cui bonoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

cui bono (uncountable)

1. The principle that the ultimate initiator of an action is likely the person who stands to gain from the action.
   • 1900, Evelyn Shuckburgh, Letters to Atticus, translation of original by Marcus Tullius Cicero:

     If the principle of cui bono is applied, it is evident that the gainers were the party of the triumvirs, whose popularity would be increased by a belief being created that their opponents the Optimates were prepared to adopt extreme measures to get rid of them.

同意語

• cui prodest

参考

• follow the money

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “cui bono”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “cui bono”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.