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volubility

  • 1 mōbilitas

        mōbilitas ātis, f    [mobilis], activity, speed, rapidity, quickness, mobility: animal mobilitate celerrimā: linguae, volubility: equitum, agility, Cs.: Mobilitate viget (Fama), V.—Fig., changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy: quid est mobilitate turpius?: fortunae, N.: ingeni, S.
    * * *
    mobility, agility; speed; quickness of mind; inconstancy

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  • 2 volūbilitās

        volūbilitās ātis, f    [volubilis], a rapid turning, whirling, circular motion: mundi: Ipsa volubilitas libratum sustinet orbem, O.—Fig., of speech, rapidity, fluency, volubility: linguae: flumen aliis verborum volubilitasque cordi est.—Of fate, mutability, fickleness: fortunae.
    * * *
    rapid turning, whirling; circular motion; fickleness (fate); fluency (speech)

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  • 3 mobilitas

    mōbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [mobilis], movableness, mobility, activity, speed, rapidity, quickness (class.).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Quickness, vivacity:

    opus est naturali quādam mobilitate animi,

    Quint. 10, 7, 8.

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  • 4 tolutiloquentia

    tŏlūtĭlŏquentĭa, ae, f. [tolutim-loquor], a talking on a trot, volubility: o pestifera... trux tolutiloquentia, Nov. ap. Nen. 4, 7 (Com. Rel. p. 220 Rib.).

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  • 5 volubilitas

    vŏlūbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [volubilis], a rapid [p. 2012] whirling motion.
    I.
    Lit.:

    mundi,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49; id. Fat. 19, 43; id. Univ. 10; Ov. F. 6, 271; App. Asclep. p. 100, 41.—
    II.
    Transf., roundness, round form:

    fracta capitis latissima,

    Ov. M. 12, 434.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of speech, rapidity, fluency, volubility:

    linguae volubilitas,

    Cic. Planc. 25, 62:

    flumen aliis verborum volubilitasque cordi est,

    id. Or. 16, 53; id. de Or. 1, 5, 17:

    nimia vocis,

    Quint. 11, 3, 52 (opp. tarditas); 10, 1, 8; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4.—
    B.
    Of fate, changeableness, mutability:

    quod temere fit caeco casu et volubilitate fortunae,

    Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15; Plin. 37, 1, 2, § 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > volubilitas

См. также в других словарях:

  • Volubility — Vol u*bil i*ty, n. [L. volubilitas: cf. F. volubilit[ e].] The quality or state of being voluble (in any of the senses of the adjective). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • volubility — glibness, garrulity, loquacity, talkativeness (see under TALKATIVE) Analogous words: fluency, glibness, eloquence, articulateness (see corresponding adjectives at VOCAL) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • volubility — voluble ► ADJECTIVE ▪ speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently. DERIVATIVES volubility noun volubly adverb. ORIGIN originally in senses «rotating about an axis» and «tending to change»: from Latin volvere to roll …   English terms dictionary

  • volubility — noun see voluble …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • volubility — See voluble. * * * …   Universalium

  • volubility — noun a) the state of being voluble b) the degree to which someone is voluble …   Wiktionary

  • volubility — Synonyms and related words: big mouth, candor, communicativeness, conversableness, effusion, effusiveness, flow of words, flowing tongue, fluency, fluent tongue, flux de bouche, flux de paroles, flux of words, frankness, garrulity, garrulousness …   Moby Thesaurus

  • volubility — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fluency, loquacity, garrulousness; see eloquence 1 , garrulity …   English dictionary for students

  • volubility — vol·u·bil·i·ty || ‚vÉ‘ljÉ™ bɪlÉ™tɪ /‚vÉ’ljÊŠ b n. fluency, talkativeness, loquaciousness, garrulousness; condition of being able to turn easily on an axis …   English contemporary dictionary

  • volubility — n. 1. Fluency, glibness, readiness of speech, command of language, facility of expression. 2. Changeableness, mutability, inconstancy …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • volubility — n talkativeness, overtalkativeness, garrulity, garrulousness, glibness, Inf. gabbiness, loose tongue, Inf. gift of gab, Inf. windiness, Inf. gassiness, Inf. big mouth; verbosity, wordiness, verbality, verbalism, verbiage, prolixity, prolixness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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