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|lshtext=<b>ălăcrĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[alacer]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[condition]] or [[quality]] of [[alacer]], [[liveliness]], [[ardor]], [[briskness]], [[alacrity]], [[eagerness]], [[promptness]], [[joy]], [[gladness]]: [[alacritas]] rei publicae defendendae, Cic. Phil. 4, 1: mirā [[sum]] alacritate ad litigandum, Cic. Att. 2, 7; so id. ib. 16, 3: [[alacritas]] studiumque pugnandi, Caes. B. G. 1, 46: animi [[incitatio]] [[atque]] [[alacritas]], id. B. C. 3, 92: [[alacritas]] animae suae, Vulg. Eccli. 45, 29: finem orationis [[ingens]] [[alacritas]] consecuta est, Tac. Agr. 35: (naves) citae remis augebantur alacritate militum in speciem ac terrorem, id. A. 2, 6.—Of animals: canum in venando, Cic. N. D. 2, 63. —Of a [[joyous]] [[state]] of [[mind]] as made [[known]] by [[external]] demeanor, [[transport]], [[rapture]], [[ecstasy]]: [[inanis]] [[alacritas]], id est [[laetitia]] gestiens, Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 36: vir [[temperatus]], [[constans]], [[sine]] metu, [[sine]] aegritudine, [[sine]] alacritate ullā, [[sine]] libidine, id. ib. 5, 16, 48. —With obj. gen., [[joy]] on [[account]] of [[something]]: [[clamor]] Romanorum alacritate perfecti operis [[sublatus]], Liv. 2, 10 med.—* In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: vigores [[quidam]] mentium et alacritates, Gell. 19, 12, 4.