enterprising (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. promptus (forward of action)2. strēnuus3. expĕriens, ntis (trying everything)4. audax (oftener in bad sense) • enterprising (adj.): 1. promptus (forward of action): all the most e., promptissimus quisque, Tac. A. 3, med.: Jugurtha was e. and ambitious of military distinction, erat Jugurtha manu promptus et appetens gloriae militaris, Sall. Jug. 7: v. prompt. 2. strēnuus: L. Sextius, an e. young man, whose prospects lacked only patrician birth, L. Sextius, s. adolescens, et cujus spei nihil praeter genus patricium deesset, Liv. 6, 34,. fin.: v. vigorous, active. 3. expĕriens, ntis (trying everything): usu. with some other word: Join: promptissimus homo et experiens, Cic. Verr. 4, 17, 37: vir acer experiensque, Liv. 6, 34, ad init. 4. audax (oftener in bad sense): v. bold, daring.