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1 promptu
to make clear, reveal, disclose.to have read, display, have on show.to be ready, to be easy, to be clear. -
2 promptus
1.promptus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from promo.2. I.An exposing to view, a being visible, visibility; only in the phrase in promptu (esse, habere, ponere, etc.), public, open, visible, manifest, before the eyes:II.ut (decorum) non reconditā quādam ratione cernatur, sed sit in promptu,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 95; so (opp. reconditiora) id. Ac. 2, 4, 10; (opp. interiora) id. Div. 2, 60, 124:aliquid ponere in promptu (opp. contegere atque abdere),
id. Off. 1, 35, 126:ingenium in promptu habere,
to display, Sall. C. 7, 1:iram in promptu gerere,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 33:in promptu scrinia Brutus habet,
Ov. P. 1, 1, 24:in promptu gerunt ova,
Col. 8, 11, 8: in promptu est, with a subject-clause, it is clear, plain, evident:omnibus in promptu manifestumque esse videmus, etc.,
Lucr. 2, 149; 246; 868.—Readiness; only in the phrase in promptu esse, habere, to be at hand, to have ready:III.ea dicam, quae mihi sunt in promptu,
Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 4; Liv. 25, 29 fin.:in promptu habere, quantum natura hominis pecudibus antecedat,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 105. —Ease, facility; only in the phrase in promptu esse, to be easy, Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2:quadrupedes In promptu regere est,
Ov. M. 2, 84:quam quae comprendere dictis In promptu mihi sit,
id. ib. 13, 161.
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