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  • 1 Lathamus discolor

    —
    3. ENG swift parrot, swift lorikeet, swift(-flying) [red-shouldered, clink] parrakeet
    4. DEU Schwalbenlori m, Schwalbensittich m
    5. FRA perruche f discolore [de Latham]

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  • 2 agilis

    agĭlis, e, adj. [ago].
    I.
    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. —
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    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.

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  • 3 citivolus

    citivola, citivolum ADJ
    swiftly flying, swift-flying

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  • 4 cituvolus

    cituvola, cituvolum ADJ
    swiftly flying, swift-flying

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  • 5 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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  • 6 volucer

    vŏlŭcer, ūcris, ūcre ( gen. plur. volucrium, Cic. ap. Charis. p. 119 P.; masc. volucris, Tib. 4, 1, 209; Sil. 10, 471; fem. volucer fama, Petr. poët. 123, 210; cf. acer; on the quantity of the u in volucris, v. Quint. 1, 5, 28), adj. [cf. 2. volo], flying, winged (class.; syn.: ales, volatilis).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    Adj.:

    bestiae,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38; id. Lael. 21, 81:

    angues,

    id. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

    dracones,

    Ov. M. 7, 218:

    Cupido,

    id. ib. 9, 482:

    natus,

    i. e. Cupid, id. ib. 5, 364:

    deus,

    i. e. Mercury, Stat. Th. 2, 55; cf.

    pes (Mercurii),

    Ov. F. 5, 88; and:

    o nuntium volucrem!

    Cic. Quint. 25, 80.—
    2.
    Subst.: vŏlū̆cris, is, f. (sc. avis, once masc., sc. ales:

    teneros volucres, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64),

    a bird, a flying creature, Lucr. 1, 12; 2, 145; 2, 344; Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 23; id. Ac. 2, 25, 81:

    marinae,

    Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 11; Ov. A. A. 3, 35; id. H. 10, 123:

    Junonis,

    i. e. the peacock, id. M. 15, 385; cf.

    Junonia,

    id. Med. Fac. 33; of the cock: volucres cecinere diem, Coripp. 1, 199; cf. Sil. 14, 22;

    the eagle,

    Luc. 6, 129:

    obscenae,

    Verg. A. 3, 241:

    Tityi volucres,

    vultures, Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 31; Hor. S. 1, 8, 6;

    of the sirens,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 87; Quint. 10, 3, 24; 12, 11, 13; Suet. Aug. 13:

    pictae,

    Verg. A. 4, 525; Ov. M. 1, 308:

    volucris parvula,

    the fly, Phaedr. 5, 3, 3.—
    B.
    Transf., of any thing that moves rapidly, flying, winged, fleet, swift, rapid (mostly poet.;

    syn. velox): lumen,

    Lucr. 6, 173; cf.:

    ritu flammarum,

    id. 1, 1102:

    fumi,

    Verg. G. 2, 217:

    aurae,

    id. A. 11, 795; Ov. M. 13, 807:

    nebulae,

    id. ib. 1, 602:

    procellae,

    id. Am. 2, 11, 33:

    sagitta,

    Verg. A. 5, 242; Ov. M. 9, 102;

    called also ferrum,

    id. Tr. 3, 10, 64:

    harundo,

    Verg. A. 5, 544:

    equi,

    Ov. M. 2, 153; 2, 234; 4, 245:

    currus,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 8:

    volucri freta classe pererrat,

    Ov. M. 7, 460:

    jam volucrem sequor Te per gramina Martii Campi,

    speeding, running, Hor. C. 4, 1, 38 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., fleet, swift, rapid:

    nihil est tam volucre quam maledictum,

    Cic. Planc. 23, 57:

    aliud genus (dicendi) est... verbis volucre atque incitatum,

    id. Brut. 95, 325:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapiuntur a domo longius,

    id. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    somnus,

    Verg. A. 2, 794:

    fatum,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 24.—
    B.
    In partic., passing quickly by, fleeting, transient, transitory:

    o volucrem fortunam,

    Cic. Sull. 32, 91:

    dies,

    Hor. C. 3, 28, 6; 4, 13, 16:

    fama,

    Ov. H. 17, 207; Petr. 123:

    gaudium,

    Tac. Or. 9.— Adv.: vŏlŭcrĭter, swiftly, rapidly (post-class.):

    congregati,

    Amm. 17, 1, 12:

    perurgebat nocentes innocentesque,

    id. 29, 1, 18.

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  • 7 fuga

        fuga ae, f    [2 FVG-], a fleeing, flight, running away: adornare fugam, T.: ab urbe turpissima: desperata: exercitūs foeda, S.: dant sese in fugam milites: fugam capere, Cs.: parare: hostīs dare in fugam, put to flight, Cs.: in fugam conicere, Cs.: impellere in fugam: cum terrorem fugamque fecisset, caused a panic, L.: fugam ex ripā fecit, drove (the foe), L.: fugam faciunt, take flight, S.: neque hostium fugam reprimi posse, be checked, Cs.: opportunior fugae collis, S.: naves eius fugā se Adrumetum receperunt, after his flight, Cs.: quantae in periculis fugae proximorum: celeres fugae, H.— Expatriation, exile, banishment: se in fugam coniecisse: Aristidi: exsilia et fugae, Ta.— A flying, swift course, rapid motion, speed: Harpalyce volucrem fugā praevertitur Hebrum, V.: facilis, a swift voyage, V.: (Neptunus) fugam dedit, a swift passage, V.: fugam dant nubila caelo, flee away, V.: temporum, flight, H.: (equus) Clara ante alios, Iu.— A place of banishment, refuge: toto quaeret in orbe fugam, O.— A means of removal, remedy: morbi, H.—Fig., a fleeing, avoiding, avoidance, shunning, escape: laborum: turpitudinis: alia honoris, honorable way of escape, L.: leti, H.
    * * *
    flight, fleeing, escape; avoidance; exile; fugue (music)

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  • 8 fuga

    fŭga, ae (archaic gen. sing. fugaï, Lucr. 1, 1047; 4, 713), f. [Sanscr. bhug'-, bend; Gr. pheugô, phugê, flight, phuza, terror; Germ. biegen, bend. On fugere and flectere, AngloSax. būgan and fleon; Germ. biegen and fliehen, v. Grimm, Deutsch. Wörterb. 1, 1814], a fleeing, flight, a running away (cf.: effugium, exsilium).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: quove nunc Auxilio aut exili aut fugae freta sim? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 113 Vahl.):

    mittam illa, fugam ab urbe turpissimam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1:

    desperata,

    id. Phil. 5, 11, 30:

    dant sese in fugam milites,

    take flight, id. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95; so,

    in fugam se conferre,

    id. Caecin. 8, 22:

    se conicere,

    id. Cael. 26, 63:

    fugam capere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 26, 3:

    petere,

    id. ib. 2, 24, 1:

    parare,

    Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

    fugae sese mandare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 2:

    hostes dare in fugam,

    to put to flight, id. ib. 2, 23, 2; 5, 51 fin.;

    for which: convertere aciem in fugam,

    id. ib. 1, 52, 6:

    conicere hostes in fugam,

    id. ib. 6, 8, 6;

    7, 70, 3: impellere in fugam,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 22: facere fugam, to make or cause flight, put to flight, Liv. 1, 56, 4; 21, 5, 16 Drak.; 21, 52, 10; 22, 24, 8; 26, 4, 8; but also to take flight, to flee, Sall. J. 53, 3; 58, 4; Liv. 8, 9, 12; cf.

    in Verg., dare fugam, under B.: esse in fuga,

    Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2; 7, 24:

    reprimere fugam,

    to prevent, id. ib. 7, 26, 1; Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 1:

    spem fugae tollere,

    id. ib. 1, 25: exercitum fuga, formidine terroreque complere, Ser. Samm. ap. Macr. S. 3, 9, 9.— Plur. (mostly poet.):

    quantae in periculis fugae proximorum,

    Cic. Mil. 26, 69:

    celeres fugae,

    Hor. C. 4, 8, 15:

    notusque fugarum Vertit terga Has drubal,

    Sil. 17, 148; cf.:

    fugas servorum ri det,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 121.—
    2.
    In partic., flight from one's native land, expatriation, exile, banishment:

    sibi exsilium et fugam deprecari,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 9; id. Off. 2, 6, 20; cf. id. Rep. 1, 3; Ov. P. 2, 8, 68:

    latā fugā damnari,

    Amm. 19, 12, 9.—In plur.:

    quoties fugas et caedes jussit princeps,

    Tac. A. 14, 64:

    exsilia et fugae,

    id. Agr. 45.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., a flying, swift course or motion, speed ( poet.):

    qualis equos Threissa fatigat Harpalyce volucremque fugā praevertitur Hebrum,

    Verg. A. 1, 317:

    cui cesserit incitus amnis: Tanta fuga est,

    Sil. 3, 307:

    latumque fuga superabitis amnem,

    Grat. Cyn. 378:

    exspectet facilemquo fugam ventosque ferentes,

    a swift voyage, Verg. A. 4, 430; cf.: (Neptunus) fugam dedit et praeter [p. 788] vada fervida vexit, gave a swift passage, id. ib. 7, 24;

    but different: fugam dant nubila caelo,

    hasten away, flee away, id. ib. 12, 367:

    fuga temporum,

    a fleeing away, flight, Hor. C. 3, 30, 5:

    quaere fugam morbi,

    seek the removal of the disorder, id. Ep. 1, 6, 29:

    nobilis hic (equus), cujus clara fuga ante alios,

    Juv. 8, 61.—
    2.
    In plur., they who flee, runaways:

    signa fugarum, Col. poët. 10, 125: plane fugae merae,

    Petr. 45 fin. —
    3.
    A place of banishment or refuge, Ov. H. 6, 158; id. P. 1, 2, 130.—
    II.
    Trop., a fleeing from, avoiding, escape from an evil; disinclination, aversion (class.):

    simili sunt in culpa, qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    fuga laboris desidiam coarguit,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    turpitudinis (opp. appetentia honestatis),

    id. Rep. 1, 2:

    hanc ignominiam, vel exsilio vel morte, si alia fuga honoris non esset, vitassem,

    Liv. 3, 67, 2:

    culpae,

    Hor. A. P. 31:

    leti,

    id. S. 2, 6, 95:

    paupertatis,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 24:

    pericli,

    Verg. A. 8, 251:

    ipsius lucis (with taedium),

    Quint. 1, 3, 66:

    quomodo enim vester Axilla Ala factus est, nisi fugā litterae vastioris?

    Cic. Or. 45, 153.

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  • 9 ālipēs

        ālipēs edis, adj.    [ala + pes], with wings on the feet, wing-footed.—Of Mercury: alipedis de stirpe dei, O.: mactatur Alipedi vitulus, i. e. to Mercury, O.—Poet., swift, fleet, quick: equi, V.
    * * *
    I
    (gen.), alipedis ADJ
    wing-footed; swift, moving with speed of flight, "flying"; without grease/fat, greaseless, fatless
    II
    Mercury, the wing-footed god

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  • 10 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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  • 11 volātilis

        volātilis e, adj.    [2 volo], winged, flying: bestiae: puer, i. e. Cupid, O.—Swift, rapid: telum, i. e. an arrow, O.: ferrum, V.—Fleeting, transitory: aetas, O.
    * * *
    volatilis, volatile ADJ
    equipped to fly, flying fleeing, fleeting transient

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  • 12 praepes

        praepes petis, abl. pete or petī, gen plur. petum, adj.    [prae+PET-], outstripping ; hence, in augury, significant in flight, of good omen, favorable (of birds of good augury): praepes Laeva volavit avis, Enn. ap. C.: praepetis omina pinnae, V. — Fem. as subst, a bird of good omen: qui sibi praepetem misisset, L.— Winged, swift of flight, fleet, quick, rapid: quem praepes ab Idā rapuit Iovis armiger, V.: deus (i. e. Cupido), O.—As subst m. and f a bird, large bird: Iovis, i. e. aquila, O.: Medusaeus, i. e. Pegasus, O.
    * * *
    (gen.), praepetis ADJ
    flying straight ahead; nimble, fleet; winged

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  • 13 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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  • 14 volatilis

    wuged, flying / swift, rapid / fleeting, transitory.

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  • 15 fugax

    fŭgax, ācis, adj. [fugio], apt to flee, flying swiftly, swift, fleet (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. fugitivus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    fugaces Lyncas et cervos cohibentis arcu,

    Hor. C. 4, 6, 33; so,

    caprea,

    Verg. A. 10, 724:

    ferae,

    id. ib. 9, 591:

    cervi,

    id. G. 3, 539:

    mors et fugacem persequitur virum,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 14; cf.:

    comes atra (cura) premit sequiturque fugacem,

    id. S. 2, 7, 115:

    Pholoe,

    who flees from wooers, coy, id. C. 2, 5, 17:

    lympha,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 12.— Comp.:

    ventis, volucrique fugacior aurā,

    Ov. M. 13, 807.— Sup.:

    ignavissimus et fugacissimus hostis,

    Liv. 5, 28, 8.—As a term of vituperation, of a slave:

    lurco, edax, furax, fugax,

    runaway, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 16.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Fleeting, transitory: haec omnia quae habent speciem gloriae, contemne: brevia, fugacia, caduca existima; * Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 5:

    fugaces Labuntur anni,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 1: blanditiae, Plin. poët. Ep. 7, 4, 7.— Comp.:

    non aliud pomum fugacius,

    that sooner spoils, Plin. 15, 12, 11, § 40.— Sup.:

    bona,

    Sen. Ep. 74 med. —
    B.
    With gen., fleeing, shunning, avoiding a thing:

    sollicitaeque fugax ambitionis eram,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 38:

    fugax rerum,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 9:

    fugacissimus gloriae,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 32.—Hence, adv.: fŭgācĭ-ter, in fleeing; only comp.:

    utrum a se audacius an fugacius ab hostibus geratur bellum,

    whether in prosecuting the war his own boldness or the enemy's disposition to flee was the greater, Liv. 28, 8, 3.

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  • 16 incito

    in-cĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to set in rapid motion, to hasten, urge forwards; and with se, to put one ' s self in rapid motion, to hasten, rush (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    vehementius equos incitare,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 41, 4:

    saxa per pronum,

    Sall. H. 3, 22 Dietsch:

    hastas,

    Val. Fl. 1, 409:

    stellarum motus tum incitantur, tum retardantur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

    naves longas remis,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 1; cf.:

    lintres magno sonitu remorum incitatae,

    id. ib. 7, 60, 4:

    navigio remis incitato,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 6:

    alii ex castris sese incitant,

    sally out, id. B. C. 2, 14, 3; cf.:

    cum ex alto se aestus incitavisset,

    had rushed in, id. B. G. 3, 12, 1; and:

    quo major vis aquae se incitavisset,

    id. ib. 4, 17, 7: duabus ex partibus sese (naves) in eam (navem) incitaverant, id. B. C. 2, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 24, 3.—Prov.: incitare currentem, to spur a willing horse, i. e. to urge a person who does not need urging, Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 19; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16; v. curro.—
    B.
    In partic., to cause to grow larger, i. e. to augment, increase, to promote the growth of (not ante-Aug.; cf.

    excito, I. B.): hibernis (Enipeus amnis) incitatus pluviis,

    swollen, Liv. 44, 8, 6:

    frequentibus fossuris terra permiscetur, ut incitari vitis possit,

    Col. 4, 22, 3; 4, 33. fin.; 3, 21, 7.—
    II. A.
    In gen.:

    aliquem imitandi cupiditate,

    Cic. Brut. 92, 317:

    quibus (causis) mentes aut incitantur aut reflectuntur,

    id. de Or. 1, 32, 53:

    animos, opp. sedare,

    id. Or. 19, 63:

    ipsum ingenium diligentia etiam ex tarditate incitat,

    id. ib. 2, 35, 147:

    quorum studio legendi meum scribendi studium in dies incitatur,

    id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

    quamquam ea incitatur in civitate ratio vivendi,

    id. de Or. 3, 60, 226:

    stultas cogitationes,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 10, 4:

    quoniam ad hanc voluntatem ipsius naturae stimulis incitamur,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 2 fin.; cf.:

    juvenes ad studium et ad laborem,

    id. de Or. 1, 61, 262:

    aliquem ad servandum genus hominum,

    id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

    multa Caesarem ad id bellum incitabant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 10, 1:

    aliquem ad bellum atque arma,

    Liv. 1, 27, 3:

    aliquem ad amplissimam spem,

    Suet. Caes. 7:

    cujus voluptatis avidae libidines temere et effrenate ad potiundum incitarentur,

    Cic. de Sen. 12, 39:

    incitabant (animum ferocem) praeterea conrupti civitatis mores,

    Sall. C. 5, 8:

    cum tibia lumbos incitat,

    Juv. 6, 315. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To inspire. nam terrae vis Pythiam Delphis incitabat, naturae Sibyllam, Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

    mente incitati,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 14; id. Cat. 63, 93.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, to excite, arouse, stir up:

    neque enim desunt, qui istos in me atque in optimum quemque incitent,

    Cic. Fl. 28, 66; cf. id. Fam. 12, 2, 1:

    et consules senatum in tribunum et tribunus populum in consules incitabat,

    Liv. 4, 2, 1:

    his vocibus cum in se magis incitarent dictatorem,

    id. 8, 33, 1:

    opifices facile contra vos incitabuntur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 144 (shortly before, concitentur); Hirt. B. G. 8, 35 fin.:

    milites nostri pristini diei perfidiā incitati,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 14, 3:

    civitas ob eam rem incitata,

    id. ib. 1, 4:

    judices,

    Quint. 6, 4, 10.—
    3.
    (Acc. to I. B.) To augment, increase, enhance:

    consuetudo exercitatioque et intellegendi prudentiam acuit et eloquendi celeritatem incitat,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90; so,

    caelibum poenas,

    Tac. A. 3, 25.—Hence, incĭtātus, a, um, P. a. (set in rapid motion; hence), swiftly running, flowing, sailing, flying, etc.; in gen., rapid, swift.
    A.
    Lit.:

    imperator equo incitato se in hostes immittens,

    at full speed, Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15:

    equo incitato,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 12 fin. (for which: citato equo;

    v. cito): milites cursu incitato in summo colle ab hostibus conspiciebantur,

    advancing rapidly, id. ib. 2, 26, 3; cf.

    in the foll. B.: mundi incitatissima conversio,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18 (shortly before: conversio concitatior).—
    B.
    Trop.:

    cursus in oratione incitatior,

    Cic. Or. 59, 201; cf.

    so of speech: Herodotus sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis fluit: Thucydides incitatior fertur,

    id. ib. 12, 39.— Adv.: incĭtātē (acc. to B.), of speech, quickly, rapidly, violently:

    fluit incitatius,

    Cic. Or. 63, 212:

    quod incitatius feratur (locutio),

    id. ib. 20, 67.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > incito

  • 17 praepes

    praepĕs, ĕtis, adj. [prae-peto].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Flying swiftly, swift of flight, nimble, fleet, quick, rapid, etc. ( poet.; syn.: velox, pernix, levis): praepes Laeva volavit avis, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 108 (Ann. v. 94 Vahl.):

    praepetibus pinnis ausus se credere caelo,

    Verg. A. 6, 15:

    Boreas,

    Val. Fl. 1, 578:

    volatus,

    Plin. 7, prooem. 1, § 4: ferrum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. 437 Vahl.): Victoria, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 6, 6:

    praepeti evolare cursu,

    Sen. Hippol. 1061:

    dextra,

    Aus. Ep. 146, 20:

    notarum praepetum,

    id. ib. 146, 1:

    praepetes aves quidam dici aiunt, quia secundum auspicium faciant praetervolantes, alii quod aut ea, quae praepetamus, indicent, aut quod praetervolant: alii ex Graeco tractum putant, quod ante conspectum volent nostrum. Ceterum poëtae promiscue omnes aves ita appellant,

    Fest. p. 205 Müll. —
    2.
    In gen., winged:

    quem praepes ab Ida Sublimem pedibus rapuit Jovis armiger uncis,

    Verg. A. 5, 254:

    tela praepetis dei, i. e. Cupidinis,

    Ov. H. 8, 38.—
    B.
    Subst.: praepĕs, ĕtis.
    1.
    Fem., a bird, Ov. M. 13, 617:

    Jovis, i. e. aquila,

    id. ib. 4, 713;

    14, 576: quae (columba), super ingenti circumdata praepetis umbrā, i. e. accipitris,

    Val. Fl. 8, 32.—
    b.
    In partic., a prophetic bird, from whose flight something favorable was predicted (cf.:

    oscines, alites): praepetis omina pinnae,

    Verg. A. 3, 361; cf. Liv. 7, 26: hanc ubi praepetibus pinnis lapsuque volantem Conspexit Marius augur, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 47, 106: (praepetes sunt, quae secundo auspicio ante eum volant, qui auspicatur. Praepetes aut superiora tenent, et praepetes vocantur; aut inferiora, et dicuntur inferae. Praepetes autem ideo, quia omnes aves priora petunt volantes: vel a Graeco petomai, id est volo, Serv.; cf. supra the passage from Fest.). —
    2.
    Masc.:

    Medusaeus,

    Pegasus, Ov. M. 5, 257.—
    3.
    Masc., of Perseus himself, Luc. 9, 662 and 688.—
    II.
    Transf., lucky, propitious, fortunate (ante-class.): pulchrique loci, Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 6, 9 (Ann. v. 97 Vahl.):

    portus,

    id. 6, 6, 9, § 6 (Ann. v. 478 Vahl.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praepes

  • 18 volatile

    vŏlātĭlis, e, adj. [id.], flying, winged (class.; cf. ales).
    I.
    Lit.:

    bestiae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

    puer,

    i. e. Cupid, Ov. Am. 2, 7, 27.— Subst.: vŏlātĭlĕ, is, n., a fowl (late Lat.):

    omnia volatilia caeli,

    Vulg. Ezek. 32, 4:

    omne volatile,

    id. Gen. 1, 21.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Swift, rapid:

    telum,

    i. e. an arrow, Lucr. 1, 970; Ov. A. A. 1, 169; id. M. 7, 841:

    ferrum,

    Verg. A. 4, 71: cervus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 559, 23, and 515, 20 (al. volabile).—
    B.
    Fleeting, transitory:

    aetas,

    Ov. M. 10, 519:

    gloria vanum et volatile quiddam est aurāque mobilius,

    Sen. Ep. 123, 15:

    lepra,

    changing from one part to another, Vulg. Lev. 13, 57.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > volatile

  • 19 volatilis

    vŏlātĭlis, e, adj. [id.], flying, winged (class.; cf. ales).
    I.
    Lit.:

    bestiae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

    puer,

    i. e. Cupid, Ov. Am. 2, 7, 27.— Subst.: vŏlātĭlĕ, is, n., a fowl (late Lat.):

    omnia volatilia caeli,

    Vulg. Ezek. 32, 4:

    omne volatile,

    id. Gen. 1, 21.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Swift, rapid:

    telum,

    i. e. an arrow, Lucr. 1, 970; Ov. A. A. 1, 169; id. M. 7, 841:

    ferrum,

    Verg. A. 4, 71: cervus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 559, 23, and 515, 20 (al. volabile).—
    B.
    Fleeting, transitory:

    aetas,

    Ov. M. 10, 519:

    gloria vanum et volatile quiddam est aurāque mobilius,

    Sen. Ep. 123, 15:

    lepra,

    changing from one part to another, Vulg. Lev. 13, 57.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > volatilis

  • 20 volatus

    vŏlātus, ūs, m. [id.], a flying, flight.
    I.
    Lit. (used alike in sing. and plur.); sing.:

    aquilae admonitus volatu,

    Cic. Div. 1, 15, 26:

    puer audaci coepit gaudere volatu,

    Ov. M. 8, 223; cf. id. ib. 12, 527:

    non si Pegaseo ferar volatu,

    Cat. 55, 24.— Plur., Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101; 2, 52, 129; id. Div. 1, 1, 2:

    dedit volatus avibus,

    the power of flight, App. Flor. 2, p. 348.—
    II.
    Transf., poet., of any swift motion, rapid course, swiftness, velocity, etc.:

    equi,

    Claud. Gigant. 47:

    celeris famae,

    id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 270:

    praeceps fatorum,

    Mart. 11, 91, 9.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > volatus

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