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|lshtext=<b>făcĭlis</b>: e, adj. (archaic forms<br /><b>I</b> nom. [[sing]]. facil, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53; adv. [[facul]], [[like]] [[difficul]], [[simul]]; v. under adv. 2, and cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 87 Müll.), [[facio]], [[properly]], [[that]] [[may]] be done or made; [[hence]], pregn.], [[easy]] to do, [[easy]], [[without]] [[difficulty]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Prop., constr. absol., [[with]] ad (and the gerund), the [[supine]], inf., ut, and the dat.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: nulla est tam [[facilis]] res, [[quin]] [[difficilis]] siet, [[quam]] [[invitus]] facias, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf.: [[facilis]] et [[plana]] via (opp. [[difficilis]]), Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20: quae facilia ex difficillimis animi [[magnitudo]] redegerat, Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.; cf. also: mihi in [[causa]] facili [[atque]] explicata [[perdifficilis]] et lubrica defensionis [[ratio]] proponitur, Cic. Planc. 2, 5: justa res et [[facilis]], Plaut. Am. prol. 33: [[facilis]] et prompta [[defensio]], Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; cf.: [[facilis]] et expedita [[distinctio]], id. Fin. 1, 10, 33: facilia, proclivia, jucunda, id. Part. Or. 27, 95; cf.: proclivi cursu et facili delabi, id. Rep. 1, 28: [[ascensus]], Caes. B. G. 1, 21: [[aditus]], id. ib. 3, 25 fin.; [[descensus]] Averno, Verg. A. 6, 126; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41; cf.: celerem et facilem exitum habere, Caes. B. C. 3, 22 fin.: [[lutum]], [[easy]] to [[work]], Tib. 1, 1, 40: [[fagus]], Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 229: [[humus]], [[easy]] to [[cultivate]], [[mellow]], Curt. 4, 6, 5: [[arcus]], Val. Fl. 1, 109: jugum, [[easy]] to [[climb]], Prop. 4(5), 10, 4: [[somnus]], [[easy]] to [[obtain]], Hor. C. 2, 11, 8; 3, 21, 4: irae, [[easily]] [[excited]], Luc. 1, 173: [[saevitia]], [[easily]] [[overcome]], Hor. C. 2, 12, 26 et saep.: aurae, [[gentle]], Ov. H. 16, 123: jactura, [[easily]] borne, Verg. A. 2, 646: [[cera]], [[easily]] shaped, Ov. M. 15, 169: [[victus]], [[copious]], Verg. G. 2, 460.—Comp.: [[iter]] [[multo]] facilius [[atque]] expeditius, Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2: cui censemus cursum ad deos faciliorem fuisse [[quam]] Scipioni? Cic. Lael. 4, 14: faciliore et commodiore judicio, id. Caecin. 3, 8.—Sup.: [[quod]] est facillimum, facis, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 4; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 3: [[concordia]], id. ib. 1, 32: hujus summae virtutis facillima est via, Quint. 8, 3, 71: in quibus (ceris) facillima est [[ratio]] delendi, id. 10, 3, 31 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ad and the gerund: nulla [[materies]] tam [[facilis]] ad exardescendum est, Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190: ad subigendum, id. Rep. 2, 41: ad credendum, id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78: palmae ad scandendum, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.—Comp.: faciliora ad intelligendum, Quint. 2, 3, 8.—Sup.: haec ad judicandum sunt facillima, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30; id. Fin. 2, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ad and subst.: faciles ad [[receptum]] [[angustiae]], Liv. 32, 12, 3: [[mens]] ad pejora, Quint. 1, 2, 4: [[credulitas]] feminarum ad gaudia, Tac. A. 14, 4.— Comp.: [[mediocritas]] praeceptoris ad intellectum [[atque]] imitationem facilior, Quint. 2, 3, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[supine]]: [[facile]] inventust, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53: res factu [[facilis]], Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 26: cuivis [[facile]] scitu est, id. Hec. 3, 1, 15: [[facilis]] victu [[gens]], abounding in [[resources]], Verg. A. 1, 445 Wagn.: ([[Cyclops]]) nec visu [[facilis]] nec dictu [[affabilis]] ulli, id. ib. 3, 621; cf.: [[sapiens]] [[facilis]] victu fuit, Sen. Ep. 90, 11.—Comp.: [[nihil]] est dictu facilius, Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 70.—Sup.: factu facillimum, Sall. C. 14, 1.—（ε) With inf.: [[materia]] [[facilis]] est, in te et in tuos dicta dicere, Cic. Phil. 2, 17, 42: [[facilis]] vincere ac vinci vultu [[eodem]], Liv. 7, 33, 2: [[facilis]] corrumpi, Tac. H. 4, 39: [[Roma]] capi [[facilis]], Luc. 2, 656.—So esp. freq. in the [[neuter]], [[facile]] est, [[with]] a [[subject]]-[[clause]]: id esse [[verum]], cuivis [[facile]] est noscere, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 8: [[quod]] illis prohibere erat [[facile]], Caes. B. C. 1, 50, 2: [[neque]] erat [[facile]] nostris, uno tempore propugnare et munire, id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Quint. 6, 4, 20: nec origines persequi [[facile]] est, Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46: quīs [[facile]] est aedem conducere, Juv. 3, 31; 4, 103.— Comp.: [[plerumque]] facilius est [[plus]] facere [[quam]] [[idem]], Quint. 10, 2, 10; 12, 6, 7.—Sup.: stulta reprehendere facillimum est, Quint. 6, 3, 71; 11, 1, 81.—（ζ) With ut: facilius est, ut esse [[aliquis]] [[successor]] [[tuus]] possit, [[quam]] ut velit, Plin. [[Pan]]. 44, 3; 87, 5; cf. [[with]] [[quod]]: [[facile]] est [[quod]] habeant conservam in [[villa]], Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6.—（η) With dat.: [[terra]] [[facilis]] pecori, i.e. [[suitable]], [[proper]], Verg. G. 2, 223; cf.: [[campus]] operi, Liv. 33, 17, 8: [[facilis]] divisui ([[Macedonia]]), id. 45, 30, 2: [[neque]] Thraces commercio faciles erant, Liv. 40, 58, 1: homines [[bello]] faciles, Tac. Agr. 21: juvenis inanibus, [[easily]] [[susceptible]], [[open]] to, id. A. 2, 27; cf.: [[facilis]] capessendis inimicitiis, id. ib. 5, 11. —（θ) With gen. ([[poet]].): Hispania frugum [[facilis]], [[fertile]] in, Claud. Laud. Seren. 54.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Adverbially, in facili, ex (e) facili, and [[rarely]], de facili, [[easily]]: cum [[exitus]] [[haud]] in facili essent, not [[easy]], Liv. 3, 8, 9 Drak.: in facili, Sen. Clem. 1, 7: Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 274; Dig. 26, 3, 8: ita adducendum, ut ex facili subsequatur, [[easily]], Cels. 7, 9 med.: ex facili tolerantibus, Tac. Agr. 15 init.: ex facili, Cel. 6, 1, 1; Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 60; for [[which]]: e facili, Ov. A. A. 1, 356: de facili ab iis superabuntur, Firm. Math. 5, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of persons [[that]] do [[any]] [[thing]] [[with]] [[facility]], [[ready]], [[quick]].— Constr. [[with]] ad, in, and [[simple]] abl.: [[facilis]] et [[expeditus]] ad dicendum, Cic. Brut. 48, 180: sermone Graeco [[promptus]] et [[facilis]], Suet. Tib. 71; cf.: [[promptus]] et facillis ad extemporalitatem [[usque]], id. Tit. 3: faciles in excogitando et ad discendum prompti, Quint. 1, 1, 1: exiguo faciles, [[content]], Sil. 1, 615.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of things, [[easily]] [[moving]]: oculi, Verg. A. 8, 310: [[manus]], Ov. F. 3, 536: [[cervix]], Mart. Spect. 23: [[canes]], i. e. agiles, Nemes. Cyneg. 50.<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[character]], [[easy]], [[good]]-natured, [[compliant]], [[willing]], [[yielding]], [[courteous]], [[affable]]: [[facilis]] benevolusque, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35: [[comes]], benigni, faciles, suaves homines esse dicuntur, Cic. Balb. 16, 36: [[facilis]] et [[liberalis]] [[pater]], id. N. D. 3, 29, 73: [[lenis]] et [[facilis]], id. Fam. 5, 2, 9: [[facilis]] et [[clemens]], Suet. Aug. 67: facilem populum habere, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 4: facilem stillare in aurem, Juv. 3, 122: di, id. 10, 8. —With in and abl.: facilem se in rebus cognoscendis praebere, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32; cf.: [[facilis]] in causis recipiendis, id. Brut. 57, 207: faciles in suum cuique tribuendo, id. ib. 21, 85: faciles ad concedendum, id. Div. 2, 52, 107.—With in and acc.: sic habeas faciles in tua vota deos, Ov. H. 16, 282.—With inf.: faciles aurem praebere, Prop. 2, 21, 15 (3, 14, 5 M.): O faciles [[dare]] [[summa]] deos, Luc. 1, 505.—With gen.: [[facilis]] impetrandae veniae, Liv. 26, 15, 1: alloquii [[facilis]] (al. alloquiis), Val. Fl. 5, 407.—Absol.: comi facilique naturā, Suet. Gramm. 7: facili ac [[prodigo]] [[animo]], id. Vit. 7.—Comp.: facilior aut indulgentior, Suet. Vesp. 21; Quint. 7, 1, 27; Flor. 4, 11, 2.— Sup.: [[quid]] dicam de moribus facillimis, Cic. Lael. 3, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of [[fortune]], favorable, [[prosperous]]: res et fortunae tuae ... [[quotidie]] faciliores mihi et meliores videntur, Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1; Liv. 23, 11, 2.—Adv. in [[four]] forms: [[facile]], [[facul]], [[faculter]], and [[faciliter]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; făcĭlĕ (the [[class]]. form).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[easily]], [[without]] [[trouble]] or [[difficulty]]: [[facile]] cum valemus [[recta]] consilia aegrotis damus, Ter. And. 2, 1, 9: [[quis]] haec non vel [[facile]] vel [[certe]] [[aliquo]] [[modo]] posset ediscere? Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 232: vitia in contraria convertuntur, id. Rep. 1, 45.—Comp.: [[cave]] putes, aut [[mare]] ullum aut flammam esse tantam, [[quam]] non facilius [[sit]] sedare [[quam]], etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.: quo facilius otio perfruantur, id. ib. 1, 5: id hoc facilius eis persuasit, [[quod]], etc., Caes, B. G. 1, 2, 3.—Sup.: ut optimi cujusque [[animus]] in morte facillime evolet [[tamquam]] e [[custodia]], Cic. Lael. 4, 14: facillime fingi, id. Cael. 9, 22: facillime decidit, id. Rep. 2, 23: mederi inopiae frumentariae, Caes. B. G. 5, 24, 6 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[add]] [[intensity]] to an [[expression]] [[which]] [[already]] signifies a [[high]] [[degree]], [[certainly]], [[unquestionably]], [[without]] [[contradiction]], [[beyond]] [[dispute]], by [[far]], [[far]] ([[often]] in Cic.; elsewh. [[rare]]): virum unum totius Graeciae [[facile]] doctissimum, Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 23: [[facile]] deterrimus, id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81: genere et nobilitate et [[pecunia]] [[facile]] [[primus]], id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15; cf.: virtute, existimatione, nobilitate [[facile]] [[princeps]], id. Clu. 5, 11: [[facile]] [[princeps]], id. Div. 2, 42, 87; id. Fam. 6, 10, 2; id. Univ. 1; Flor. 3, 14, 1: [[facile]] [[praecipuus]], Quint. 10, 1, 68: [[facile]] hic [[plus]] mali est, [[quam]] [[illic]] boni, Ter. And. 4, 3, 5: Pe. Sed tu novistin' fidicinam? Fi. Tam [[facile]] [[quam]] me, as [[well]] as I do [[myself]], Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 68.—With verbs [[that]] [[denote]] [[superiority]] (vincere, superare, etc.): [[post]] illum (Herodotum) [[Thucydides]] omnes dicendi artificio, mea [[sententia]], [[facile]] vicit, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56; cf. id. Off. 2, 19, 59; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf. also: stellarum globi terrae magnitudinem [[facile]] vincebant, id. ib. 6, 16 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150: [[Sisenna]] omnes [[adhuc]] nostros scriptores [[facile]] superavit, id. Leg. 1, 2, 7; cf. id. de Or. 3, 11, 43: [[facile]] palmam habes! Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 80.— In naming a [[large]] [[amount]], [[quite]], [[fully]]: huic [[hereditas]] [[facile]] ad HS. [[tricies]] venit testamento propinqui sui, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 35.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a [[negative]], non [[facile]] or [[haud]] [[facile]], to [[add]] [[intensity]], not [[easily]], i.e. [[hardly]]: mira [[accuratio]], ut non [[facile]] in ullo diligentiorem majoremque cognoverim, Cic. Brut. 67, 238: sed [[haud]] [[facile]] dixerim, [[cur]], etc., id. Rep. 1, 3 fin.; cf.: de iis [[haud]] [[facile]] compertum narraverim, Sall. J. 17, 2: [[animus]] [[imbutus]] malis artibus [[haud]] [[facile]] libidinibus carebat, id. C. 13, 5. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Readily, [[willingly]], [[without]] [[hesitation]]: [[facile]] omnes perferre ac pati, Ter. And. 1, 1, 35; cf.: te de aeternitate dicentem aberrare a proposito [[facile]] patiebar, Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 81: [[disertus]] [[homo]] et [[facile]] laborans, id. Off. 2, 19, 66: ego unguibus [[facile]] [[illi]] in oculos involem, Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 6.—Comp.: locum [[habeo]] nullum, ubi facilius esse possim [[quam]] Asturae, Cic. Att. 13, 26, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> (Acc. to [[facilis]], II. B.) Pleasantly, [[agreeably]], [[well]]: [[propter]] eas ([[nugas]]) [[vivo]] facilius, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6: cum [[animo]] cogites, Quam vos facillime agitis, [[quam]] estis maxume Potentes, dites, fortunati, nobiles, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 56: facillime agitare, Suet. Vit. Ter. 1: ubi [[Crassus]] animadvertit, suas copias [[propter]] exiguitatem non [[facile]] diduci, not [[safely]], Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; făcul (anteclass.), [[easily]]: nobilitate [[facul]] propellere iniquos, Lucil. ap. Non. 111, 19; Pac. ib. 21: [[haud]] [[facul]], ut ait [[Pacuvius]], [[femina]] una invenietur bona, Afran. ib. 22: advorsam ferre fortunam [[facul]], Att. ib. 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ‡ fă-[[culter]], acc. to the [[statement]] of Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 1 Müll.; cf. Mart. Cap. 3, § 325. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; făcĭlĭter ([[post]]-Aug.; predominating in [[Vitruvius]]; censured by Quint. 1, 6, 17), [[easily]]: [[ferrum]] percalefactum [[faciliter]] fabricatur, Vitr. 1, 4, 3 et saep.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 325.

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|georg=facilis, e ([[facio]]), [[wie]] das griech. [[ῥᾴδιος]], sowohl [[passiv]] = [[was]] [[sich]] [[leicht]] [[tun]] läßt, [[als]] aktiv = [[wer]] [[leicht]] u. gern etw. tut (Ggstz. [[difficilis]]), I) [[passiv]] = [[tunlich]], [[leicht]], [[ohne]] [[Schwierigkeit]], [[ohne]] [[Mühsal]], [[bequem]], [[geeignet]], 1) im allg.: α) absol.: nulla est [[tam]] [[facilis]] [[res]], [[quin]] [[difficilis]] siet, [[quam]] [[invitus]] facias, Ter.: [[quae]] facilia ex difficillimis animi [[magnitudo]] redegerat, Caes.: [[omnia]] [[esse]] facilia, ließe [[sich]] [[ertragen]], möchte [[hingehen]], Cic. – [[ascensus]], leichter, bequemer, Caes.: [[aditus]], Caes. u. Cic.: unum [[iter]] [[difficile]]... alterum [[multo]] facilius [[atque]] expeditius, Caes. – [[lutum]], [[leicht]] zu bearbeitender, Tibull.: so [[auch]] [[humus]], Curt.: [[fagus]], Plin. – [[iugum]], [[leicht]] zu ertragendes, Prop.: [[iactura]], [[leicht]] zu verschmerzender, Verg. – [[victus]], [[leicht]] zu schaffende, Verg.: so [[auch]] [[cibus]], [[leicht]] zu schaffendes, einfaches [[Frühstück]], Plin. ep.: [[remedium]], [[leicht]] wirkendes, gelindes, Nep.: [[cibus]], [[somnus]], Hor.: [[favor]], [[leicht]] zu gewinnende, Liv. – irae, [[leicht]] entzündbarer, Lucan. – id [[esse]] [[facile]], Caes.: [[sed]] id [[quam]] [[mihi]] [[facile]] sit, [[haud]] [[sum]] [[falsus]], Plaut.: [[quam]] id [[mihi]] sit [[facile]] [[atque]] utile, Ter.: [[quod]] est facillimum [[facis]], Plaut.: facillimam [[esse]] in ea re [[publica]] concordiam, in [[qua]] etc., am leichtesten zu [[erhalten]], Cic. – β) m. ad u. Akk., faciles ad [[receptum]] [[angustiae]], Liv.: facilior (geeigneter) ad duplicanda verba [[Graecus]] [[sermo]], Liv.: [[bes]]. m. ad u. Gerund., [[illud]] [[autem]] [[facile]] ad credendum est, Cic.: faciliora ad intellegendum, Quint.: [[haec]] ad iudicandum sunt facillima, Cic. – γ) m. in ([[für]]) u. Akk., altera [[crepido]] [[haud]] facilior in ascensum, Liv. 27, 18, 6 zw. – δ) m. folg. 2. Supin. od. m. Abl.: [[res]] factu f., Ter.: [[quod]] factu [[facile]] est, Macr.: ([[Cyclops]]) [[nec]] visu [[facilis]] [[nec]] dictu [[affabilis]] [[ulli]], Verg.: [[res]] [[cognitu]] [[facilis]], Cornif. rhet. u. Cic.: facilia intellectu, Lact. – [[nihil]] est dictu facilius, Ter.: id dictu [[quam]] re, ut [[pleraque]], facilius erat, Liv. – Ggstz., [[quod]] [[nunc]] [[arduum]] factu putatur, amore per [[dies]] roborato [[facile]] videtur effectu, Apul. [[met]]. 8, 3. – ε) m. folg. Infin.: [[facilis]] concoqui, Plin.: corripi, Sen.: f. navigari, [[Mela]]: ne paratis [[quidem]] corrumpi f., Tac.: urbes faciles capi, Claudian.: [[habitus]] aspici facilior, Sen.: [[materia]] f. est in te et in tuos dicta dicere, Cic.: so [[oft]] [[facile]] est m. folg. Infin., f. est noscere, Ter.: f. est perficere, ut etc., Cic.: facilius abire fuit, Liv.: stulta reprehendere facillimum est, Quint.: Ggstz., loqui [[facile]] est, praestare [[difficile]], Lact. 4, 23, 8. – ζ) m. folg. ut u. Konj.: facilius est, ut [[esse]] [[aliquis]] [[successor]] [[tuus]] possit, [[quam]] ut velit, Plin. pan.: [[quod]] ei fuit facillimum, ut in agrum Rutulorum procederet, Cic. – η) m. Dat. = [[leicht]], [[ohne]] [[Mühe]], [[bequem]] zu usw. od. [[für]] usw., [[campus]] operi f., Liv.: f. divisui ([[Macedonia]]), Liv. – [[illa]] ([[terra]]) f. pecori, Verg.: [[silva]] iuvencis [[iam]] f., [[leicht]] [[zugänglich]], Claud. – [[iuvenis]] [[caecus]], contumeliae [[opportunus]], [[facilis]] iniuriae, so [[leicht]] [[zugänglich]] der B., so [[leicht]] zu [[beleidigen]], Ps. Quint. decl. – θ) neutr. subst., m. Praepp.: in facili [[esse]], [[leicht]] [[sein]] (Ggstz. in difficili [[esse]]), Liv., Sen. u. Plin. (s. Drak. Liv. 3, 8, 9): [[ebenso]] e od. ex facili, [[leicht]], Ov., Val. Max. u.a. (s. Walch Tac. Agr. 15 in. p. 219): ex faciliore, aus dem Leichteren (Ggstz. ex difficiliore), Quint. 5, 10, 92: de facili, [[leicht]], Firm. math. 5, 6.<br />'''2)''' insbes., v. menschl. Verhältnissen, die [[sich]] [[leicht]] [[machen]], [[nach]] [[Wunsch]] [[sich]] [[gestalten]], [[leicht]], [[bequem]], [[res]] et fortunae tuae [[mihi]] maximae curae sunt: [[quae]] [[quidem]] [[cotidie]] faciliores [[mihi]] et meliores videntur, Cic.: si [[ita]] faxitis [[Romani]], vestrae [[res]] meliores facilioresque erunt, Liv.<br />'''II)''' aktiv: A) [[von]] dem, dem [[etwas]] [[leicht]] wird, -fällt, etw. zu [[tun]] od. zu [[ertragen]], 1) im allg.: α) absol., v. Ggstdn., namentl. Körperteilen, die [[sich]] [[leicht]], [[ohne]] [[Schwierigkeit]] [[bewegen]], [[leicht]] [[beweglich]], [[gewandt]], [[geschmeidig]], [[manus]] faciles, Prop.: manu facili poma serere, Tibull., pulvinum componere, Ov.: facili corpore [[onus]] ferre, Ov.: oculi, Verg.: [[cardo]], Iuven. – β) m. Abl. (od. 2. Supin.): [[piscis]] f. introitu, der [[leicht]] hineinschwimmt, Sil. 5, 52. – [[fore]]... facilem victu per saecula gentem, werde [[ohne]] [[Mühsal]] [[leben]] (= [[glücklich]] [[leben]]), Verg. Aen. 1, 445: u. so [[sapiens]] [[facilis]] victu fuit, fand [[leicht]] seinen [[Unterhalt]], Sen. ep. 90, 13. – f. [[exiguo]], dem es [[leicht]] fällt, [[mit]] wenigem zu [[leben]], [[wenig]] bedürfend, Sill. 1, 615.<br />'''2)''' insbes., v. der [[Leichtigkeit]], [[Geläufigkeit]] im Erfinden u. im [[Vortrag]], [[leicht]], [[geläufig]], [[gewandt]], α) absol.: [[ingenium]] (Begabung), Quint.: sermone Graeco, [[quamquam]] [[alias]] [[promptus]] et [[facilis]], [[non]] [[tamen]] [[usquequaque]] [[usus]] est, Suet. – β) m. ad u. Akk. [[des]] Gerund.: [[facilis]] et [[expeditus]] ad dicendum T. [[Iunius]], Cic. – γ) m. in u. Abl., in inventione [[facilis]], Quint.: [[vel]] in orando [[vel]] in fingendis poëmatis [[promptus]] et [[facilis]], Suet.: faciles in excogitando, Quint.<br />'''B)''' v. dem, der etw. gern tut, -gewährt, zu etw. [[leicht]] [[geneigt]], [[leicht]] [[zugänglich]], [[bereit]], [[willig]], [[bereitwillig]], [[willfährig]] (Ggstz. [[difficilis]]), 1) im allg.: α) m. Dat.: commercio f., Liv.: [[bello]] f., Tac.: morti faciles animi, Lucan.: faciles occupantibus, [[bereit]], den ersten, die zugriffen, [[sich]] zu [[fügen]], Tac.: [[facilis]] impetrandae veniae, gern V. zugestehend, Liv.: f. capessendis inimicitiis, Tac.: [[iuvenis]] f. inanibus, [[sich]] [[leicht]] hingebend, Tac.: [[quod]] [[facilis]] ([[gehorsam]]) tenero [[sum]] [[semper]] amori, Tibull. – β) [[mit]] ad u. Akk.: facili feminarum credulitate ad gaudia, Tac.: [[mens]] ad peiora f., Quint.: [[nimium]] faciles ad [[fera]] bella [[manus]], Ov.: [[facilis]] [[civitas]] ad accipienda credendaque [[omnia]] nova, [[leicht]] [[empfänglich]] [[für]] usw., Tac. – γ) m. in u. Akk., homines in bella faciles, Tac. Agr. 21. – δ) m. Genet.: [[Hispania]] frugum f., [[ergiebig]] an usw., Claud. laud. Seren. 54. – ε) m. Infin.: alternae [[facilis]] cedere [[lympha]] manu (= manui), Prop. 1, 11, 12: ah [[nimium]] faciles aurem praebere puellae, Prop. 2, 21, 15: o faciles dare [[summa]] deos eademque tueri difficiles, Lucan. 1, 510; u. so Lucan. 2, 460; 3, 683; 6, 20; 10, 310. Sil. 1, 225 u. ö. Val. Flacc. 4, 723. Stat. Theb. 1, 606 u. ö. Claud. in Eutr. 2, 155 u. ö. Sen. Thyest. 301. Amm. 21, 16, 17; 31, 2, 11 (wo [[facilis]] irasci). Pacat. pan. 21, 2 (wo [[facilis]] adiri). – ζ) m. Abl. od. 2. Supin.: sermone [[affabilis]] accessuque [[facilis]], [[leicht]] [[zugänglich]], Sen. de clem. 1, 13, 4.<br />'''2)''' insbes., v. dem, der [[sich]] [[leicht]] in anderer Wünsche u. Willen fügt, zum Gewähren u. [[Verzeihen]] [[geneigt]], hingebend, [[willfährig]], [[willig]], [[gutwillig]], [[nachsichtig]], [[nachgiebig]], [[leicht]] versöhnbar, im Umgange u. Gespräche hingebend, [[zugänglich]], [[leutselig]], [[umgänglich]], übh. [[gefällig]], [[gütig]], [[hold]] [[gegen]] [[andere]] in [[jeder]] [[Hinsicht]] (Ggstz. [[difficilis]]), α) absol.: [[facilis]] et [[liberalis]] [[pater]], Cic.: [[comes]] benigni faciles suaves [[esse]] dicuntur, Cic.: [[patronus]] ac [[dominus]] f. et [[clemens]] (Ggstz. [[severus]]), Suet.: [[lenis]] a te et [[facilis]] existimari [[debeo]], Cic.: facilem alqm habere, Cic.: facilem benevolumque alqm [[sibi]] leddere, Ter.: da [[modo]] te facilem, zeige dich [[nur]] [[gefällig]], Ov. – [[bes]]. [[oft]] v. Göttern usw., s. Thiel Verg. Aen. 11, 761. – aures, Prop.: [[natura]] [[comis]] facilisque, Suet.: [[amor]], Prop.: [[saevitia]], Hor. – [[mores]] facillimi, Cic. – β) m. ad u. Akk. [[des]] Gerund.: f. ad concedendum, Cic. de div. 2, 107. – γ) m. in u. Abl.: f. in rebus cognoscendis, in hominibus audiendis admittendisque, Cic.: f. in causis recipiendis (Ggstz. fastidiosior), Cic. – δ) m. in u. Akk.: si faciles habeas in tua vota deos, Ov.: Lollio offensior, [[facilis]] exorabilisque in vitricum fuit, Suet. – ε) m. Dat.: sint, [[precor]], hae (deae) [[saltem]] faciles ([[hold]]) [[mihi]], Ov.: [[sed]] [[mihi]] [[tam]] faciles [[unde]] meosque deos? Ov.: si [[mihi]] di faciles et sunt in amore secundi, Ov. – ζ) m. Abl. (= in [[Rücksicht]] [[auf]]): f. amicitiā, [[nachsichtig]] im Umgange [[mit]] Freunden, Sall. Iug. 95, 3: f. sermone, [[zugänglich]] im G., Tac. Agr. 40: f. iuventā ([[bei]] seiner J), Tac. ann. 3, 8. – η) m. Genet.: [[rex]] alloquii f., Val. Flacc. 5, 407. – / Superl. facilissimus, Gloss. II, 317, 54. [[Not]]. Tir. 30, 53. – arch. [[facil]] = [[facile]], Plaut. trin. 679 R.; vgl. Ritschl opusc. 2, 331. Bücheler im Rhein. [[Museum]] 29, 196.

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