movable things

mōbĭlis, e, adj. [for movibilis, from moveo], easy to be moved, movable; loose, not firm (class.).

Lit.:

sum pernix pedibus manibus mobilis,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 36:

mobiles turres,

Curt. 8, 11, 32:

oculi,

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

supercilia,

Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

penna,

Ov. A. A. 2, 62:

mobilissimus ardor,

Cic. N. D. 2, 11, 30: mobiles res and mobilia bona, in law, movable things, movables, chattels (opp. to lands, houses, fixtures), as cattle, money, clothes, etc., Dig. 6, 1, 1:

remedium ad dentium mobiles firmandos,

loose, Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 180.—

Trop.

Pliable, pliant, flexible; excitable; nimble, quick, active, agile, rapid, swift, fleet:

dum mobilis aetas,

Verg. G. 3, 165:

populus mobilior ad cupiditatem agri,

Liv. 6, 6:

volat ambiguis mobilis alis hora,

Sen. Hippol. 1141; cf. id. Oedip. 992:

mobile et expeditum agmen,

Curt. 4, 14, 16:

venti,

the fleet winds, Ov. H. 5, 110; cf.:

puncto mobilis horae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 172:

transitus,

Vell. 1, 17, 7:

ingenium,

versatility of talent, Vitr. 5, 7.—

In a bad sense, changeable, inconstant, fickle:

nec in te animo fui mobili, sed ita stabili, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 10: Galli sunt in consiliis capiendis mobiles. Caes. B. G. 4, 5; cf. under the adv. 2:

gens ad omnem auram spei mobilis atque infida,

Liv. 29, 3:

ingenium,

Sall. J. 46, 3; 66, 2:

favor,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 5:

mobiles et fluxae res humanae,

Sall. J. 104, 3:

mobilis et varia est ferme natura malorum,

Juv. 13, 237.—Hence,

Subst.: mōbĭ-lĭa, ium, n., movable goods, chattels:

mobilia quidem et moventia, quae modo in jus adferri adducive possent,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—

Adv.: mōbĭlĭter, with rapid motion, rapidly, quickly.

Lit. (rare but class.):

mobiliter quae feruntur,

Lucr. 4, 745 cor mobiliter palpitare, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24.— Comp.:

reverti mobilius,

Lucr. 5, 635.—

Trop.:

omnes fere Gallos ad bellum mobiliter celeriterque excitari,

hastily, Caes. B. G. 3, 10, 3.

mōbĭlis, e, adj. [for movibilis, from moveo], easy to be moved, movable; loose, not firm (class.).

Lit.:

sum pernix pedibus manibus mobilis,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 36:

mobiles turres,

Curt. 8, 11, 32:

oculi,

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

supercilia,

Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

penna,

Ov. A. A. 2, 62:

mobilissimus ardor,

Cic. N. D. 2, 11, 30: mobiles res and mobilia bona, in law, movable things, movables, chattels (opp. to lands, houses, fixtures), as cattle, money, clothes, etc., Dig. 6, 1, 1:

remedium ad dentium mobiles firmandos,

loose, Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 180.—

Trop.

Pliable, pliant, flexible; excitable; nimble, quick, active, agile, rapid, swift, fleet:

dum mobilis aetas,

Verg. G. 3, 165:

populus mobilior ad cupiditatem agri,

Liv. 6, 6:

volat ambiguis mobilis alis hora,

Sen. Hippol. 1141; cf. id. Oedip. 992:

mobile et expeditum agmen,

Curt. 4, 14, 16:

venti,

the fleet winds, Ov. H. 5, 110; cf.:

puncto mobilis horae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 172:

transitus,

Vell. 1, 17, 7:

ingenium,

versatility of talent, Vitr. 5, 7.—

In a bad sense, changeable, inconstant, fickle:

nec in te animo fui mobili, sed ita stabili, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 10: Galli sunt in consiliis capiendis mobiles. Caes. B. G. 4, 5; cf. under the adv. 2:

gens ad omnem auram spei mobilis atque infida,

Liv. 29, 3:

ingenium,

Sall. J. 46, 3; 66, 2:

favor,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 5:

mobiles et fluxae res humanae,

Sall. J. 104, 3:

mobilis et varia est ferme natura malorum,

Juv. 13, 237.—Hence,

Subst.: mōbĭ-lĭa, ium, n., movable goods, chattels:

mobilia quidem et moventia, quae modo in jus adferri adducive possent,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—

Adv.: mōbĭlĭter, with rapid motion, rapidly, quickly.

Lit. (rare but class.):

mobiliter quae feruntur,

Lucr. 4, 745 cor mobiliter palpitare, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24.— Comp.:

reverti mobilius,

Lucr. 5, 635.—

Trop.:

omnes fere Gallos ad bellum mobiliter celeriterque excitari,

hastily, Caes. B. G. 3, 10, 3.

mōbĭlis, e, adj. [for movibilis, from moveo], easy to be moved, movable; loose, not firm (class.).

Lit.:

sum pernix pedibus manibus mobilis,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 36:

mobiles turres,

Curt. 8, 11, 32:

oculi,

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

supercilia,

Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

penna,

Ov. A. A. 2, 62:

mobilissimus ardor,

Cic. N. D. 2, 11, 30: mobiles res and mobilia bona, in law, movable things, movables, chattels (opp. to lands, houses, fixtures), as cattle, money, clothes, etc., Dig. 6, 1, 1:

remedium ad dentium mobiles firmandos,

loose, Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 180.—

Trop.

Pliable, pliant, flexible; excitable; nimble, quick, active, agile, rapid, swift, fleet:

dum mobilis aetas,

Verg. G. 3, 165:

populus mobilior ad cupiditatem agri,

Liv. 6, 6:

volat ambiguis mobilis alis hora,

Sen. Hippol. 1141; cf. id. Oedip. 992:

mobile et expeditum agmen,

Curt. 4, 14, 16:

venti,

the fleet winds, Ov. H. 5, 110; cf.:

puncto mobilis horae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 172:

transitus,

Vell. 1, 17, 7:

ingenium,

versatility of talent, Vitr. 5, 7.—

In a bad sense, changeable, inconstant, fickle:

nec in te animo fui mobili, sed ita stabili, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 10: Galli sunt in consiliis capiendis mobiles. Caes. B. G. 4, 5; cf. under the adv. 2:

gens ad omnem auram spei mobilis atque infida,

Liv. 29, 3:

ingenium,

Sall. J. 46, 3; 66, 2:

favor,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 5:

mobiles et fluxae res humanae,

Sall. J. 104, 3:

mobilis et varia est ferme natura malorum,

Juv. 13, 237.—Hence,

Subst.: mōbĭ-lĭa, ium, n., movable goods, chattels:

mobilia quidem et moventia, quae modo in jus adferri adducive possent,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—

Adv.: mōbĭlĭter, with rapid motion, rapidly, quickly.

Lit. (rare but class.):

mobiliter quae feruntur,

Lucr. 4, 745 cor mobiliter palpitare, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24.— Comp.:

reverti mobilius,

Lucr. 5, 635.—

Trop.:

omnes fere Gallos ad bellum mobiliter celeriterque excitari,

hastily, Caes. B. G. 3, 10, 3.

mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 ( sync., mōstis for movistis, Mart. 3, 67, 1;

mōrunt for moverunt,

Sil. 14, 141), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mīv, set in motion; Gr. ameibô, change; cf.: momentum, mutare].

Act., to move, stir, set in motion; to shake, disturb, remove, etc. (syn.: cieo, agito, ago, molior).

Lit.:

movit et ad certos nescia membra modos,

Tib. 1, 7, 38:

ut festis matrona moveri jussa diebus,

to dance, Hor. A. P. 232: moveri Cyclopa, to represent a Cyclop by dancing (gesticulating), id. Ep. 2, 2, 125:

et fila sonantia movit,

struck, Ov. M. 10, 89:

citharam cum voce,

id. ib. 5, 112:

tympana,

id. H. 4, 48; to disturb:

novis Helicona cantibus,

Manil. Astron. 1, 4:

signum movere loco,

to move from the place, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

os,

Cels. 8, 2:

gradum,

i. e. to go forward, advance, Sen. Thyest. 420: se, to move or bestir one's self:

move ocius te,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 16:

praecepit eis, ne se ex eo loco moverent,

not to stir from the spot, Liv. 34, 20; Caes. B. G. 3, 15: castra, to break up, remove:

postero die castra ex eo loco movent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15;

ellipt. without castra: postquam ille Canusio moverat,

Cic. Att. 9, 1, 1:

movisse a Samo Romanos audivit,

Liv. 37, 28, 4.— Pass. reflex.:

priusquam hostes moverentur,

Liv. 37, 19, 18:

hostem statu,

to drive from his position, dislodge, id. 30, 18:

aliquem possessione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:

heredes,

to eject, id. Off. 3, 19, 76:

tribu centurionem,

to turn out, expel, id. de Or. 2, 67, 272; so,

aliquem de senatu,

id. Clu. 43, 122;

the same also without senatu,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 20:

senatorio loco,

to degrade, Liv. 39, 42, 6:

ex agro,

Cic. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

move abs te moram,

remove, cast off, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 10:

consulem de sententiā,

to cause to recede, to dissuade, Liv. 3, 21:

litteram,

to take away, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74.—Prov.:

omnis terras, omnia maria movere,

to turn the world upside down, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2.—

Transf.

To excite, occasion, cause, promote, produce; to begin, commence, undertake:

exercitatione sudor movetur,

is promoted, produced, Cels. 2, 17:

alvum,

Cato, R. R. 115:

dolorem,

id. ib. 7, 4:

lacrimas,

to cause, Quint. 6, 1, 26:

fletum populo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

risum,

id. ib. 2, 62, 281:

alicui exspectationem,

id. Att. 2, 14, 1:

indignationem,

Liv. 4, 50, 1:

misericordiam,

Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

suspicionem,

id. Part. 33, 114:

ego istaec moveo, aut curo?

begin, commence, Ter. And. 5, 4, 18:

bellum,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Liv. 23, 48, 6:

jam pugna se moverat,

was going on, Curt. 8, 14, 6:

cantūs,

Verg. A. 10, 163:

tantum decus,

begin, Manil. Astron. 1, 42; cf. Verg. A. 7, 45:

nominis controversiam,

to begin, Tac. Dial. 25 init.; cf. Cels. 3, 3, § 25; Dig. 37, 10, 4:

litem,

ib. 4, 3, 33:

actionem,

ib. 19, 1, 10:

mentionem rei,

to make mention, Liv. 28, 11, 9:

sacra,

Val. Fl. 3, 540:

movere ac moliri aliquid,

to undertake any thing that excites disturbance, Liv. 23, 39:

ne quid moveretur,

id. 35, 13.—

To shake, to cause to waver, to alter:

alicujus sententiam,

to change, cause to waver, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 6:

sententiam regis,

Liv. 35, 42, 6.—

To present, offer an oblation:

ferctum Jovi moveto,

Cato, R. R. 134.—

To disturb, concern, trouble, torment one:

men moveat cimex Pantilius?

Hor. S. 1, 10, 78:

Armeniosne movet, Romana potentia cujus Sit ducis?

Luc. 7, 282; cf. Val. Fl. 7, 131. intoleranda vis aestūs omnium ferme corpora movit, Liv. 25, 26:

strepitu fora vestra,

Juv. 2, 52.—

Of plants, to put forth:

si se gemmae nondum moveant,

do not yet appear, Col. 11, 2, 26: de palmite gemma movetur, [p. 1169] is produced, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 13.—

To exert, exercise:

inter principia condendi hujus operis, movisse numen ad indicandam tanti imperii molem traditur deos,

Liv. 1, 55, 3 (cf.:

se movere, I. A. supra): artis opem,

Ov. F. 6, 760.—

= mutare, to change, transform:

quorum Forma semel mota est,

Ov. M. 8, 729:

nihil motum antiquo probabile est,

Liv. 34, 54, 8.—

In mal. part., Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 43.—

Trop., to move, affect, excite, inspire:

ut pulcritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat,

charms, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98:

quae me causae moverint,

id. Att. 11, 5, 1:

fere fit, quibus quisque in locis miles inveteravit, uti multum earum regionum consuetudine moveatur,

is much affected, influenced, Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

aliquem ad bellum,

to stir up, excite, Liv. 35, 12, 5:

movet feroci juveni animum conploratio sororis,

stirs his anger, id. 1, 26, 3; cf. id. 21, 38, 3; 23, 31, 11:

numina Dianae,

to irritate, provoke, Hor. Epod. 17, 3:

multa movens animo,

to revolve, ponder, meditate, Verg. A. 3, 34:

moverat plebem oratio consulis,

had stirred, made an impression on, Liv. 3, 20:

judicum animos,

Quint. 6, 2, 1:

acutule moveri,

keenly affected, Aug. Conf. 3, 7: neque illud me movet, quod, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A. 2:

affectus,

Quint. 6, 1, 7:

moveor etiam ipsius loci insolentiā,

Cic. Deiot. 2, 5:

nil moveor lacrimis,

Prop. 3, 23, 25 (4, 25, 5):

absiste moveri,

be not disturbed, Verg. A. 6, 399:

quos sectis Bellona lacertis Saeva movet,

inspires, Luc. 1, 565 (al. monet):

ut captatori moveat fastidia,

excites nausea in, Juv. 10, 202.—

Neutr., to move itself, move (very rare):

terra dies duodequadraginta movit,

an earthquake, Liv. 35, 40, 7; 40, 59, 7.—In pass.:

reptile quod movetur,

which moves itself, Vulg. Gen. 1, 26 saep.—Hence,

mŏvens, entis, P. a., movable (class.): ex eā praedā, quae rerum moventium sit, movable things (as clothes, arms, furniture), Liv. 5, 25, 6:

voluptas,

that consists in motion, Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 31:

furtum rerum moventium,

Gell. 11, 18, 13.— Plur. subst.:

quaedam quasi moventia,

motives, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 68.—Hence, adv.: mŏventer, movingly, affectingly (late Lat.), Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Mil. 7, n. 4.—

mōtus, a, um, P. a., moved, affected, disturbed ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

Ithaci digressu mota Calypso,

Prop. 1, 15, 9:

dictis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 23:

precibus,

Curt. 6, 5, 23.

mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 ( sync., mōstis for movistis, Mart. 3, 67, 1;

mōrunt for moverunt,

Sil. 14, 141), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mīv, set in motion; Gr. ameibô, change; cf.: momentum, mutare].

Act., to move, stir, set in motion; to shake, disturb, remove, etc. (syn.: cieo, agito, ago, molior).

Lit.:

movit et ad certos nescia membra modos,

Tib. 1, 7, 38:

ut festis matrona moveri jussa diebus,

to dance, Hor. A. P. 232: moveri Cyclopa, to represent a Cyclop by dancing (gesticulating), id. Ep. 2, 2, 125:

et fila sonantia movit,

struck, Ov. M. 10, 89:

citharam cum voce,

id. ib. 5, 112:

tympana,

id. H. 4, 48; to disturb:

novis Helicona cantibus,

Manil. Astron. 1, 4:

signum movere loco,

to move from the place, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

os,

Cels. 8, 2:

gradum,

i. e. to go forward, advance, Sen. Thyest. 420: se, to move or bestir one's self:

move ocius te,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 16:

praecepit eis, ne se ex eo loco moverent,

not to stir from the spot, Liv. 34, 20; Caes. B. G. 3, 15: castra, to break up, remove:

postero die castra ex eo loco movent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15;

ellipt. without castra: postquam ille Canusio moverat,

Cic. Att. 9, 1, 1:

movisse a Samo Romanos audivit,

Liv. 37, 28, 4.— Pass. reflex.:

priusquam hostes moverentur,

Liv. 37, 19, 18:

hostem statu,

to drive from his position, dislodge, id. 30, 18:

aliquem possessione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:

heredes,

to eject, id. Off. 3, 19, 76:

tribu centurionem,

to turn out, expel, id. de Or. 2, 67, 272; so,

aliquem de senatu,

id. Clu. 43, 122;

the same also without senatu,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 20:

senatorio loco,

to degrade, Liv. 39, 42, 6:

ex agro,

Cic. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

move abs te moram,

remove, cast off, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 10:

consulem de sententiā,

to cause to recede, to dissuade, Liv. 3, 21:

litteram,

to take away, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74.—Prov.:

omnis terras, omnia maria movere,

to turn the world upside down, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2.—

Transf.

To excite, occasion, cause, promote, produce; to begin, commence, undertake:

exercitatione sudor movetur,

is promoted, produced, Cels. 2, 17:

alvum,

Cato, R. R. 115:

dolorem,

id. ib. 7, 4:

lacrimas,

to cause, Quint. 6, 1, 26:

fletum populo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

risum,

id. ib. 2, 62, 281:

alicui exspectationem,

id. Att. 2, 14, 1:

indignationem,

Liv. 4, 50, 1:

misericordiam,

Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

suspicionem,

id. Part. 33, 114:

ego istaec moveo, aut curo?

begin, commence, Ter. And. 5, 4, 18:

bellum,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Liv. 23, 48, 6:

jam pugna se moverat,

was going on, Curt. 8, 14, 6:

cantūs,

Verg. A. 10, 163:

tantum decus,

begin, Manil. Astron. 1, 42; cf. Verg. A. 7, 45:

nominis controversiam,

to begin, Tac. Dial. 25 init.; cf. Cels. 3, 3, § 25; Dig. 37, 10, 4:

litem,

ib. 4, 3, 33:

actionem,

ib. 19, 1, 10:

mentionem rei,

to make mention, Liv. 28, 11, 9:

sacra,

Val. Fl. 3, 540:

movere ac moliri aliquid,

to undertake any thing that excites disturbance, Liv. 23, 39:

ne quid moveretur,

id. 35, 13.—

To shake, to cause to waver, to alter:

alicujus sententiam,

to change, cause to waver, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 6:

sententiam regis,

Liv. 35, 42, 6.—

To present, offer an oblation:

ferctum Jovi moveto,

Cato, R. R. 134.—

To disturb, concern, trouble, torment one:

men moveat cimex Pantilius?

Hor. S. 1, 10, 78:

Armeniosne movet, Romana potentia cujus Sit ducis?

Luc. 7, 282; cf. Val. Fl. 7, 131. intoleranda vis aestūs omnium ferme corpora movit, Liv. 25, 26:

strepitu fora vestra,

Juv. 2, 52.—

Of plants, to put forth:

si se gemmae nondum moveant,

do not yet appear, Col. 11, 2, 26: de palmite gemma movetur, [p. 1169] is produced, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 13.—

To exert, exercise:

inter principia condendi hujus operis, movisse numen ad indicandam tanti imperii molem traditur deos,

Liv. 1, 55, 3 (cf.:

se movere, I. A. supra): artis opem,

Ov. F. 6, 760.—

= mutare, to change, transform:

quorum Forma semel mota est,

Ov. M. 8, 729:

nihil motum antiquo probabile est,

Liv. 34, 54, 8.—

In mal. part., Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 43.—

Trop., to move, affect, excite, inspire:

ut pulcritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat,

charms, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98:

quae me causae moverint,

id. Att. 11, 5, 1:

fere fit, quibus quisque in locis miles inveteravit, uti multum earum regionum consuetudine moveatur,

is much affected, influenced, Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

aliquem ad bellum,

to stir up, excite, Liv. 35, 12, 5:

movet feroci juveni animum conploratio sororis,

stirs his anger, id. 1, 26, 3; cf. id. 21, 38, 3; 23, 31, 11:

numina Dianae,

to irritate, provoke, Hor. Epod. 17, 3:

multa movens animo,

to revolve, ponder, meditate, Verg. A. 3, 34:

moverat plebem oratio consulis,

had stirred, made an impression on, Liv. 3, 20:

judicum animos,

Quint. 6, 2, 1:

acutule moveri,

keenly affected, Aug. Conf. 3, 7: neque illud me movet, quod, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A. 2:

affectus,

Quint. 6, 1, 7:

moveor etiam ipsius loci insolentiā,

Cic. Deiot. 2, 5:

nil moveor lacrimis,

Prop. 3, 23, 25 (4, 25, 5):

absiste moveri,

be not disturbed, Verg. A. 6, 399:

quos sectis Bellona lacertis Saeva movet,

inspires, Luc. 1, 565 (al. monet):

ut captatori moveat fastidia,

excites nausea in, Juv. 10, 202.—

Neutr., to move itself, move (very rare):

terra dies duodequadraginta movit,

an earthquake, Liv. 35, 40, 7; 40, 59, 7.—In pass.:

reptile quod movetur,

which moves itself, Vulg. Gen. 1, 26 saep.—Hence,

mŏvens, entis, P. a., movable (class.): ex eā praedā, quae rerum moventium sit, movable things (as clothes, arms, furniture), Liv. 5, 25, 6:

voluptas,

that consists in motion, Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 31:

furtum rerum moventium,

Gell. 11, 18, 13.— Plur. subst.:

quaedam quasi moventia,

motives, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 68.—Hence, adv.: mŏventer, movingly, affectingly (late Lat.), Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Mil. 7, n. 4.—

mōtus, a, um, P. a., moved, affected, disturbed ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

Ithaci digressu mota Calypso,

Prop. 1, 15, 9:

dictis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 23:

precibus,

Curt. 6, 5, 23.

ambŭlātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [ambulator], that moves about (rare; never in Cic.); hence,

Of machines which can be moved to and fro. movable: praeterea alias (so. turres) ambulatorias totidem tabulatorum [p. 104] confixerant, movable towers with an equal number of stories, Auct. B. Alex. 2 Moeb.; Vitr. 10, 19; Plin. 21, 14, 47, § 80.—Hence, trop., of the will, wavering, fickle, changeable:

voluntas,

Dig. 24, 1, 32;

and of other things: actio,

a cause that passes from one to another, Cod. Just. 6, 2, 22.—

Suitable for walking in:

porticus,

Dig. 8, 5, 8.

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.