. "Of things, places, etc.: socius es hostibus, socius bellum ita geris, ut bella omnia ( every thing beautiful , costly : bellissimum putaverunt dicere amissas (esse litteras), thought it best , i. e. safest , most plausible" . "Of things, places, etc.: socius es hostibus, socius bellum ita geris, ut bella omnia ( every thing beautiful , costly : bellissimum putaverunt dicere amissas (esse litteras), thought it best , i. e. safest , most plausible" . .