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|lshtext=<b>agĭlis</b>: e, adj. [[ago]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Act.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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]], [[πρακτικός]], 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.

{{Georges

|georg=agilis, e, Adj. m. Compar. ([[ago]]), bewegsam; dah. I) v. Lebl., [[leicht]] [[beweglich]], [[lenksam]], 1) eig., [[pollex]], Ov.: [[classis]], Liv.: [[remus]], Ov.: [[essedum]] agili rotā, Ov.: sinistrā manu agiliore et validiore, Suet.: aër agilior tenuiorque, Sen. – 2) übtr., a) v. Konkr., [[hurtig]], [[rasch]], [[flüchtig]] im [[Lauf]] usw., [[pes]], [[gressus]], Sen. poët.: [[gradus]], Amm.: [[cursus]], agile [[studium]], gleichs. [[ein]] flüchtiges [[Handwerk]], Stat.: [[flamma]], Sen. poët.: [[rivus]] agilior (Ggstz. pigrior), Plin. ep. – b) v. Abstr., [[argumentatio]] agilior et [[acrior]], Quint. 11, 6, 164. – II) v. leb. [[Wesen]], deren [[Körper]] u. Sinnen usw., 1) eig., [[beweglich]], behend, [[gelenk]], [[flüchtig]] im Laufe usw., [[sonipes]], Trag. inc. fr. 237: [[dea]], v. der [[Diana]], Ov.: [[Cyllenius]], v. [[Merkur]], Ov.: ag. et vividum [[corpus]], Plin. ep.: [[corpus]] equi ab aspectu agile, [[schon]] dem [[Anschein]] [[nach]] [[leicht]] u. [[flüchtig]] in seinen Bewegungen, Col. – 2) übtr., [[beweglich]] im [[Handeln]] = behend, [[rührig]], [[regsam]], [[hurtig]], lebendig, [[geschäftig]] (Ggstz. [[tardus]], [[remissus]], [[desidiosus]]), [[vir]] [[navus]], [[agilis]], Vell: agiles viri, Ov.: oderunt agilem gnavumque (den Rühriggeschäftigen) remissi, Hor.: [[nunc]] [[agilis]] [[fio]], [[geschäftig]], [[Geschäftsmann]] ([[Staatsmann]]), Hor.: oves agiles (Ggstz. tardiores), Col.: [[apes]] sarciendo damna fiunt agiliores, Col. – naturā [[humanus]] [[animus]] [[agilis]] est et [[pronus]] ad [[motus]], Sen.: [[quae]] ([[natura]] ingenii humani) [[ita]] est [[agilis]] ac [[velox]], ut etc., Quint.: [[sensus]], [[qui]] agiliores sunt animalibus mutis, die lebendiger sind [[bei]] usw., Sen.: [[agilis]] [[industria]] (Ggstz. [[neglegens]] et [[tarda]] [[opera]]), Col.: [[studium]], Amm.: [[agilis]] facilisque [[victoria]], [[rasch]] u. [[leicht]] durchzuführen, Sisenn. fr. 14 (b. Non. 58, 1). – / Superl. agillimus, [[nach]] [[Charis]]. 114, 11 u. Prisc. 3, 20, od. agilissimus, [[nach]] [[Charis]]. 182, 18 ([[überall]] [[ohne]] [[Beleg]]): agillimus, [[non]] agilissimus, Beda de orthogr. (VII) 262, 13: Adv. Superl. agilissime, ibid. 262, 14.

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