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.
prompt (v.) Copy link Outline I. To incite, move to actionII. To assist a speaker • prompt (v.): I. To incite, move to action: incĭto, impello, etc.: v. to incite, instigate, impel. II. To assist a speaker: subjĭcio, jēci, ctum, 3: Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 40 (si meministi, id quod olim dictum est subjice): Cic. Also in fig. sense: such language as indignation p.s, quae dolor subjicit, Liv. 3, 48, fin. (Suggero in this sense is doubtful: in Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 44, extr., Orelli and Nobbe omit the clause, tuum est ut suggeras.)
PROMPT Copy link • PROMPT 1. adj., celer (quick, expeditious): promtus, expeditus (ready). 2. v. To help by secret instruction, suggerere alicui aliquid: suggerere, si aliquem memoria deficit: subjicere alicui verba (the latter, of the theatrical “prompter,” or of one who acts like him). To incite, instigate, insusurrare (to whisper in anybody’s ears, alicui or ad aurem [confidentially] or in aures [clandestinely], Cic.).