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  • 1 citivolus

    swiftly flying.

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  • 2 cursim

        cursim adv.    [curro], quickly, swiftly, hastily, speedily: agmine acto, L.: dicere aliena: pergere.
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    swiftly/rapidly; hastily, without great pain, cursorily; in passing; at the run

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  • 3 vēlōciter

        vēlōciter adv. with comp. and sup.    [velox], swiftly, quickly, speedily: Consequitur motis velociter ignibus ignes, O.: animus velocius in domum suam pervolabit: velocissime refugere, Cs.
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    velocius, velocissime ADV
    swiftly/rapidly, with speed of movement; quickly, in a short time

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  • 4 volō

        volō āvī, ātūrus, āre    [2 VOL-], to fly: ex alto... laeva volavit avis, Enn. ap. C.: per aëra magnum, V.: columbae venere volantes, V.: apes, O.—P. praes. plur. f. as subst: haud ullae poterant volantes Tendere, etc., i. e. birds, V.—To fly, move swiftly, fleet, speed, hasten: per summa levis volat aequora curru, V.: Illa (Argo) volat, O.: tela, S.: litterae Capuam ad Pompeium volare dicebantur.—Fig., of time, to fly, pass swiftly: volat aetas. —Of words, to fly, spread rapidly, pass quickly: Quae tuto tibi magna volant, i. e. are uttered nimbly, V.: volat inrevocabile verbum, H.
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    I
    velle, volui, - V
    wish, want, prefer; be willing, will
    II
    volare, volavi, volatus V
    III
    volunteers (pl.); (in the Second Punic War)

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  • 5 fero

    fĕro, tuli, latum, ferre (ante-class. redupl. form in the tempp. perff.:

    tetuli,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 84; 168; id. Men. 4, 2, 25; 66; id. Rud. prol. 68: tetulisti, Att. and Caecil. ap. Non. 178, 17 sq.:

    tetulit,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 40; id. Men. 2, 3, 30; Ter. And. 5, 1, 13:

    tetulerunt,

    Lucr. 6, § 672:

    tetulissem,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 13:

    tetulisse,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 2:

    tetulero,

    id. Cist. 3, 19:

    tetulerit,

    id. Poen. 3, 1, 58; id. Rud. 4, 3, 101), v. a. and n. [a wide-spread root; Sanscr. bhar-, carry, bharas, burden; Gr. pherô; Goth. bar, bairo, bear, produce, whence barn, child; Anglo-Saxon beran, whence Engl. bear, birth; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300; Fick, Vergl. Wort. p. 135. The perf. forms, tuli, etc., from the root tul-, tol-; Sanscr. tol-jami, lift, weigh; Gr. tlênai, endure, cf. talas, talanton; Lat. tollo, tolerare, (t)latus, etc. Cf. Goth. thulan, Germ. dulden, Geduld; Anglo-Sax. tholian, suffer. Supine latum, i. e. tlatum; cf. supra; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 220; Corss. Ausspr. 2, 73], to bear, carry, bring. (For syn. cf.: gero, porto, bajulo, veho; effero, infero; tolero, patior, sino, permitto, etc.)
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ferri proprie dicimus, quae quis suo corpore bajulat, portari ea, quae quis in jumento secum ducit, agi ea, quae animalia sunt,

    Dig. 50, 16, 235: oneris quidvis feret, Ter. Ph. 3, 3, 29:

    quin te in fundo conspicer fodere aut arare aut aliquid ferre,

    id. Heaut. 1, 1, 17:

    numerus eorum, qui arma ferre possent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 29, 1:

    arma et vallum,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 13:

    sacra Junonis,

    id. S. 1, 3, 11:

    cadaver nudis humeris (heres),

    id. ib. 2, 5, 86:

    argentum ad aliquem,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 142; cf.:

    symbolum filio,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 30:

    olera et pisciculos minutos ferre obolo in cenam seni,

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

    vina et unguenta et flores,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 14:

    discerpta ferentes Memora gruis,

    id. S. 2, 8, 86; cf.:

    talos, nucesque sinu laxo,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 172:

    in Capitolium faces,

    Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

    iste operta lectica latus per oppidum est ut mortuus,

    id. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

    lectica in Capitolium latus est,

    Suet. Claud. 2:

    circa judices latus (puer),

    Quint. 6, 1, 47:

    prae se ferens (in essedo) Darium puerum,

    Suet. Calig. 19.— Poet. with inf.:

    natum ad Stygios iterum fero mergere fontes,

    Stat. Ach. 1, 134.—Prov.:

    ferre aliquem in oculis, or simply oculis,

    i. e. to hold dear, love exceedingly, Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9; Q. Cic. Fam. 16, 27, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    With the idea of motion predominating, to set in motion, esp. to move onward quickly or rapidly, to bear, lead, conduct, or drive away; with se or mid. (so esp. freq.), to move or go swiftly, to haste, speed, betake one's self; and of things, to flow, mount, run down.
    (α).
    Act.:

    ubi in rapidas amnis dispeximus undas: Stantis equi corpus transvorsum ferre videtur Vis, et in advorsum flumen contrudere raptim: Et, quocumque oculos trajecimus, omnia ferri Et fluere assimili nobis ratione videntur,

    Lucr. 4, 422 sq.:

    ubi cernimus alta Exhalare vapore altaria, ferreque fumum,

    to send up, id. 3, 432; cf.:

    vis ut vomat ignes, Ad caelumque ferat flammai fulgura rursum,

    id. 1, 725; and:

    caelo supinas si tuleris manus,

    raisest, Hor. C. 3, 23, 1:

    te rursus in bellum resorbens Unda fretis tulit aestuosis,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 16; cf.:

    ire, pedes quocumque ferent,

    id. Epod. 16, 21; and:

    me per Aegaeos tumultus Aura feret,

    id. C. 3, 29, 64:

    signa ferre,

    to put the standards in motion, to break up, Caes. B. G. 1, 39 fin.; 1, 40, 12; Liv. 10, 5, 1 al.:

    pol, si id scissem, numquam huc tetulissem pedem,

    have stirred foot, have come, Ter. And. 4, 5, 13:

    pedem,

    Verg. A. 2, 756; Val. Fl. 7, 112:

    gressum,

    to walk, Lucr. 4, 681; cf.:

    agiles gressus,

    Sil. 3, 180:

    vagos gradus,

    Ov. M. 7, 185:

    vestigia,

    Sil. 9, 101:

    vagos cursus,

    id. 9, 243.— Absol.:

    quo ventus ferebat,

    bore, drove, Caes. B. G. 3, 15, 3:

    interim, si feret flatus, danda sunt vela,

    Quint. 10, 3, 7:

    itinera duo, quae extra murum ad portum ferebant,

    led, Caes. B. C. 1, 27, 4:

    pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,

    Liv. 1, 7, 6.—Prov.:

    in silvam ligna ferre,

    to carry coals to Newcastle, Hor. S. 1, 10, 34.—
    (β).
    With se or mid., to move or go swiftly, to hasten, rush:

    cum ipsa paene insula mihi sese obviam ferre vellet,

    to meet, Cic. Planc. 40, 96; cf.:

    non dubitaverim me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre,

    id. Rep. 1, 4:

    hinc ferro accingor rursus... meque extra tecta ferebam,

    Verg. A. 2, 672; 11, 779:

    grassatorum plurimi palam se ferebant,

    Suet. Aug. 32.—Of things as subjects:

    ubi forte ita se tetulerunt semina aquarum,

    i. e. have collected themselves, Lucr. 6, 672.—Mid.:

    ad eum omni celeritate et studio incitatus ferebatur,

    proceeded, Caes. B. C. 3, 78, 2:

    alii aliam in partem perterriti ferebantur,

    betook themselves, fled, id. B. G. 2, 24, 3:

    (fera) supra venabula fertur,

    rushes, springs, Verg. A. 9, 553:

    huc juvenis nota fertur regione viarum,

    proceeds, id. ib. 11, 530:

    densos fertur moribundus in hostes,

    rushes, id. ib. 2, 511:

    quocumque feremur, danda vela sunt,

    Cic. Or. 23, 75; cf.:

    non alto semper feremur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 37:

    ego, utrum Nave ferar magna an parva, ferar unus et idem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 200:

    non tenui ferar Penna biformis per liquidum aethera Vates,

    fly, id. C. 2, 20, 1.—Of inanimate subjects:

    (corpuscula rerum) ubi tam volucri levitate ferantur,

    move, Lucr. 4, 195; cf.:

    quae cum mobiliter summa levitate feruntur,

    id. 4, 745; cf.:

    tellus neque movetur et infima est, et in eam feruntur omnia nutu suo pondera,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 17 fin.:

    Rhenus longo spatio per fines Nantuatium, etc.... citatus fertur,

    flows, Caes. B. G. 4, 10, 3; cf. Hirt. B. [p. 738] G. 8, 40, 3:

    ut (flamma) ad caelum usque ferretur,

    ascended, arose, Suet. Aug. 94.—

    Rarely ferre = se ferre: quem procul conspiciens ad se ferentem pertimescit,

    Nep. Dat. 4 fin. —
    2.
    To carry off, take away by force, as a robber, etc.: to plunder, spoil, ravage:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

    Verg. A. 2, 374:

    postquam te (i. e. exstinctum Daphnin) fata tulerunt,

    snatched away, id. E. 5, 34. So esp. in the phrase ferre et agere, of taking booty, plundering, where ferre applies to portable things, and agere to men and cattle; v. ago.—
    3.
    To bear, produce, yield:

    plurima tum tellus etiam majora ferebat, etc.,

    Lucr. 5, 942 sq.; cf.:

    quae autem terra fruges ferre, et, ut mater, cibos suppeditare possit,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 67:

    quem (florem) ferunt terrae solutae,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 10:

    quibus jugera fruges et Cererem ferunt,

    id. ib. 3, 24, 13:

    angulus iste feret piper et thus,

    id. Ep. 1, 14, 23:

    (olea) fructum ramis pluribus feret,

    Quint. 8, 3, 10.— Absol.:

    ferundo arbor peribit,

    Cato, R. R. 6, 2.—
    4.
    Of a woman or sheanimal, to bear offspring, be pregnant:

    ignorans nurum ventrem ferre,

    Liv. 1, 34, 3;

    of animals: equa ventrem fert duodecim menses, vacca decem, ovis et capra quinque, sus quatuor,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; cf.:

    cervi octonis mensibus ferunt partus,

    Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 112:

    nec te conceptam saeva leaena tulit,

    Tib. 3, 4, 90.— Poet.:

    quem tulerat mater claro Phoenissa Laconi,

    i. e. had borne, Sil. 7, 666.—
    5.
    To offer as an oblation:

    liba et Mopsopio dulcia melle feram,

    Tib. 1, 7, 54; so,

    liba,

    id. 1, 10, 23:

    lancesque et liba Baccho,

    Verg. G. 2, 394:

    tura superis, altaribus,

    Ov. M. 11, 577.—
    6.
    To get, receive, acquire, obtain, as gain, a reward, a possession, etc.:

    quod posces, feres,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 106; cf.: quodvis donum et praemium a me optato;

    id optatum feres,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 27:

    fructus ex sese (i. e. re publica) magna acerbitate permixtos tulissem,

    Cic. Planc. 38, 92:

    partem praedae,

    id. Rosc. Am. 37, 107:

    ille crucem pretium sceleris tulit, hic diadema,

    Juv. 13, 105:

    coram rege sua de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to bear, carry, bring:

    satis haec tellus morbi caelumque mali fert,

    bears, contains, Lucr. 6, 663;

    veterrima quaeque, ut ea vina, quae vetustatem ferunt, esse debent suavissima,

    which carry age, are old, Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

    scripta vetustatem si modo nostra ferent,

    will have, will attain to, Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 8:

    nomen alicujus,

    to bear, have, Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74; cf.:

    insani sapiens nomen ferat, aequus iniqui,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 15:

    nomen,

    Suet. Aug. 101; id. Calig. 47:

    cognomen,

    id. Aug. 43; id. Galb. 3; cf.:

    ille finis Appio alienae personae ferendae fuit,

    of bearing an assumed character, Liv. 3, 36, 1:

    Archimimus personam ejus ferens,

    personating, Suet. Vesp. 19; cf.

    also: (Garyophyllon) fert et in spinis piperis similitudinem,

    Plin. 12, 7, 15, § 30: fer mi auxilium, bring assistance, aid, help, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 29 (Trag. v. 50 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

    alicui opem auxiliumque ferre,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9:

    auxilium alicui,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5; Ter. And. 1, 1, 115; Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 19; Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 5; 4, 12, 5; Hor. Epod. 1, 21 et saep.: opem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 86 ed. Vahl.):

    opem alicui,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 23; Ter. And. 3, 1, 15; id. Ad. 3, 4, 41; Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3 (with succurrere saluti); id. Fin. 2, 35, 118 (with salutem); id. Fam. 5, 4, 2:

    subsidium alicui,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 2:

    condicionem,

    to proffer, id. ib. 4, 11, 3; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 30:

    Coriolanus ab sede sua cum ferret matri obviae complexum,

    offered, Liv. 2, 40, 5:

    si qua fidem tanto est operi latura vetustas,

    will bring, procure, Verg. A. 10, 792:

    ea vox audita laborum Prima tulit finem,

    id. ib. 7, 118: suspicionem falsam, to entertain suspicion, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5 (Trag. v. 348 ed. Vahl.).—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) To move, to bring, lead, conduct, drive, raise:

    quem tulit ad scenam ventoso gloria curru,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 177; so,

    animi quaedam ingenita natura... recta nos ad ea, quae conveniunt causae, ferant,

    Quint. 5, 10, 123; cf. absol.:

    nisi illud, quod eo, quo intendas, ferat deducatque, cognoris,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 135:

    exstincti ad caelum gloria fertur,

    Lucr. 6, 8; cf.:

    laudibus aliquem in caelum ferre,

    to extol, praise, Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; cf. id. Rep. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 99; Suet. Otho, 12; id. Vesp. 6:

    eam pugnam miris laudibus,

    Liv. 7, 10, 14; cf.:

    saepe rem dicendo subiciet oculis: saepe supra feret quam fieri possit,

    wilt exalt, magnify, Cic. Or. 40, 139:

    ferte sermonibus et multiplicate fama bella,

    Liv. 4, 5, 6:

    ferre in majus vero incertas res fama solet,

    id. 21, 32, 7:

    crudelitate et scelere ferri,

    to be impelled, carried away, Cic. Clu. 70, 199:

    praeceps amentia ferebare,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121; cf.:

    ferri avaritia,

    id. Quint. 11, 38:

    orator suo jam impetu fertur,

    Quint. 12 praef. §

    3: eloquentia, quae cursu magno sonituque ferretur,

    Cic. Or. 28, 97; cf.:

    (eloquentia) feratur non semitis sed campis,

    Quint. 5, 14, 31:

    oratio, quae ferri debet ac fluere,

    id. 9, 4, 112; cf.:

    quae (historia) currere debet ac ferri,

    id. 9, 4, 18; so often: animus fert (aliquem aliquo), the mind moves one to any thing:

    quo cujusque animus fert, eo discedunt,

    Sall. J. 54, 4; cf.:

    milites procurrentes consistentesque, quo loco ipsorum tulisset animus,

    Liv. 25, 21, 5; and:

    qua quemque animus fert, effugite superbiam regiam,

    id. 40, 4, 14:

    si maxime animus ferat,

    Sall. C. 58, 6; cf. Ov. M. 1, 775.—With an object-clause, the mind moves one to do any thing, Ov. M. 1, 1; Luc. 1, 67; Suet. Otho, 6; cf.

    also: mens tulit nos ferro exscindere Thebas,

    Stat. Th. 4, 753.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To carry off, take away:

    omnia fert aetas, animum quoque,

    Verg. E. 9, 51:

    postquam te fata tulerunt,

    id. ib. 5, 34:

    invida Domitium fata tulere sibi,

    Anthol. Lat. 4, 123, 8;

    like efferre,

    to carry forth to burial, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 89.—
    3.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) To bear, bring forth, produce:

    haec aetas prima Athenis oratorem prope perfectum tulit,

    Cic. Brut. 12, 45:

    aetas parentum, pejor avis, tulit Nos nequiores,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 46:

    Curium tulit et Camillum Saeva paupertas,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 42.—
    4.
    (Acc. to I. B. 6.) To bear away, to get, obtain, receive:

    Cotta et Sulpicius omnium judicio facile primas tulerunt,

    Cic. Brut. 49, 183:

    palmam,

    to carry off, win, id. Att. 4, 15, 6:

    victoriam ex inermi,

    to gain, Liv. 39, 51, 10; 2, 50, 2; 8, 8, 18:

    gratiam et gloriam annonae levatae,

    id. 4, 12, 8:

    maximam laudem inter suos,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 4:

    centuriam, tribus,

    i. e. to get their votes, Cic. Planc. 20, 49; 22, 53; id. Phil. 2, 2, 4:

    suffragia,

    Suet. Caes. 13 (diff. from 8. a.):

    responsum ab aliquo,

    to receive, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; Caes. B. G. 6, 4 fin.:

    repulsam a populo,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 54:

    repulsam,

    id. de Or. 2, 69 fin.; id. Phil. 11, 8, 19; id. Att. 5, 19 al.: calumniam, i. e. to be convicted of a false accusation, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1:

    ita ut filius partem dimidiam hereditatis ferat,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 8:

    singulas portiones,

    id. ib. 3, 16; 61.—
    5.
    To bear, support any thing unpleasant; or pregn., to suffer, tolerate, endure.
    a.
    To bear in any manner.
    (α).
    With acc.: servi injurias nimias aegre ferunt, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

    (onus senectutis) modice ac sapienter sicut omnia ferre,

    Cic. de Sen. 1, 2:

    aegre ferre repulsam consulatus,

    id. Tusc. 4, 17, 40:

    hoc moderatiore animo ferre,

    id. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

    aliquid toleranter,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 2:

    clementer,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

    quod eo magis ferre animo aequo videmur, quia, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 126:

    ut tu fortunam, sic nos te, Celse, feremus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 17.—
    (β).
    With an object-clause:

    ut si quis aegre ferat, se pauperem esse,

    take it ill, Cic. Tusc. 4, 27, 59:

    hoc ereptum esse, graviter et acerbe ferre,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152:

    quomodo ferant veterani, exercitum Brutum habere,

    id. Phil. 10, 7, 15.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de Lentulo scilicet sic fero, ut debeo,

    Cic. Att. 4, 6, 1:

    quomodo Caesar ferret de auctoritate perscripta,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 3:

    numquid moleste fers de illo, qui? etc.,

    id. ib. 6, 8, 3.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    sin aliter acciderit, humaniter feremus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 2, 1:

    si mihi imposuisset aliquid, animo iniquo tulissem,

    id. ib. 15, 26, 4.—
    b. (α).
    With acc.: quis hanc contumeliam, quis hoc imperium, quis hanc servitutem ferre potest? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

    qui potentissimorum hominum contumaciam numquam tulerim, ferrem hujus asseclae?

    Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6:

    cujus desiderium civitas ferre diutius non potest,

    id. Phil. 10, 10, 21:

    cogitandi non ferebat laborem,

    id. Brut. 77, 268:

    unum impetum nostrorum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 3:

    vultum atque aciem oculorum,

    id. ib. 1, 39, 1:

    cohortatio gravior quam aures Sulpicii ferre didicissent,

    to hear unmoved, Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 9:

    vultum,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 121:

    multa tulit fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit,

    id. A. P. 413:

    spectatoris fastidia,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 215:

    fuisse (Epaminondam) patientem suorumque injurias ferentem civium,

    Nep. Epam. 7.—Of personal objects:

    quem ferret, si parentem non ferret suum?

    brook, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 28:

    optimates quis ferat, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 33:

    vereor, ut jam nos ferat quisquam,

    Quint. 8, 3, 25:

    an laturi sint Romani talem regem,

    id. 7, 1, 24:

    quis enim ferat puerum aut adolescentulum, si, etc.,

    id. 8, 5, 8.—
    (β).
    With an object-clause:

    ferunt aures hominum, illa... laudari,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 344:

    non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Ov. M. 2, 628:

    illa quidem in hoc opere praecipi quis ferat?

    Quint. 11, 3, 27; 11, 1, 69:

    servo nubere nympha tuli,

    Ov. H. 5, 12; cf.:

    alios vinci potuisse ferendum est,

    id. M. 12, 555. —
    (γ).
    With quod:

    quod rapta, feremus, dummodo reddat eam,

    Ov. M. 5, 520:

    illud non ferendum, quod, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 3, 131. —
    6.
    With the access, notion of publicity, to make public, to disclose, show, exhibit:

    eum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,

    Cic. Planc. 14, 34; cf.:

    laetitiam apertissime tulimus omnes,

    id. Att. 14, 13, 2:

    neque id obscure ferebat nec dissimulare ullo modo poterat,

    id. Clu. 19, 54:

    haud clam tulit iram adversus praetorem,

    Liv. 31, 47, 4; cf.:

    tacite ejus verecundiam non tulit senatus, quin, etc.,

    id. 5, 28, 1.—
    b.
    Prae se ferre, to show, manifest, to let be seen, to declare:

    cujus rei tantae facultatem consecutum esse me, non profiteor: secutum me esse, prae me fero,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 12:

    noli, quaeso, prae te ferre, vos plane expertes esse doctrinae,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 47:

    non mediocres terrores... prae se fert et ostentat,

    id. Att. 2, 23, 3:

    hanc virtutem prae se ferunt,

    Quint. 2, 13, 11:

    liberalium disciplinarum prae se scientiam tulit,

    id. 12, 11, 21:

    magnum animum (verba),

    id. 11, 1, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

    (comae) turbatae prae se ferre aliquid affectus videntur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 148:

    oratio prae se fert felicissimam facilitatem,

    id. 10, 1, 11.—
    7.
    Of speech, to report, relate, make known, assert, celebrate:

    haec omnibus ferebat sermonibus,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 2:

    alii alia sermonibus ferebant Romanos facturos,

    Liv. 33, 32, 3:

    ferte sermonibus et multiplicate fama bella,

    id. 4, 5, 6:

    patres ita fama ferebant, quod, etc.,

    id. 23, 31, 13; cf. with acc.:

    hascine propter res maledicas famas ferunt,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 149:

    famam,

    id. Pers. 3, 1, 23:

    fama eadem tulit,

    Tac. A. 1, 5; cf. id. ib. 15, 60:

    nec aliud per illos dies populus credulitate, prudentes diversa fama, tulere,

    talk about, id. ib. 16, 2:

    inimici famam non ita, ut nata est, ferunt,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 23:

    quod fers, cedo,

    tell, say, Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 17:

    nostra (laus) semper feretur et praedicabitur, etc.,

    Cic. Arch. 9, 21.—With an object-clause:

    cum ipse... acturum se id per populum aperte ferret,

    Liv. 28, 40, 2; id. ib. §

    1: saepe homines morbos magis esse timendos ferunt quam Tartara leti,

    Lucr. 3, 42:

    Prognen ita velle ferebat,

    Ov. M. 6, 470; 14, 527:

    ipsi territos se ferebant,

    Tac. H. 4, 78; id. A. 4, 58; 6, 26 (32); cf.:

    mihi fama tulit fessum te caede procubuisse, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 503:

    commentarii ad senatum missi ferebant, Macronem praesedisse, etc.,

    Tac. A. 6, 47 (53).—
    b.
    Ferunt, fertur, feruntur, etc., they relate, tell, say; it is said, it appears, etc.—With inf.:

    quin etiam Xenocratem ferunt, cum quaereretur ex eo, etc... respondisse, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 2:

    fuisse quendam ferunt Demaratum, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 19:

    quem ex Hyperboreis Delphos ferunt advenisse,

    id. N. D. 3, 23, 57; Hor. C. 3, 17, 2:

    homo omnium in dicendo, ut ferebant, accrrimus et copiosissimus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 45:

    Ceres fertur fruges... mortalibus instituisse,

    Lucr. 5, 14:

    in Syria quoque fertur item locus esse, etc.,

    id. 6, 755:

    is Amulium regem interemisse fertur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

    qui in contione dixisse fertur,

    id. ib. 2, 10 fin.:

    quam (urbem) Juno fertur terris omnibus unam coluisse,

    Verg. A. 1, 15:

    non sat idoneus Pugnae ferebaris,

    you were accounted, held, Hor. C. 2, 19, 27:

    si ornate locutus est, sicut fertur et mihi videtur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 49; cf.: cum quaestor ex Macedonia venissem Athenas florente [p. 739] Academia, ut temporibus illis ferebatur, id. ib. § 45.—
    c.
    To give out, to pass off a person or thing by any name or for any thing; and, in the pass., to pass for any thing, to pass current:

    hunc (Mercurium) omnium inventorem artium ferunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 17, 1:

    ut Servium conditorem posteri fama ferrent,

    Liv. 1, 42, 4:

    qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

    set himself up for, boast, Vell. 1, 11, 1:

    avum M. Antonium, avunculum Augustum ferens,

    boasting of, Tac. A. 2, 43; cf.:

    qui ingenuum se et Lachetem mutato nomine coeperat ferre,

    Suet. Vesp. 23:

    ante Periclem, cujus scripta quaedam feruntur,

    Cic. Brut. 7, 27 (quoted paraphrastically, Quint. 3, 1, 12): sub nomine meo libri ferebantur artis rhetoricae, Quint. prooem. 7; cf.:

    cetera, quae sub nomine meo feruntur,

    id. 7, 2, 24; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Aug. 31; id. Caes. 20:

    multa ejus (Catonis) vel provisa prudenter vel acta constanter vel responsa acute ferebantur,

    Cic. Lael. 2, 6:

    qua ex re in pueritia nobilis inter aequales ferebatur,

    Nep. Att. 1, 3.—
    8.
    Polit. and jurid. t. t.
    a.
    Suffragium or sententiam, to give in one's vote, to vote, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1; cf.:

    ferunt suffragia,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 31; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

    de quo foedere populus Romanus sententiam non tulit,

    id. Balb. 15, 34; cf.:

    de quo vos (judices) sententiam per tabellam feretis,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104;

    so of the voting of judges,

    id. Clu. 26, 72;

    of senators: parcite, ut sit qui in senatu de bello et pace sententiam ferat,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 76; cf. id. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
    b.
    Legem (privilegium, rogationem) ad populum, or absol., to bring forward or move a proposition, to propose a law, etc.:

    perniciose Philippus in tribunatu, cum legem agrariam ferret, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73; cf. id. Sull. 23, 65:

    quae lex paucis his annis lata esset,

    id. Corn. 1, 3 (vol. xi. p. 10 B. and K.):

    familiarissimus tuus de te privilegium tulit, ut, etc.,

    id. Par. 4, 32:

    Sullam illam rogationem de se nolle ferri (shortly before: Lex ferri coepta),

    id. Sull. 23, 65:

    rogationem de aliquo, contra or in aliquem, ad populum, ad plebem,

    id. Balb. 14, 33; id. Clu. 51, 140; id. Brut. 23, 89; Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 4; Liv. 33, 25, 7:

    nescis, te ipsum ad populum tulisse, ut, etc.,

    proposed a bill, Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 100:

    ut P. Scaevola tribunus plebis ferret ad plebem, vellentne, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 16, 54; cf. Liv. 33, 25, 6:

    quod Sulla ipse ita tulit de civitate, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 35, 102:

    nihil de judicio ferebat,

    id. Sull. 22, 63:

    cum, ut absentis ratio haberetur, ferebamus,

    id. Att. 7, 6, 2.— Impers.:

    lato ut solet ad populum, ut equum escendere liceret,

    Liv. 23, 14, 2. —
    c.
    Judicem, said of the plaintiff, to offer or propose to the defendant as judge:

    quem ego si ferrem judicem, refugere non deberet,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45; id. de Or. 2, 70, 285.—Hence, judicem alicui, in gen., to propose a judge to, i. e. to bring a suit against, to sue a person:

    se iterum ac saepius judicem illi ferre,

    Liv. 3, 57, 5; 3, 24, 5; 8, 33, 8.—
    9.
    Mercant. t. t., to enter, to set or note down a sum in a book:

    quod minus Dolabella Verri acceptum rettulit, quam Verres illi expensum tulerit, etc.,

    i. e. has set down as paid, has paid, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 100 sq., v. expendo.—
    10.
    Absol., of abstr. subjects, to require, demand, render necessary; to allow, permit, suffer:

    ita sui periculi rationes ferre ac postulare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 105; cf.:

    gravioribus verbis uti, quam natura fert,

    id. Quint. 18, 57: quid ferat Fors, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. 203 ed. Vahl.):

    quamdiu voluntas Apronii tulit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57:

    ut aetas illa fert,

    as is usual at that time of life, id. Clu. 60, 168:

    ad me, ut tempora nostra, non ut amor tuus fert, vere perscribe,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5:

    quod ita existimabam tempora rei publicae ferre,

    id. Pis. 2, 5:

    si ita commodum vestrum fert,

    id. Agr. 2, 28, 77:

    prout Thermitani hominis facultates ferebant,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

    si vestra voluntas feret,

    if such be your pleasure, id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

    ut opinio et spes et conjectura nostra fert,

    according to our opinion, hope, and belief, id. Att. 2, 25, 2:

    ut mea fert opinio,

    according to my opinion, id. Clu. 16, 46: si occasio tulerit, if occasion require, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6:

    dum tempus ad eam rem tulit, sivi, animum ut expleret suum,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 17: in hac ratione quid res, quid causa, quid tempus ferat, tu perspicies, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 6:

    natura fert, ut extrema ex altera parte graviter, ex altera autem acute sonent,

    id. Rep. 6, 18.— Impers.:

    sociam se cujuscumque fortunae, et, si ita ferret, comitem exitii promittebat (sc. res or fortuna),

    Tac. A. 3, 15; so,

    si ita ferret,

    id. H. 2, 44.

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  • 6 pronus

    prōnus, a, um (archaic form of fem. pronis, Varr. ap. Non. 494 fin.), adj. [like Gr. pranês = prênês, from root pra-, pro; cf. prae).
    I.
    Lit., turned forward, bent or inclined, leaning or hanging forward, stooping, bending down (class.; opp. supinus; cf. cernuus).
    1.
    Of living beings:

    puerum imponere equo pronum in ventrem,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 13:

    pronus pendens in verbera,

    leaning forward to strike, Verg. A. 10, 586:

    ipsum Pronum sterne solo,

    id. ib. 11, 485:

    pronus magister Volvitur in caput,

    id. ib. 1, 115:

    pecora, quae natura prona finxit,

    Sall. C. 1, 1; Ov. M. 8, 379.— Poet., of those running swiftly, Ov. M. 10, 652:

    leporem pronum catulo sectare sagaci,

    flying swiftly, id. R. Am. 201.—
    2.
    Of things, bending forward or downward, going or inclined downward:

    ilex paulum modo prona, dein flexa,

    Sall. J. 93, 4:

    prona ac fastigiata tigna,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

    pronae atque vergentes ampullae,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 6:

    demissus inde pronusque pulvinus,

    id. ib. 5, 6, 16:

    (urbs) prona in paludes,

    sinking down, Liv. 4, 59:

    crateres,

    overturned, Stat. Th. 5, 255:

    motus corporis,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    cubitus,

    Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54:

    prona via,

    steep, Ov. M. 2, 67:

    amnis,

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    rivi,

    Hor. C. 1, 29, 11:

    currus,

    Ov. M. 5, 424. — Absol.:

    nihil habent proni et supera semper petunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

    per pronum ire,

    downwards, Sen. Ep. 123, 14:

    per prona voluti,

    Sil. 15, 235.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the heavenly bodies, of time, etc., setting, sinking, declining ( poet.):

    pronus Orion,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 18:

    sidera,

    Prop. 1, 16, 23:

    Titan,

    Ov. M. 11, 257:

    dies,

    Stat. Th. 2, 41:

    menses (=celeriter praetereuntes),

    Hor. C. 4, 6, 39:

    anni,

    id. A. P. 60.—
    2.
    Of localities, turned, looking, or lying towards (postAug.).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    loca Aquiloni prona,

    Col. 3, 2, 6:

    aedificii solum pronius orienti,

    situated more to the east, id. 1, 5, 8.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    campo patente et ad solem prono,

    Col. 2, 9, 3.—
    II.
    Trop., inclined, disposed, prone to any thing (class.); usu. constr. with ad, in aliquid, or dat.; poet. also with gen.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With ad:

    rei publicae genus inclinatum et quasi pronum ad perniciosissimum statum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 26, 47:

    anxitudo prona ad luctum,

    id. ib. 2, 41, 68 (from Non. 72, 31):

    boves ad domandum proni,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2:

    pronus ad omne nefas,

    Luc. 6, 147:

    pronus ad cujusque necem,

    Suet. Vit. 14:

    ad poëticam,

    id. Ner. 50:

    ad simultates,

    Plin. Pan. 84.— Sup.: ad indulgentias pronissimus, Capit. Anton. 10, 8.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    in obsequium plus aequo pronus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 10:

    in libidines,

    Suet. Caes. 50:

    saeculum in omnia mala,

    Flor. 4, 12.—Prov.:

    prona est timori semper in pejus fides,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 316. —
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    pronus deterioribus,

    Tac. Agr. 41 fin.—Comp.:

    aures offensioni proniores,

    Tac. A. 4, 29 fin. —
    (δ).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    ruendi In ferrum mens prona viris,

    Luc. 1, 461.— Comp.:

    unus audendi pronior,

    Claud. Ruf. 2, 400.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Inclined to favor, favorable to any thing (post-Aug.).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    si modo prona bonis invicti Caesaris assint Numina,

    Stat. S. 4, 8, 61.— Comp.:

    cohors Cn. Dolabellae pronior,

    Suet. Galb. 12.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    prona in eum aula Neronis,

    Tac. H. 1, 13.— Comp.:

    ut quis misericordiā in Germanicum pronior,

    Tac. A. 2, 73:

    in verum nepotem,

    Suet. Cat. 19.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    prona sententia,

    Val. Fl. 8, 340:

    pronis auribus accipere aliquid,

    Tac. H. 1, 1; Luc. 5, 501.— Comp.:

    quos pronior fortuna comitatur,

    Vell. 2, 69, 6.—
    2.
    Easy, without difficulty (mostly post - Aug.):

    omnia virtuti suae prona esse,

    Sall. J. 114, 2:

    omnia prona victoribus,

    Tac. Agr. 33:

    pronum ad honores iter,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

    via ad regnum,

    Just. 1, 5, 9: pronum est, it is easy:

    agere memoratu digna pronum erat,

    Tac. Agr. 1:

    invitos praebere deos,

    Luc. 6, 606:

    facile et pronum est agere,

    Juv. 9, 43.— Comp.:

    id pronius ad fidem est,

    is easier to believe, Liv. 21, 28.—Hence, adv.: prōnē, downwards, pronely (post-class.).
    A.
    Lit., Paul. Petr. Vit. S. Mart. 4, 546.—
    B.
    Trop., readily, willingly; comp. pronius, Amm. 30, 8, 10.

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  • 7 celeriter

        celeriter adv. with comp. and sup.    [celer], quickly, swiftly, speedily, in haste, immediately, promptly: concilium dimittit, Cs.: antecellere omnibus: navigare: si erat celerius recipiendum, Cs.: mens celerrime multa simul agitans: quam celerrime potuit, Cs.
    * * *
    celerius, celerrime ADV
    quickly/rapidly/speedily; hastily; soon/at once/early moment; in short period

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  • 8 currō

        currō cucurrī, cursus, ere    [1 CEL-], to run, move quickly, hasten: propere, T.: per totum conclave pavidi, H.: fugiens hostem, H.: Plus homine, with superhuman speed, O.: ad vocem praeceps, O.: eosdem cursūs: curritur ad praetorium. —With acc: qui stadium currit, runs a race: iter aequore, V.: aequor, V.—Prov.: currentem incitare, to spur a willing horse: asellum currere doceas, i. e. you labor to no purpose, H.: per flammam, to go through fire.—Poet., of rapid motion, to sail, fly, hasten, move rapidly: per omne mare, H.: mercator ad Indos, H.: medio ut limite curras, Icare, O.—Of things, to run, flow, roll, spread, extend: amnes in aequora currunt, V.: flumina, O.: currente rotā, H.: rubor per ora, V.: rivis currentia vina, V. — Fig., to run, flow, trip, advance, move, pass away: proclivi currit oratio: versus incomposito pede, H.: nox inter pocula currat, Pr.: Aetas, H.—With acc, to run, traverse: eosdem cursūs, adopt the same policy. — Poet.: Talia saecla currite (i. e. currendo efficite), V.
    * * *
    currere, cucurri, cursus V INTRANS
    run/trot/gallop, hurry/hasten/speed, move/travel/proceed/flow swiftly/quickly

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  • 9 fugāx

        fugāx ācis, adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 FVG-], apt to flee, fleeing, timid, shy: lynces, H.: Caprea, V.: vir, H.: Pholoë, coy, H.: fugacissimus hostis, L.— Fleeing, swift, fleet: Lympha, H.: ventis fugacior, O.—Fig., fleeting, transitory: haec omnia: Labuntur anni, H.—With gen, fleeing, shunning, avoiding: ambitionis, O.: rerum, O.
    * * *
    (gen.), fugacis ADJ
    flying swiftly; swift; avoiding, transitory

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  • 10 pernīciter

        pernīciter adv.    [pernix], nimbly, swiftly: desilire, L.: exsilire, Ct.

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  • 11 prōnus

        prōnus adj. with comp.    [PRO-], turned forward, bent over, inclined, leaning, hanging, stooping, bending: pecora, quae natura prona finxit, S.: pronus pendens in verbera, leaning forward to strike, V.: pronus magister Volvitur in caput, V.: carcere emicat, i. e. in swift flight, O.: leporem pronum catulo sectare sagaci, flying swiftly, O.: ilex paulum modo prona, dein flexa, S.: motus corporis.—As subst n.: montium prona, slopes, Cu.: amnis, rushing, V.: rivi, tumbling, H.: currus, headlong, O.— Sinking, reaching down: urbs in paludes, L.: via, steep, O.—As subst n.: nihil habent proni, no downward tendency.—Of heavenly bodies, setting, sinking, declining: Orion, H.: Titan, O.—Of time, hurrying, fleet: menses, H.: anni, H.—Fig., inclined, disposed, prone: rei p. genus ad perniciosissimum statum: anxitudo ad luctum: in obsequium, H.: pronior in vitia sua, L.: deterioribus, Ta.— Easy, without difficulty: omnia virtuti suae prona esse, S.: omnia victoribus, Ta.: facile et pronum est agere, Iu.: id pronius ad fidem est, is easier to believe, L.
    * * *
    prona, pronum ADJ
    leaning forward; prone

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  • 12 secundus

        secundus (as num ordin. often written II), adj. with comp. and sup.    [sequor].—In time or order, following, next, second: secundo lumine, the next morning: anno secundo, the next year: ante diem II Kalend. Februarias: Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae: me secundum heredem instituere, alternate heir (on the failure of the first-named): mensa, dessert: mensis accepta secundis Rhodia (vitis), V.: hoc secundā victoriā accidit, i. e. with victory already in view, N.—In rank, following, next, second: ex primo ordine in secundum ordinem civitatis venisse: Nec viget quicquam simile (Iovi) aut secundum, H.: maxime vellem... secundo autem loco, etc.: ad regium principatum: secundus a Romulo conditor urbis, L.: heros ab Achille secundus, H.: Haec erit a mensis fine secunda dies, the last day but one, O.— Secondary, subordinate, inferior: panis, H.: argentum venae secundae, Iu.: persona, N.: in actoribus Graecis, ille qui est secundarum partium: nulli Campanorum, L.: regio spatio locorum nulli earum gentium secunda, Cu.: haud ulli veterum virtute secundus, inferior, V.— Plur f. as subst. (sc. partes), the second part, inferior part: Q. Arrius, qui fuit M. Crassi quasi secundarum: ferre secundas, H.—Of currents or winds, favorable, fair, downward: secundo flumine iter facere, i. e. down stream, Cs.: secundo defluit amni, V.: rate in secundam aquam labente, with the current, L.: navīs mari secundo misit, with the tide, L.: secundis ventis cursum tenens: Contrahes vento nimium secundo vela, too fresh, H.: secundissimus ventus: curru volans dat lora secundo, swiftly gliding, V.— Favorable, propitious, fortunate: secundo populo aliquid facere, with the consent of the people: admurmurationes cuncti senatūs: rumor, H.: praesentibus ac secundis diis, L.: adi pede sacra secundo, V.: avis, Enn. ap C.: conveniens ad res vel secundas vel adversas: ingenium res solent celare secundae, H.: mens rebus sublata secundis, V.: Galliae motūs, successful, Cs.: irae verba, i. e. provoking, L.: secundiore equitum proelio nostris, Cs.: secundissima proelia, Cs.: leges secundissimae plebei, L.— Plur n. as subst, favorable circumstances, good fortune: Sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem, H.: in tuis secundis, T.: omnium seeundorum causae, L.
    * * *
    secunda -um, secundior -or -us, secundissimus -a -um ADJ
    next, following; second; favorable

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  • 13 volucer

        volucer ucris, ucre （ gen plur. -crum, rarely -crium, C.), adj.    [3 VOL-], flying, winged: bestiae: angues: dracones, O.: natus, i. e. Cupid, O.—As subst f. (sc. avis), a bird, flying creature: volucrīs videmus effingere nidos: Iunonis, i. e. the peacock, O.: inportunae, H.: pictae, V.: volucris parvula (of a fly), Ph.—Once masc.: teneros volucrīs peremit (sc. alites), C. poët.—In rapid motion, flying, winged, fleet, swift, rapid, soaring: nuntius: aurae, V.: nebulae, O.: harundo, V.: iam volucrem sequor Te, fleeing swiftly, H.—Fig., fleet, swift, rapid: nihil est tam volucre quam maledictum: spes: somnus, V.: fatum, H.—Passing quickly, fleeting, transient, transitory: fortuna: dies, H.: fama, O.
    * * *
    I
    bird, flying insect/creature
    II
    volucris, volucre ADJ
    winged, flying; in rapid motion, fleet; transient, fleeting

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  • 14 agiliter

    agilitius, agilitissime ADV
    nimbly, swiftly, with agility

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  • 15 citiremis

    citiremis, citireme ADJ
    swift (of a galley), having swift oars; rowing swiftly (L+S)

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  • 16 citivolus

    citivola, citivolum ADJ
    swiftly flying, swift-flying

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  • 17 cituvolus

    cituvola, cituvolum ADJ
    swiftly flying, swift-flying

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  • 18 celeriter

    rapidly, quickly, swiftly, speedily.

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  • 19 velociter

    quickly, rapidly, swiftly.

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  • 20 citiremis

    cĭtĭrēmis, e, adj. [citus - remus], rowed swiftly: Argo, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 94 P

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