quickness

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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.

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cĕlĕrĭtas, ātis, f. [celer], swiftness, quickness, speed, celerity (in good prose; syn.: velocitas, pernicitas;

opp. tarditas): velocitas corporis celeritas appellatur, quae eadem ingenii laus habetur, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 31:

celeritas et vis equorum,

id. Div. 2, 70, 144; cf.

equitum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48 fin.:

navis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

pedum,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

in capiendis castris,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

veneni,

the quick effect, Cic. Cael. 24, 60:

incredibili celeritate de victoriā Caesaris fama perfertur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53:

celeritati studere,

id. B. C. 3, 79:

Favonio Scipionis celeritas salutem attulit,

id. ib. 3, 36 fin.:

maximum bonum in celeritate putabat,

Sall. C. 43, 4:

celeritate uti,

to employ speed, Nep. Ages. 2, 2; 4, 4.—In plur. absol.: cavendum est ne in festinationibus suscipiamus nimias celeritates, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131.—

Of intellectual and abstract objects:

animorum,

Cic. Sen. 21, 78: inge nii, v. supra; cf.:

calliditas et celeritas ingenii,

quickness of device, Nep. Eum. 1, 3:

cogitationis,

Quint. 10, 3, 19:

consilii,

Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

orationis,

Cic. Or. 16, 53; Quint. 11, 3, 111:

dicendi,

Cic. Fl. 20, 48:

syllabarum,

id. Or. 57, 191; Quint. 9, 4, 91; 9, 4, 88; 9, 4, 140; 11, 3, 107.

sollertĭa ( sōlert-), ae, f. [sollers], skill, shrewdness, quickness of mind, ingenuity, dexterity, adroitness, expertness, etc. (class.;

syn.: acumen, subtilitas, scientia): data est quibusdam bestiis machinatio quaedam atque sollertia,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123:

nulla ars imitari sollertiam naturae potest,

id. ib. 1, 33, 92:

Chaldaei sollertiā ingeniorum antecellunt,

id. Div. 1, 41, 91; cf.:

est genus (Gallorum) summae sollertiae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 22:

hominum adhibita sollertia,

id. B. C. 2, 8 fin.:

ingenii sollertia,

shrewdness, Sall. J. 7, 7:

in hac re tanta inest ratio atque sollertia,

knowledge and skill, Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; so (with ratio) Tac. G. 30:

ut artis pariat sollertia,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 33:

in omni re fugienda est talis sollertia,

such subtlety, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33:

mirari non modo diligentiam sed enim sollertiam ejus,

id. Sen. 17, 59:

quae tua formosos cepit sollertia?

Tib. 1, 4, 3:

omnia conando docilis sollertia vicit,

Manil. 1, 95; Luc. 8, 283:

placuit sollertia tempore etiam adjuta,

the ingenious plan, Tac. A. 14, 4.— Plur.:

egregiis ingeniorum sollertiis ex aevo collocatis,

Vitr. 7 praef. med. —

With gen. obj.:

(honestum) aut in perspicientiā veri sollertiāque versatur, aut, etc. (shortly after: perspicere et explicare rationem),

the perception and intelligent development of the true, Cic. Off. 1, 5, 14:

agendi cogitandique sollertia,

adroitness, quickness, id. ib. 1, 44, 157:

judicandi,

id. Opt. Gen. 4, 11:

belli,

Sil. 6, 309.

speed, swiftness, rapidity, quickness.

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.

ănhēlĭtus, ūs, m. [id.].

A difficulty of breathing, panting, puffing (class. for the post-Aug. anhelatio):

ex cursurā anhelitum ducere,

to pant, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61:

nimiae celeritates gressus cum fiunt, anhelitus moventur,

quickness of breathing is caused, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131:

anhelitum vix sufferre,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 4:

anhelitum recipere,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 21: sublimis anhelitus, deep, * Hor. C. 1, 15, 31:

creber,

quick, Quint. 11, 3, 55:

vastos quatit aeger anhelitus artus,

painful panting, Verg. A. 5, 432:

aridus e lasso veniebat anhelitus ore,

Ov. M. 10, 663; Sen. Ep. 54; Gell. 12, 5.—As a disease, the asthma (cf. anhelatio), Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 180.—

A.. In gen., breathing, breath:

unguentorum odor, vini anhelitus,

breath smelling of wine, Cic. Red. in Sen. 7, 16:

male odorati anhelitus oris,

bad breath, Ov. A. A. 1, 521:

anhelitum reddere ac per vices recipere,

to breathe out and in, Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 16 al. —

Metaph., of other things, breath, exhalation, vapor:

credo etiam anhelitus quosdam fuisse terrarum, quibus inflatae mentes oracula funderent,

Cic. Div. 1, 50, 115:

placet Stoicos eos anhelitus terrae, qui frigidi sunt, cum fluere coeperint, ventos esse,

id. ib. 2, 19, 44.

săgax, ācis, adj. [sagio; cf. salax, from salio], of quick perception, whose senses are acute, sagacious (class.).

Lit.

Chiefly of the acute sense of smelling in dogs, keen-scented:

sagax Nasum habet,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 17:

canes,

Cic. Div. 1, 31, 65; Ov. M. 3, 207:

catulus,

id. R. Am. 201. —With gen.:

naris sagax,

Luc. 7, 829.— Poet.:

virtus venandi,

Ov. Hal. 76.—

Of other senses:

sollicitive canes canibusve sagacior anser,

Ov. M. 11, 599:

palatum in gustu sagacissimum,

Plin. 8, 37, 35, § 132. —

Trop., intellectually quick, keen, acute, shrewd, sagacious (syn.: sollers, perspicax, acutus, subtilis).

Absol.:

(homo) animal hoc providum, sagax, multiplex, acutum, memor, plenum rationis et consilii,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 22; cf. id. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

mens,

id. Tusc. 5, 23, 67; Lucr. 5, 420; 1, 1021:

animus,

id. 2, 840; 4, 913:

ratio,

id. 1, 131; 1, 369:

homo sagax et astutus,

Mart. 12, 87, 4:

modo circumspectus et sagax, modo inconsultus ac praeceps,

considerate, Suet. Claud. 15:

mire sagaces fallere hospites,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 22:

curae,

id. ib. 4, 4, 75.—Of a soothsayer, knowing the future, Ov. M. 8, 316.—

Ad aliquid (class.):

ad suspicandum sagacissimus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19: ad haec pericula perspicienda, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 4.—

With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

utilium sagax rerum et divina futuri,

Hor. A. P. 218:

fibrarum et pennae divinarumque flammarum,

skilled in, Sil. 3, 344; cf. in sup.:

prodigiorum (Joseph),

Just. 36, 2, 8; and: rerum naturae, Col. praef., § 22 (with non ignarus). —

With in or simple abl. (post-Aug.):

vir in conjecturis sagacissimus,

Just. 1, 9, 14:

civitas rimandis offensis sagax,

Tac. H. 4, 11.—

Inf.:

sagax quondam ventura videre,

Ov. M. 5, 146.—Hence, adv.: să-gācĭter.

Quickly, sharply, keenly, with quickness of scent, with a fine sense of smell:

canes si advenientem sagaciter odorantur,

Col. 7, 12, 7.— Comp., Cic. Att. 6, 4, 3:

vultures sagacius odorantur,

Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191; Hor. Epod. 12, 4.— Sup., Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186; Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137.—

Trop., acutely, shrewdly, accurately, sagaciously:

sagaciter pervestigare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 223:

intueri,

Quint. 2, 8, 4; Liv. 27, 28:

perspicere naturam alicujus,

Suet. Tib. 57 al.