nimble Copy link Outline 1. pernix, īcis (quick)2. ăgĭlis, e (oftener in gen. sense = active, brisk)3. mōbĭlis., e (readily moved in any way)4. hăbĭlis, e (usu. implying skill) • nimble: 1. pernix, īcis (quick): I am n. of hand, fleet of foot, p. sum manibus, sum pedes mobilis, Pl. Mil. 3, 1, 35: bodies light and n. from constant excercise, corpora levia et multa exercitatione p., Liv. 28, 20, ad init.: n. (fleet) soles, p. plantae, Virg. Aen. 11, 718. 2. ăgĭlis, e (oftener in gen. sense = active, brisk): the n. goddess (of the chase), a. dea, Ov. H. 4, 169: Stat. 3. mōbĭlis., e (readily moved in any way): Pl.: Curt.: cf. supr. (1). 4. hăbĭlis, e (usu. implying skill): she skims with nimble finger the strings, h. percurrit pollice chordas, Ov. A. 2, 4, 27. Phr.: very robust and n., maxime vigore ac levitate corporum veloces, Liv. 26, 4, med.