That moves easily

agĭlis, e, adj. [ago].

Pass., that can be easily moved, easily movable (mostly poet.;

not in Cic.): qui restitissent agili classi naves tormenta machinasque portantes?

Liv. 30, 10:

haec querulas agili percurrit pollice chordas,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 27:

factus inops agili peragit freta caerula remo,

id. H. 15, 65; so,

agilis rota,

id. P. 2, 10, 34:

aër agilior et tenuior,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 10 al. —

That moves easily or quickly; nimble, agile, quick, rapid: sic tibi secretis agilis dea saltibus adsit, swift or fleet-footed Diana, Ov. H. 4, 169:

sic super agilis Cyllenius,

swift-flying, id. M. 2, 720.—Also of things, quick, sudden: agilem dari facilemque victoriam, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 1:

argumentatio agilior et acrior et instantior,

Quint. 11, 3, 164 al. —

With the accessory idea of activity, quick, hasty, or precipitate in action; prompt, active, busy (with direct reference to the action, and hence used of inanimate things; while sedulus, diligent, assiduous, regards more the state of mind; both, however, refer to the simple idea of mobility, Doed. Syn. 1, 122; cf. Front. Differ. 2203 P.):

Nunc agilis fio et mersor civilibus undis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16 (= negotiosus, praktikos, Schol.):

oderunt Sedatum celeres, agilem gnavumque remissi,

id. ib. 1, 18, 90:

ipse quid audes? Quae circumvolitas agilis thyma,

busy, id. ib. 1, 3, 21:

vir navus, agilis, providus,

Vell. 2, 105; Ov. F. 2, 516 (opp. ignavus); id. Am. 1, 9, 45:

animus agilis et pronus ad motus,

Sen. Tranq. 2.— Comp., Sen. Ep. 74.— Sup., as given by Prisc. p. 606 P., and Charis. p. 89, is agillĭmus; but Charis. p. 162, agilissĭmus; both forms, however, are given without examples; cf. Rudd. I. p. 171, n. 12.— Adv.: ăgĭlĭter, Amm. 14, 2; 28, 2.— Comp., Col. 2, 2.

cō̆clĕa ( cō̆chlĕa; cf. the letter C), ae, f. [kochlias, o], a snail:

quom caletur cocleae in occulto latent,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 12; Plin. 9, 56, 82, § 173 sq.; Varr. R. R. 3, 14; Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62; Hor. S. 2, 4, 59:

nudae,

without shells, Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 112;

an emblem of slowness,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 29.—

In cocleam, snail-formed, spiral, Cels. 8, 10, 1; Col. 8, 17, 2; cf.:

per cocleam ascendebat in cenaculum,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 8.—

Meton.

A snail-shell, Mart. 11, 18, 23.—

A screw of a press, Vitr. 6, 9.—

A machine for drawing water, a water-snail, waterscrew, Vitr. 5, 12; 10, 8; 10, 11.—

A door that moves easily, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 3 Schneid.

lūbrĭcus, a, um, adj. [Gr. litos, lissos, smooth; from root glit; cf. glischros, glittus, and olibros, slippery], slippery.

Lit.:

loculi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 38:

testudini injecta imbris in modum lubrico fastigio innoxia ad imum labebantur,

Liv. 44, 9, 9:

assiduo lubricus imbre lapis,

Mart. 4, 18, 2.— Subst.: lūbrĭcum, i, n., a slippery place, Cels. 8, 3:

in lubrico atque instabili fundamenta,

Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 95.—With gen.: equi lubrico paludum lapsantes, on the slippery [p. 1079] morass, Tac. A. 1, 65.—

Transf.

Slippery, smooth, Mart. 9, 58, 3.—

That easily slips, glides, or moves away, slippery, slimy, lubricous:

natura lubricos oculos fecit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

anguis,

Verg. A. 5, 84:

exta,

Tib. 2, 5, 14:

amnis,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 81:

pisces,

Plin. 9, 20, 37, § 73:

conchylia,

slimy, Hor. S. 2, 4, 30:

corpus,

Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7:

lubrica prensantes effugit umbra manus,

Ov. F. 5, 476:

amnis,

gliding, id. Am. 3, 6, 81.—

Trop.

Slippery, uncertain, hazardous, dangerous, critical (class.):

via vitae praeceps et lubrica,

Cic. Fl. 42, 105; cf. id. Rep. 1, 28:

viae lubricae adulescentiae,

id. Cael. 17, 41:

aetas puerilis maxime lubrica atque incerta,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 137:

cupiditas dominandi praeceps et lubrica,

id. Phil. 5, 18, 50:

lubrica defensionis ratio,

id. Planc. 2, 5:

observatio,

Quint. 1, 5, 5:

locus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 35:

geometriam dico... et si qua alia propter subtilitatem lubrica sunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 5, 1.— Poet., with inf.:

vultus nimium lubricus aspici,

seductive, Hor. C. 1, 19, 8. — Subst.: lūbrĭcum, i, n., a slippery or hazardous state, period, or season:

in lubrico versari,

Cic. Or. 28, 98:

lubricum aetatis,

Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 4:

lubricum linguae,

Dig. 48, 4, 7, § 3.—

Gliding, fleeting:

historia lubrica est hac atque illac fluit, ut homines, qui manibus invicem adprehensis gradum firmant, continent et continentur,

passing from one subject to another, Quint. 9, 4, 129:

annus,

fleeting, Ov. A. A. 3, 364. —

Slippery, deceitful:

nequiquam patrias tentasti lubricus artes,

Verg. A. 11, 716.—

Prone, inclined, ready:

flore capi juvenum lubrica mentem nympha,

Sil. 5, 18: aetas ad vitium, Ambros. de Interp. Job et Dav. 1, 7, 21.—

Unsteady, unsettled, easily going astray:

si qua in parte lubricum adulescentiae nostrae declinat,

Tac. A. 14, 56:

lubricam principis aetatem retinere,

id. ib. 13, 2.

lūbrĭcus, a, um, adj. [Gr. litos, lissos, smooth; from root glit; cf. glischros, glittus, and olibros, slippery], slippery.

Lit.:

loculi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 38:

testudini injecta imbris in modum lubrico fastigio innoxia ad imum labebantur,

Liv. 44, 9, 9:

assiduo lubricus imbre lapis,

Mart. 4, 18, 2.— Subst.: lūbrĭcum, i, n., a slippery place, Cels. 8, 3:

in lubrico atque instabili fundamenta,

Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 95.—With gen.: equi lubrico paludum lapsantes, on the slippery [p. 1079] morass, Tac. A. 1, 65.—

Transf.

Slippery, smooth, Mart. 9, 58, 3.—

That easily slips, glides, or moves away, slippery, slimy, lubricous:

natura lubricos oculos fecit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

anguis,

Verg. A. 5, 84:

exta,

Tib. 2, 5, 14:

amnis,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 81:

pisces,

Plin. 9, 20, 37, § 73:

conchylia,

slimy, Hor. S. 2, 4, 30:

corpus,

Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7:

lubrica prensantes effugit umbra manus,

Ov. F. 5, 476:

amnis,

gliding, id. Am. 3, 6, 81.—

Trop.

Slippery, uncertain, hazardous, dangerous, critical (class.):

via vitae praeceps et lubrica,

Cic. Fl. 42, 105; cf. id. Rep. 1, 28:

viae lubricae adulescentiae,

id. Cael. 17, 41:

aetas puerilis maxime lubrica atque incerta,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 137:

cupiditas dominandi praeceps et lubrica,

id. Phil. 5, 18, 50:

lubrica defensionis ratio,

id. Planc. 2, 5:

observatio,

Quint. 1, 5, 5:

locus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 35:

geometriam dico... et si qua alia propter subtilitatem lubrica sunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 5, 1.— Poet., with inf.:

vultus nimium lubricus aspici,

seductive, Hor. C. 1, 19, 8. — Subst.: lūbrĭcum, i, n., a slippery or hazardous state, period, or season:

in lubrico versari,

Cic. Or. 28, 98:

lubricum aetatis,

Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 4:

lubricum linguae,

Dig. 48, 4, 7, § 3.—

Gliding, fleeting:

historia lubrica est hac atque illac fluit, ut homines, qui manibus invicem adprehensis gradum firmant, continent et continentur,

passing from one subject to another, Quint. 9, 4, 129:

annus,

fleeting, Ov. A. A. 3, 364. —

Slippery, deceitful:

nequiquam patrias tentasti lubricus artes,

Verg. A. 11, 716.—

Prone, inclined, ready:

flore capi juvenum lubrica mentem nympha,

Sil. 5, 18: aetas ad vitium, Ambros. de Interp. Job et Dav. 1, 7, 21.—

Unsteady, unsettled, easily going astray:

si qua in parte lubricum adulescentiae nostrae declinat,

Tac. A. 14, 56:

lubricam principis aetatem retinere,

id. ib. 13, 2.