făcĭlĭtas Copy link Outline I. In gen.II. In partic.A. Of speech, facility or fluency of expression ...B. Of character. ...1. In a good sense, willingness, readiness ...2. In a bad sense, levity, heedlessness ... ⓘfăcĭlĭtāte: fem abl sg • făcĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [facilis], easiness, ease, facility in doing any thing. I. In gen. (mostly post-Aug.): haec in bonis rebus, quod alii ad alia bona sunt aptiores, facilitas nominetur, in malis proclivitas, inclination, disposition, Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 28; cf.: aetatis illius (i. e. puerilis) facilitas, capability, Quint. 1, 12, 11: audendi facilitas, id. 12, 6, 7: pariendi, Plin. 21, 24, 95, § 167: oris, i. e. easy enunciation, Quint. 10, 7, 26: corporis, a tendency to blush, Sen. Ep. 11: soli, facility in working, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 178: picea tonsili facilitate, id. 16, 10, 18, § 40: (smaragdi) ad crassitudinem sui facilitate translucida, i. e. facility in transmitting the rays of light, id. 37, 5, 16, § 63.— II. In partic. A. Of speech, facility or fluency of expression (post-Aug.): Fabianus disputabat expedite magis quam concitate, ut possis dicere, facilitatem esse illam, non celeritatem, Sen. Ep. 40: quae in oratore maxima sunt, ingenium, inventio, vis, facilitas, Quint. 10, 2, 12; 10, 5, 1; 10, 7, 20; 11, 1, 42; Suet. Gramm. 23 al.; cf. Quint. 10, cap. 7.— B. (Acc. to facilis, II. A.) Of character. 1. In a good sense, willingness, readiness, good-nature, courteousness, affability (freq. in Cic.; syn.: lenitas, humanitas): male docet te mea facilitas multa, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 35: si illius comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris, Cic. Mur. 31, 66; cf. id. Lael. 18, 66: pro tua facilitate et humanitate, id. Fam. 13, 24, 2: facilitas in audiendo, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 21; cf.: facilitas et lenitudo animi, id. Off. 1, 25, 88 Orell. N. cr.: facilitas indulgentiaque, Suet. Caes. 72: facilitate par infimis esse, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41: sermonis, id. Att. 12, 40, 2: magis id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit, id. de Or. 2, 4, 15: actio facilitatem significans, id. ib. 2, 43, 184.— 2. In a bad sense, levity, heedlessness, Suet. Claud. 29; cf.: fornicationis, Vulg. Jerem. 3, 9.
făcĭlĭtās Copy link Outline 1 facilité à faire qqch. : || aptitude heureuse à : souplesse de ...2 facilité de parole :3 [surtout] facilité d'abord, de caractère, affabilité, bonté, complaisance : (cf. abords faciles), ... ⓘfăcĭlĭtāte: fem abl sg • făcĭlĭtās, ātis, f. (facilis), 1. facilité à faire qqch. : Cic. Tusc. 4, 28 || aptitude heureuse à : Quint. 12, 6, 7 ; oris Quint. 10, 7, 26, souplesse de la langue [facilité de prononciation] || facere aliquid propter facilitatem Cic. Inv. 1, 98, faire qqch. à cause de sa facilité 2. facilité de parole : Quint. 10, 2, 12 ; 10, 5, 1, etc. 3. [surtout] facilité d'abord, de caractère, affabilité, bonté, complaisance : quanta facilitate (debent esse imperatores) Cic. Pomp. 36 (cf. faciles aditus Cic. Pomp. 41, abords faciles), quelle ne doit pas être leur affabilité ! cf. Cic. Mur. 66 ; Læl. 66 ; de Or. 2, 15 ; Q. 1, 1, 21, etc. || [qqf. en mauv. part] facilité excessive, faiblesse : Suet. Claud. 29.
facilitas Copy link ⓘfăcĭlĭtāte: fem abl sg FACILITAS atis. f. [εὐχέρεια, εὐκολία] Illius est (inquit Donatus) qui cito iram deponit, nempe Placabilitas. […] 🗁 Page Scan
facilitate Copy link • facilitate: făcĭlius reddo: v. TO RENDER EASY: to f. a person's knowledge of a thing, faciliorem r. alicui cognitionem rei, Cic. Phr.: to f. my labour in some degree, ut aliqua pars laboris minuatur mihi, Ter. Heaut. prol. 42: that count will greatly f. conviction, is locus magno ad persuadendum momento futurus est, Cic. Inv. 2, 26, 77: v. to assist, help.
FACILITATE Copy link • FACILITATEaliquid facile or facilius reddere: expedire: explicare (to make a perplexed business more feasible; e.g., negotia): adjuvare aliquem in re (Terentianus), ad rem or ad aliquid faciendum (to assist anybody in anything, or to do anything). litterature facilitates the practice of virtue, ad virtutem colendam adjuvamur litteris.