prompt (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. promptus (quick, ready)2. impĭger, gra, grum (active, indefatigable)3. mātūrus (not of persons) • prompt (adj.): 1. promptus (quick, ready): p. in action, p. in rebus gerendis, Nep. Them. 1; cf. promptus manu, Sall. Jug. 7, init.: also Cic. Br. 42, 154, prompta et parata in agendo et in respondendo celeritas. 2. impĭger, gra, grum (active, indefatigable): Cic.: Sall. See also quick. 3. mātūrus (not of persons): a p. decision, m. judicium, Cic. Caec. 3, init. Phr.: there is need of p. execution, opus est mature facto, Sall. Cat. 1, extr.