mobility

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ăgĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [agilis], the condition of agilis, mobility, nimbleness, activity, quickness, fleetness, agility.

Lit.: navium, Liv. 26, 51:

rotarum,

Curt. 4, 6:

cursus et agilitas alicujus,

mobility, Quint. 11, 3, 180. —

Trop.: agilitas, ut ita dicam, mollitiaque naturae, * Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4.

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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.

fŏlĭum, ii, n. [Gr. phullon, for phulion; cf. alius, allos; root prob. phla-, phlasmos; Lat. flos, Flora], a leaf (cf. frons).

Lit., of plants:

quid in arboribus? in quibus non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt denique, nisi, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179:

latissima (folia) fico, angusta myrto, capillata pino, aculeata aquifolio, etc.,

Plin. 16, 24, 38, § 90:

concava caepae,

id. 19, 6, 31, § 100:

foliis ex arboribus strictis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 3:

mobilia,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 5:

amara,

id. S. 2, 3, 114:

arida laureae,

Cic. Pis. 40, 97.—

Prov.: folia nunc cadunt, si triduom hoc hic erimus, tum arbores in te cadent,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 24.—As a proverb of mobility or changeableness:

nec me consules movent, qui ipsi pluma aut folio facilius moventur,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—The Sibyl wrote her oracles on leaves (acc. to Varro, on palmleaves), Verg. A. 3, 444; 6, 74 Serv.;

hence, prov.: credite me vobis folium recitare Sibyllae,

i. e. I am talking gospel, absolute truth, Juv. 8, 126.—

Trop., a thing of no consequence, a trifle:

folia sunt artis et nugae merae,

App. M. 1, p. 106, 8.—

Transf., a leaf of paper (late Lat. for plagula, charta, or schedula):

ille manu retractis in calcem foliis sic exorsus est,

Macr. S. 5, 4, 1. (In Plin. 37, 7, 29, § 103, the better read. is fila; v. Jan. and Sillig, ad h. l.).

lĕvĭtas, ātis, f. [1. levis], lightness, as to weight.

Lit. (rare):

plumarum,

Lucr. 3, 387; id. 4, 745:

armorum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 34:

nulli fruticum levitas major,

Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.—

Transf., poet., movableness, mobility:

Termine, post illud levitas tibi libera non est: Qua positus fueris in statione, mane,

Ov. F. 2, 673.—

Trop.

Light-mindedness, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, levity (freq. and class.):

quid est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius?

Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9:

temere assentientium,

id. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

in populari ratione,

id. Brut. 27, 103:

mobilitas et levitas animi,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

ut adversas res, sic secundas immoderate ferre, levitatis est,

lightness of mind, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

amatoriis levitatibus dediti,

frivolities, id. Fin. 1, 18, 62:

manet in rebus temere congestis levitas,

Quint. 10, 3, 17:

contemnamus igitur omnis ineptias—quod enim lenius huic levitati nomen inponam,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 95.—

In partic., of speech, shallowness, superficialness (rare):

opinionis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 45.

lēvĭtas ( laev-), ātis, f. [2. lēvis], smoothness.

Lit. (class.):

speculorum,

Cic. Univ. 14; id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Univ. 6; Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7:

intestinorum,

slipperiness, lubricity, Cels. 4, 16; 2, 8.—

Trop., of speech, smoothness, fluency, facility:

Demosthenes nihil levitate Aeschini et splendore verborum cedit,

Cic. Or. 31, 110:

verborum,

Quint. 10, 1, 52:

effeminata,

id. 8, 3, 6.

lĕvĭtas, ātis, f. [1. levis], lightness, as to weight.

Lit. (rare):

plumarum,

Lucr. 3, 387; id. 4, 745:

armorum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 34:

nulli fruticum levitas major,

Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.—

Transf., poet., movableness, mobility:

Termine, post illud levitas tibi libera non est: Qua positus fueris in statione, mane,

Ov. F. 2, 673.—

Trop.

Light-mindedness, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, levity (freq. and class.):

quid est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius?

Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9:

temere assentientium,

id. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

in populari ratione,

id. Brut. 27, 103:

mobilitas et levitas animi,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

ut adversas res, sic secundas immoderate ferre, levitatis est,

lightness of mind, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

amatoriis levitatibus dediti,

frivolities, id. Fin. 1, 18, 62:

manet in rebus temere congestis levitas,

Quint. 10, 3, 17:

contemnamus igitur omnis ineptias—quod enim lenius huic levitati nomen inponam,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 95.—

In partic., of speech, shallowness, superficialness (rare):

opinionis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 45.

lēvĭtas ( laev-), ātis, f. [2. lēvis], smoothness.

Lit. (class.):

speculorum,

Cic. Univ. 14; id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Univ. 6; Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7:

intestinorum,

slipperiness, lubricity, Cels. 4, 16; 2, 8.—

Trop., of speech, smoothness, fluency, facility:

Demosthenes nihil levitate Aeschini et splendore verborum cedit,

Cic. Or. 31, 110:

verborum,

Quint. 10, 1, 52:

effeminata,

id. 8, 3, 6.

mōbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [mobilis], movableness, mobility, activity, speed, rapidity, quickness (class.).

Lit.:

animal mobilitate celerrimā,

Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 42:

linguae,

volubility, id. de Or. 1, 28, 127: equitum, agility, rapidity (opp. stabilitas peditum), Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

fulminis,

quickness, Lucr. 6, 323. sanare mobilitates dentium, looseness, Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 224.—

Trop.

Changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy:

quid est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius?

Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9:

fortunae,

Nep. Dion. 6, 1:

ingenii,

inconstancy of character, Sall. J. 88, 6:

vulgi,

Tac. H. 5, 8.—

Quickness, vivacity:

opus est naturali quādam mobilitate animi,

Quint. 10, 7, 8.