fleeting (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. fŭgax, ācis (quick to take flight)2. fluxus (flowing away like a stream)3. cădūcus (ready to fall, unreliable)4. vŏlātĭlis, e (flying; winged)5. vŏlŭcer, cris, cre6. lubrĭcus (lit. slippery7. lĕvis, e • fleeting (adj.): 1. fŭgax, ācis (quick to take flight): the f. years glide by, f. labuntur anni, Hor. Od. 2, 14, 1: most f. blessings, fugacissima bona, Sen. Ep. 74, 8. 2. fluxus (flowing away like a stream): human affairs, f. and changeable, humanae res f. et mobiles, Sall. Jug. 104: f. glory, f. gloria, Sall.: Cic. 3. cădūcus (ready to fall, unreliable): human affairs are frail and f., res humanae fragiles c.que sunt, Cic.: v. frail. 4. vŏlātĭlis, e (flying; winged): f. life, v. aetas, Ov. M. 10, 519: glory is a vain and f. thing, gloria vanum et v. quiddam est, Sen. Ep. 123, fin. 5. vŏlŭcer, cris, cre: v. fleet, winged. 6. lubrĭcus (lit. slippery: gliding softly away): the f. year, l. annus, Ov. A. A. 3, 364: the f. shade escapes the grasping hands, l. prensantes effugit umbra manus, Ov. Fast. 5, 476. 7. lĕvis, e: the f. hours, l. horae, Ov.: v. light.
FLEETING Copy link • FLEETINGfugax (whatever passes by quickly): velox (quick on one’s feet): fluxus: caducus (quickly vanishing, transient): volucer (inconstant, not lasting, e.g., fortuna, spes, cogitatio).