beat-

(Latin: happy; blessed)

Beata morte nihil beatius.
No greater fortune than an easy death.

Motto of German King Frederick III of Austria (1314-1330).

beatific
beatifically
beatification
beatify
Beati mundi corde.
Blessed are the pure in heart.

Motto of Lancing College, U.K.; from the New Testament: Matthew 5:8.

beatitude
Medium tenuere beati.
"Happy are they who have kept a middle course."
Ultima semper expectanda dies homini, dicique beatus ante obitum nemo supremaque funera debet.
Man's last day must ever be awaited, and none to be counted happy until his death, until his last funeral rites are paid.

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