it] for a benefit?’ i.e. ‘Who profits (or has profited) by it?’ attributed by Cicero to a certain Lucius Cassius ( Cicero Pro Roscio Amer. xxx), popularly taken in English to mean ‘To what use or good purpose?’ N.E.D. (1893) gives the pronunciation as (kəi bō^u·no) /kaɪ ˈbəʊnəʊ/.

a. ‘To what use or good purpose?’; hence, sometimes as n.: the question of the practical advantage of anything; practical utility as a principle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > [phrase] > what good or benefit?

what shallc893

cui bono1604

the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun]

fremea700

redeeOE

noteeOE

goodOE

goodnessOE

framec1175

winc1175

bihevec1230

behoofc1275

advantagec1300

prowc1300

wellc1300

wainc1315

profita1325

bewaynec1375

vantagec1380

goodshipc1390

prewa1400

steada1400

benefice1426

vailc1430

utilityc1440

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prevaila1460

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cui bono1836

1604 L. Andrewes Copie Serm. Good Friday sig. E 1^v For, what of all this? what good? Cui bono?

1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) i. ii. iv. vii. 148 To build an house without pinnes, make a rope of sand, to what end? cui bono?

1836 J. F. Davis Chinese (Stanf.) II. 272 The Chinese always estimate such matters by their intermediate and apparent cui bono.

1847 T. De Quincey Secret Societies in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 515/1 The point on which our irreconcilability was greatest, respected the cui bono of this alleged conspiracy.

b. attributive or as adj. Of or relating to the question cui bono?; sometimes = utilitarian.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] > relating to cui bono

cui bonoa1734

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §130 207 All which Matters..amount..to a Dæmonstration of the Sort I may term cui bono.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1781 II. 396 Dr. Shaw..used to say, ‘I hate a cui bono man’.

1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. iii. 69 Are there any who utter the cui bono criticism?

Derivatives

cui ˈbono v. transitive to put the question cui bono? in regard to (anything); to question the utility of.

ΚΠ

1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. viii. i. 91 An ambition, which seemed..to cui bono the objects, of worldly distinction.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cui bono
释义	cui bonophr.n. Brit. /ˌkuːɪ ˈbəʊnəʊ/, /ˌkwiː ˈbəʊnəʊ/, /ˌkuːɪ ˈbɒnəʊ/, /ˌkwiː ˈbɒnəʊ/, U.S. /ˌkwi ˈboʊˌnoʊ/ Etymology: < Latin cui bono, properly cui bono est, fuit, etc., meaning ‘To whom [is or was it] for a benefit?’ i.e. ‘Who profits (or has profited) by it?’ attributed by Cicero to a certain Lucius Cassius ( Cicero Pro Roscio Amer. xxx), popularly taken in English to mean ‘To what use or good purpose?’ N.E.D. (1893) gives the pronunciation as (kəi bō^u·no) /kaɪ ˈbəʊnəʊ/. a. ‘To what use or good purpose?’; hence, sometimes as n.: the question of the practical advantage of anything; practical utility as a principle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [phrase] > what good or benefit? what shallc893 cui bono1604 the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] fremea700 redeeOE noteeOE goodOE goodnessOE framec1175 winc1175 bihevec1230 behoofc1275 advantagec1300 prowc1300 wellc1300 wainc1315 profita1325 bewaynec1375 vantagec1380 goodshipc1390 prewa1400 steada1400 benefice1426 vailc1430 utilityc1440 of availc1450 prevaila1460 fordeal1470 winning1477 encherishingc1480 benefit1512 booty1581 emolument1633 handhold1655 withgate1825 cui bono1836 1604 L. Andrewes Copie Serm. Good Friday sig. E 1^v For, what of all this? what good? Cui bono? 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) i. ii. iv. vii. 148 To build an house without pinnes, make a rope of sand, to what end? cui bono? 1836 J. F. Davis Chinese (Stanf.) II. 272 The Chinese always estimate such matters by their intermediate and apparent cui bono. 1847 T. De Quincey Secret Societies in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 515/1 The point on which our irreconcilability was greatest, respected the cui bono of this alleged conspiracy. b. attributive or as adj. Of or relating to the question cui bono?; sometimes = utilitarian. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] > relating to cui bono cui bonoa1734 a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §130 207 All which Matters..amount..to a Dæmonstration of the Sort I may term cui bono. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1781 II. 396 Dr. Shaw..used to say, ‘I hate a cui bono man’. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. iii. 69 Are there any who utter the cui bono criticism? Derivatives cui ˈbono v. transitive to put the question cui bono? in regard to (anything); to question the utility of. ΚΠ 1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. viii. i. 91 An ambition, which seemed..to cui bono the objects, of worldly distinction. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < phr.n.1604
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