quick (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Alive (orig. sense1. vīvus2. ănĭmans (q. with life)3. ănĭmōsusII. Hence, lively, vivacious (q. v.), opp. to slow, dull1. vīvus (rare in this sense)2. vīvax, ācis, m. (late in this sense3. vīvĭdus4. vīvātus (an old word), v. QUICKENED.5. ănĭmatus, v. QUICKENED. Phr.III. Active, sprightly, speedy, opp. to slow, sluggish, tardy1. ăgĭlis, ĕ2. ălăcer, cris, crĕ3. făcĭlis, ĕ4. promptus5. părātus6. expĕdītus7. impĭger, gra, grum (v. ACTIVE)8. ācer, cris, cre (v. SHARP, KEEN)9. ăcūtus (v. SHARP10. argūtus11. perspĭcax, ācis12. săgax, ācis13. versātĭlis, e (that can turn to anything14. For the quickness acquired by practice, use (i.) callĭdus (v. supr.)IV. Of motion1. cĕler, ĕris, ĕre (also celeris, in masc.)2. vēlox, ōcis3. pernix, īcis (swift, nimble, active, speedy)4. cĭtus (in q. motion, rapid, hurried)5. ōcior, ius (comp.)6. praeceps7. prŏpĕrus (in haste8. praesens (immediate, instant, opp. to tardy)9. răpĭdus, v. RAPID10. 11. rĕpentīnus12. cĕlox, ōcis, f. (prop. subs. = κέλης), a q. sailer (a kind of ship) • quick (adj.): I. Alive (orig. sense: freq. in SS. and old writers: now obsol. except in some derivatives: v. quick [subs.]: QUICK-LIME, etc.): 1. vīvus: Vulg. Ps. cxxiii. 3 (cxxiv. 3): opp. to mortuus: used with judex, id. Act. x. 42: with judicare, 1 Pet. iv. 5: qui judicaturus est vivos et mortuos, 2 Tim. iv. 1 (cf. "thence shall come, With glory and power, to judge both q. and dead," Milton): sometimes vīvens; to go down q. into hell (or, the pit), descendere viventes in infernum, id. Num. xvi. 30: Ps. liv. 16 (lv. 15): q. raw flesh, caro viva, id. Lev. xiii. 10: c. vivens, ib. 24. Join: vivus vidensque, Cic. Quint. 15, 50: id. Sest. 27, 59: v. alive: perh. vīvax, by analogy fr. Ov. M. 1, 420. Phr.: q. with child, *fetu vivo gravida vel praegnans (Ainsw.): to be q. with child, *fetum vivum utero gestare (id.). 2. ănĭmans (q. with life): cf. mundus est animans et compos rationis, Cic. N. D. 2, 8. 3. ănĭmōsus: Fig. likenesses q. with life, animosa signa, Prop. 3, 7, 9: II. Hence, lively, vivacious (q. v.), opp. to slow, dull: 1. vīvus (rare in this sense): a face q. with expression, vivus vultus, Virg. Aen. 6, 849: cf. vivus et ingenuus animi, Plin. Ep. 8, 6: a man of q. feeling, vivi pectoris homo, Arn. 3, 103. 2. vīvax, ācis, m. (late in this sense: in Virg. Hor., etc. = long-lived): cf. (discipuli) paulo vivaciores, Quint. 2, 6, 3: of things, v. sulfura (quick-burning), Ov. M. 3, 374: (adv.) with q. intelligence, vīvācĭter: cf. v. pertractare res mysticas, Fulg. Myth. 1, praef. med. 3. vīvĭdus: cf. vivida vis animi pervicit, Lucr. 1, 73: a q. spirit, v. ingenium (i. e. lively, energetic, and somewhat hasty), Liv. 2, 48: cf. vividior spiritus, Val. Max. 5, 1, 1, extr.: v. lively, alive. 4. vīvātus (an old word), v. quickened. 5. ănĭmatus, v. quickened. Phr.: of a quick temper, acer: iracundus: v. temper. III. Active, sprightly, speedy, opp. to slow, sluggish, tardy: (this sense is often hardly distinguishable from quick of motion, v. No. IV.): 1. ăgĭlis, ĕ: of persons: cf. vir gnavus, ag., providus, Vell. 2, 105: cf. oderunt sedatum celeres, agilem gnavumque remissi, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90: a q. mind, animus agilis, Sen. Tranq. 2: of things: cf. argumentatio agilior et acrior et instantior, Quint. 11, 3, 164: a q. and easy victory, agilem dari facilemque victoriam, Sisenn. in Non. 58, 1. 2. ălăcer, cris, crĕ: with ad: q. to do evil, al. ad maleficia, Auct. Her. 2, 30. Comp. cf. alacriores ad reliquum persolvendum, ib. 31: absol.: of things, swords q. to cut, alacres enses, Claud. Eutrop. 2, 280. Join: al. et promptus: cf. ad bella suscipienda Gallorum alacer et promptus est animus, Caes. B. G. 3, 19, fin.: expr. by subs.: I'm very q. to go to law, mira sum alacritate ad lĭtigandum, Cic. Att. 7, 1, 2. 3. făcĭlis, ĕ: v. ready, easy. Join: facilis et expeditus ad dicendum (q. and ready), Cic. Brut. 48, 180. 4. promptus: absol., opp. to segnis; cf. laudat promptos, segniores castigat, Caes. B. C. 1, 3: cf. promptissimus homo, Cic. Verr. 4, 17. Join: q. and fluent speech, prompta et profluens eloquentia, Tac. A. 13, 3: with gen.: quick-witted, promptus animi, id. H. 2, 23: with abl.: non promptus ingenio, Liv. 4, 3: q. of speech (of a q. tongue), lingua pr., id. 2, 45, fin.: with ad and acc.: q. to meet danger, promptiores ad pericula, Cic. Off. 1, 24: with in and acc.: q. in yielding to fear, pr. in pavorem, Tac. A. 15, 24, fin.: q. to flatter, pr. in adulationes, ib. 15, 61: with adversus (rare): q. to condemn the guiltless, pr. adversus insontes, ib. 6, 48, fin. Join: promptus et facilis ad extemporalitatem usque, Suet. Tib. 3: sermone Graeco pr. et facilis, id. Tib. 71. 5. părātus: a q. (i. e. easy) victory, p. victoria, Liv. 5, 6: with dat.: a mind q. to crimes, animus paratus sceleribus, Tac. A. 12, 47: with ad and acc.: Join: quo paratior ad usum forensem promptiorque esse possim (quicker and readier), Cic. Div. in Caecil. 13. 6. expĕdītus: Join: exp. et paratus: we want a q. and ready man, expedito nobis homine et parato opus est, Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 26. Join: expedita erat et perfacile currens oratio (q. and very fluent), Cic. Brut. 63, 227: with ad: cf. expeditus ad caedem, Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82. Note: this may be used for a q. return of money: cf. pecunia expeditissima, id. Fam. 11, 24: also expr. by adv. and verb: I'll be q. about it, *expedite (rem) facturus sum: *(rem) breviter expediam (Ainsw.): to be q. of speech, expedite loqui, Suet. Aug. 89: to have a q. passage (voyage), expedite navigare, Cic. Att. 6, 8. 7. impĭger, gra, grum (v. active): cf. impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer, Hor. A. P. 121: cf. impigrae mentis experientia, Lucr. 5, 1451: with the abl.: impiger manu, Tac. A. 3, 20: with in and abl.: in scribendo impiger, Cic. Fam. 2, 1: with inf.: q. to harass, etc., impiger hostium vexare turmas, Hor. Od. 4, 14, 22: as abl. of quality: cf. Jugurtha ut erat impigro atque acri ingenio, Sall. J. 7. 8. ācer, cris, cre (v. sharp, keen): of the senses: a very q. sight, acerrimus sensus videndi, Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357. Join: acer atque acutus (q. and sharp: opp. hĕbes, blunt, dull): Pm. Rm. aures hebetiores, oculos acres atque acutos habere, Cic. Planc. 27, 66: (Note: acer more gen. denotes the intensity of the light, sound, taste, etc.): of the mind: vir acri ingenio, id. Or. 5 (cf. Cic. Sest. 20: Nep. Alc. 5): a q. memory, a. memoria, id. de Or. 2, 87: of passions, etc., cf. acri ira percitus, Lucr. 5, 400: (v. ardent, eager). For acer joined with impiger, v. supr. 9. ăcūtus (v. sharp: acute: keen): a man of q. parts rather than of learning, homo ac. magis quam eruditus, Cic. Att. 12, 38: cf. hominis acuti et exercitatissimi, Cic. Brut. 42, 154: of the senses: a q. scent (fig.), Hor. S. 1, 3, 29: in this sense also Phr. (homo) emunctae naris (q. of perception), Hor. S. 1, 4, 8: Phaedr. 3, 3, 14. 10. argūtus: eyes too q. (of expression), oculi nimis arguti, quem ad modum animo affecti sumus, loquuntur, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27: q. wit, arg. acumen, Hor. A. P. 364. 11. perspĭcax, ācis: prop. q. of sight: cf. homo perspicacior Lynceo vel Argo et oculeus totus, Apul. M. 2, p. 124: fig. of mental acuteness (as "the q.-sighted Mr. Canning:" Brougham): cf. ego me non tam astutum neque ita perspicacem esse id scio, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 1: with ad aliquam rem, ib. 2, 5, 129. Join: assequemur et id, quod acutum et perspicax natura est, Cic. Off. 1, 28. 12. săgax, ācis: prop. q. of scent (of a dog): v. keen: cf. sagax nasum habet, Pl. Curc. 1, 2, 17: of the senses in gen.; a palate q. of taste, palatum in gustu sagacissimum, Plin. 8, 37, 35: of mental and moral qualities; a q. intellect, s. mens, Lucr. 1, 1021: Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 67: (cf. for sagax with acutus and other such epithets, id. Tusc. 5, 23, 67): with inf., q. to see future events, s. quondam ventura videre, Ov. M. 5, 146: with ad: q. to suspect, ad suspicandum sagacissimus, Cic. 1, 8, 19: with in and abl., vir in conjecturis sagacissimus, Just. 1, 9: with abl. alone: civitas rimandis offensis s., Tac. H. 5, 11. 13. versātĭlis, e (that can turn to anything: v. versatile): cf. v. ingenium, Liv. 39, 40: and versūtus (lit. turned: more usu. in bad sense, but not always). Join: homo versutus et callidus: versutos eos appello, quorum celeriter mens versatur: callidos autem, quorum, tanquam manus opere, sic animus usu concalluit, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25. Join: animus acutus et versutus, id. de Or. 2, 20, 84: in bad sense, Join: hoc est hominis versuti, obscuri, astuti, fallacis, malitiosi, callidi, veteratoris, vafri, id. Off. 3, 13, 57: with gen.: v. ingenii, Plin. 7, 12, 10. 14. For the quickness acquired by practice, use (i.) callĭdus (v. supr.): with ad: q. to get gain, ad suum quaestum c., Pl. Asin. 1, 3, 34: with inf.; c. quidquid placuit jocoso condere furto, Hor. Od. 1, 10, 7: v. clever, (ii.) sollers, ertis: v. accomplished. (iii.) exercitatus (in aliqua re): quick at: (iv.) peritus (alicui rei); v. practised: expert. IV. Of motion: swift, speedy, hasty: also, in good time: (opp. to slow, tardy): 1. cĕler, ĕris, ĕre (also celeris, in masc.): lit. of persons or things in motion., v. rapid, swift: q. wings, cf. celeres neque commovent alas, Virg. Aen. 5, 217: constr. with gen. of gerund, a q. swimmer, c. nandi, Sil. 4, 587: joined with propere: be as q. as you can, fac te propere celerem, Pl. Trin. 4, 3, 1: (also expr. by expedi, id. Stich. 2, 2, 11): I've had such a q. run, etc., ita celeri curriculo fui propere e portu, tui honoris causa, id. Stich. 2, 3, 11: of the movement of words in prose or verse, Join: oratio celeris et concitata, Cic. de Or. 2, 21: pedes longi graviorem faciunt orationem, breves celerem atque mobilem, Quint. 9, 4: celeres iambos (expressive of rage), Hor. Od. 1, 16, 24: Fig. mens, qua nihil est celerius, Cic. Or. 59, 200: with ref. to actions and results (= speedy, opp. to tardus): that they might secure "a q. return" (Milton), ut c. receptum haberent, Caes. B. C. 1, 59. Join: celer et facilis: ita magnarum initia rerum ... celerem et facilem exitum habuerunt (a q. and simple issue), ib. 3, 22: a q. victory (i. e. quickly gained), elati spe celeris victoriae, id. B. G. 7, 47: (naval warfare) as being subject to q. and unsettled movements, (or changes), ut quae (sc. res) celerem atque instabilem motum haberent, ib. 4, 23: constr. with infin.: q. to --, or q. in --ing (or q. by --ing), cf. c. alto latitantem fruticeto excipere aprum, Hor. Od. 3, 12. 11: c. pronos voluere menses, ib. 4, 6, 39: q. in the pursuit, c. sequi, ib. 1, 15, 18: q. to anger, c. irasci, id. Ep. 1, 20, 25: in sense of hasty, sudden: c. mors, Tib. 4, 1, 205; c. desperatio rerum, Liv. 21, 1. Sup., fata celerrima, Virg. Aen. 12, 507: the q.est (motion), celerrimus (opp. to tardissimus), Cic. Tim. 9. Expr. by subs., q. and slow motions, celeritates tarditatesque, ib. Expr. by the adv.: cf. Caesar alteram alam mittit, qui satagentibus celeriter occurrerent (to give q. succour to)., Auct. B. Afr. 78: comp. if there was any occasion for a bold advance or a q. retreat, si quo erat longius prodeundum aut celerius recipiendum, Caes. B. G. 1, 48, fin. (Note: in this and the foll. words, the adj. is often expr. by the adv. and vice versâ. Adj. adv., subs., and verb, may often be used interchangeably as between Eng. and Lat.) 2. vēlox, ōcis: of persons: v. swift: of things: a q. sailer, velocem (sc. carinam), Virg. Aen. 5, 116: a q. passage (voyage), v. navigatio, Quint. 12, 2, 24: q. (or speedy) victory, v. victoria, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64: a q. poison (quickly working), v. toxicum, id. Epod. 17, 61: q. speed, v. celeritas, Plin. 10, 24, 34: with inf.: q. to retreat, absistere v., Stat. Th. 6, 797: fig., nothing is quicker than thought, nihil est animo velocius, Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43 (cf. double meaning, peregre est animus sine corpore v., Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 13): with abl.: v. ingenio, Tac. Agr. 13; in abl., of quality; ingenio veloci et mobili, Quint. 6, 4, 8. Comp.: Join: acutior atque velocior in urbanitate brevitas, id. 6, 3, 45. 3. pernix, īcis (swift, nimble, active, speedy): q. messengers, p. nuntii, Tac. H. 3, 40: a q.-footed race, p. genus, ib. 2, 13: with q. feet, (poet.) pernicibus plantis, Virg. Aen. 11, 718: men of light bodies, and q. through constant exercise, levium corporum homines, et multa exercitatione pernicium, Liv. 28, 20: q. leaps, p. saltus, Plin. 9, 47, 71: cf. saltu p. tollere corpus, Lucr. 5, 560: cf. temporis pernicissimi celeritas, Sen. Ep. 108: constr. with abl., q. of hand, pernix sum manibus, Pl. Mil. 3, 1, 36: q. in giving up hobbies, amata relinquere p., Hor. A. P. 165: expr. by the subs.: cf. (monocoli) mirae pernicitatis ad saltum, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 23. 4. cĭtus (in q. motion, rapid, hurried): a q. ship, c. navis, Ov. M. 15, 732: cf. c. classis, Hor. Od. 1, 37, 24: to pursue with q. chariots, c. quadrigis persequi, Pl. Aul. 4, 1, 14: a q. horse, (poet.) quadrupedemque citum, Virg. Aen. 11, 714: of persons: the q. hunter, c. venator, Hor. Od. 1, 37, 18: a q. writer, ad scribendum c., Pl. Bac. 4, 4, 86: soldiers on a q. march, c. milites, Tac. A. 11, 1: c. legiones, ib. 14, 26: of the motion itself: by a q. march, cito agmine, ib. 1, 63: a q. journey, c. via, Liv. 33, 48: citus modo modo tardus incessus (his step), Sall. C. 15: of vocal sounds, (vox) cita, opp. to tarda, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216: the iamb, a q. foot, iambus, pes citus, Hor. A. P. 252: fig. (of a battle); concurritur: horae momento cita mors venit, aut victoria laeta (q. death, opp. to lingering disease), id. S. 1, 1, 8. Deriv. cĭtātus (v. hasty): they led, etc., at q. step, citato gradu in hostem ducebant (opp. to presso gradu incedere), Liv. 28, 14: comp. by a quicker march, etc., citatiore, quam inde venerat, agmine, die sexto ad stativa sua, atque ad hostem, pervenit, id. 27, 50: sup., quam citatissimo poterant agmine sese abripuerunt, id. 22, 6: a q. utterance, c. pronunciatio (opp. to pressa): (cf.): cf. ideoque Roscius citatior, Aesopus gravior fuit, Quint. 11, 3, 111. Join: cit. et celer: in argumentis citati atque ipso etiam motu celeres sumus, id. 9, 4, 138. Compd. incĭtus: cf. (poet.) venti vis incita, Lucr. 1, 272: inc. hasta, Virg. Aen. 12, 492: inc. silex, Sil. 1, 491: Join: inciti atque alacres delphini, Poet. in Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89: concĭtātus: the rotation of which is quicker, cujus (coeli) conversio est concitatior, Cic. Rep. 6, 18: concitatissimus corporis motus, Quint. 2, 11, 4: incĭtātus: at a q. run, cursu incitato, Caes. B. G. 2, 26: by the very q. rotation of the universe, totius mundi incitatissima conversione, Cic. Rep. 6, 18: a quicker current of speech, cursus in oratione incitatior, id. Or. 59, 201. 5. ōcior, ius (comp.): v. fleet: swift: to pass over (a space) in a quicker time, ociore transire spatio, Plin. 2, 19, 17. Sup. (= earliest): cf. ocissimus partus, id. 8, 43, 68. 6. praeceps: v. swift: rushing: headlong: praecipites nuntii, Tac. H. 2, 6. 7. prŏpĕrus (in haste: speedy): the q. charioteers, p. aurigae, Virg. Aen. 12, 85: Cerealis comes up by a q. march, C. p. agmine subvenit, Tac. H. 4, 79: q. with youth and hope, spe ac juventa p. (opp. to moras nectens), ib. 68: with gen.: q. to anger, p. irae, id. A. 11, 26: q. to seize the opportunity, oblatae occasionis p., ib. 12, 66: with inf., q. to gain distinction by any crime, quoquo facinore p. clarescere, ib. 4, 52. Expr. by part. prŏpĕrans (with personal subject). Join: properans, festinans (q. and in haste), Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 6: gen. adverbially: v. quickly: and prŏpĕrātus: cf. properato itinere, Sall. J. 112: p. mors (= untimely), Ov. M. 9, 587: you must be q., properato opus est, Pl. Mil. 3, 1, 210. 8. praesens (immediate, instant, opp. to tardy): the quickest antidote, praesentissimum remedium, Col. 6, 14: cf. quo non praesentius ullum, pocula si quando saevae infecere novercae, Virg. G. 2, 127: cf. quickly. Deriv. (late) praesentāneus: a q. poison, pr. venenum, Plin. 24, 1, 1: a q. antidote, pr. remedium, id. 21, 31, 105: and subs. praesentaneum, n.: id. 30, 9, 23. Also praesentarius (rare): pr. venenum, Apul. M. 10, p. 242: cf. id quod mali (haruspices) promittunt, praesentarium est (is q. in coming to pass). Pl. Poen. 3, 5, 47. 9. răpĭdus, v. rapid: cf. manibus rapidis, Virg. Aen. 8, 442. 10. 11. rĕpentīnus: sŭbĭtus: v. sudden. 12. cĕlox, ōcis, f. (prop. subs. = κέλης), a q. sailer (a kind of ship): Liv. 21, 17: used as adj.: cf. obsecro operam celocem hanc mihi, ne corbītam (a slow sailer), date, Pl. Poen. 3, 1, 40.
quick (subs., orig Copy link Outline 1. In animals2. of plants • quick (subs., orig. the adj.), a part which has life. 1. In animals: the living flesh (opp. to insensible parts, as cuticle, nails, hair, horns), vīvum (n. of adj. used as subs.): to cut back (or down) to the q., ad vivum resecare; cf. extrema pars ipsius unguis ad v. resecatur, Col. 6, 12, 3 (cf. fig. neque id ad vivum reseco, I don't wish to be understood too strictly, Cic. Am. 5, 18). Fig.: to wound a person's feelings deeply: v. to pain: to grieve: to sting: to hurt: I've touched him to the q., *commovi hominem (Ainsw.): I've long been stung to the q. by the thought, etc., jamdudum meum ille pectus pungit aculeus Quid, etc., Pl. Trin. 4, 2, 158. To sting to the q., mordĕo, mŏmordi, morsum, 2, with valde: cf. valde me momorderunt epistolae tuae, Cic. Att. 13, 12: pass., cf. morderi dictis, Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 25; m. opprobriis falsis, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38. 2. of plants: v. QUICKSET.
quick set Copy link • quick set, or quick: a live cutting of a plant set to grow: vīvirādix, īcis, f.: of the vine, Cic. de Sen. 15, 52: Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 169, solo spisso non nisi viviradicem seri: of the rose, Varr. R. R. 1, 35, 1: a q.-s. hedge, sepes viva Col. 11, 3, 3. (The term is often used specifically for the WHITE THORN, q. v.)
quickly Copy link Outline I. Of the processII. Of the result1. cĭto2. cĕlĕrĭter (v. SOON3. vēlōcĭter (swiftly, speedily)4. ōcĭter (swiftly, speedily)5. prŏpĕrē (v. HASTILY6. pernīcĭter (v. NIMBLY)7. impĭgre (v. ACTIVELY8. festīnanter (v. HASTILY9. mātūre (v. BETIMES10. actūtum (v. INSTANTLY)11. făcĭle (v. READILY12. expĕdītē13. sollerter14. Expr. by such advs. as modo • quickly and quick (adv.): I. Of the process: with speed or activity II. Of the result: soon: readily: easily: (the two senses are so distributed in the Latin words, as to be best discerned in the examples. N.B.--The advs. and adjs. are often used interchangeably). 1. cĭto: be off quick! abi cito et suspende te, Ter. Andr. 1, 5, 20: Prov. bis dat qui cito dat: (= readily): to learn q., cito discere, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 146: they (certain learners) haven't much to show, but they show it quickly, non multum praestant, sed cito, Quint. 1, 3, 4: how q.! quam cito, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 98: so q., tam cito, Vulg. Gen. xxvii. 20: v. soon: easily: comp. citius: v. sooner: rather: sup. very q.: cf. se in currus citissime recipere, Caes. B. G. 4, 33, as q. as possible (with all speed), quam citissime: agree q., etc., esto consentiens adversario tuo cito (i. e. in good time), Vulg. Matt. v. 25: sit down q. and write fifty, sede cito, scribe L. (without loss of time), id. Luc. xvi. 6: cf. cito euntes, Matt. xxviii. 7 (cf. exierunt cito, ib. 8, i. e. in haste: surgit c., Joh. ii. 29): to come q., i. e. both soon and suddenly: (as a warning) fut. veniam tibi c., id. Apoc. ii. 16: (cf. ecce! vae tertium veniet c., ib. xi. 14): pres. ecce venio c.! ib. iii. 11: xxii. 12 and 20 (velociter, ib. 7). (N.B.--c. is very freq. in Vulg. Comp.: what thou doest, do q., quod facis, fac citius, id. Joh. xiii. 27.) Deriv. adv.: cĭtātē: comp., to move quicker, cf. piscatores citatius moventur, Quint. 11, 3, 112: sup., as q. as possible, cf. ut versus quam citatissime volvant, id. 1, 1, 37 cĭtātim, with eager speed, (very rare): to write quick, c. scribere, Cic. Att. 14, 20, dub.: cf. ipse in eum locum c. contendit, Hirt. B. Afr. 80. Expr. by adj. cĭtātus: cf. ferunt citati signa, Liv. 41, 3: q.r than a winged shaft, pennaque citatior ibat, Sil. 10, 11: cĭtus: cf. equites parent citi, Pl. Am. 1, 1, 88: citi solvite vela, Virg. Aen. 4, 574: somnus fugiens citus abiit (is q. gone), Cat. 63, 42: concĭtus: cf. concito gradu ingressi, Vulg. 2 Reg. xvii. 18. Expr. by verb, cĭto, 1, to move q., cf. citat hastum, Sil. 4, 583. 2. cĕlĕrĭter (v. soon: speedily): as soon as, etc., fortune q. changes (sides in war), simul perfecto ponte c. fortuna mutatur, Caes. B. C. 1, 59. Comp.: to move quicker, celerius moveri (opp. to tardius), Cic. Tim. 9: a forced (or precocious) maturity perishes all the q.er, celerius occidere festinatam maturitatem, Quint. 6. praef. § 10: with eo, (contrasted with maturius): (in argument) to deal with a point the q.er in order to arrive at another the sooner, cf. ut eo celerius de isto transigamus, quo maturius ad Apronium possimus pervenire, Cic. Verr. 3, 24, 60: Dimin. celeriuscule; to speak somewhat q.er, c. dicere, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24: sup., very q., (of the mind), celerrime multa simul agitantem, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45. Expr. by subs., to grow very q., (quaedam) crescere summa celeritate, opp. to quaedam paulo tardius, Plin. 9, 51, init. Expr. by the verb cĕlĕro, 1, to execute an order q., imperium alicujus celerare, Val. Fl. 4, 80: and accelero, 1: make q., accelera et fac, Vulg. Gen. xviii. 6. 3. vēlōcĭter (swiftly, speedily): of motion; to follow q. (after one another), v. consequi, Ov. M. 4, 508: rise up q., surge v., Vulg. Act. xii. 7: make haste and go out q., festina et exi velociter, ib. xxii. 18: the accomplishment of writing well and q., cura bene ac v. scribendi, Quint. 1, 1, 28: of change: to grow old q., v. senescere, Plin. 16, 44, 90. Join: cito atque v. consurget in vos furor Domini, Vulg. Josh. xxiii. 16. Comp. to fly away the q.er, cf. optimis rebus agitatus et exercitatus animus velocius in hanc sedem et domum suam pervolabit, Cic. Rep. 6, 26: sup., to move the q.est, velocissime moveri (after celerius), Cic. Tim. 9: the enemy fled very q., hostes v. refugiebant, Caes. B. G. 5, 35: he used to copy handwriting very q., (Titum) notis excipere v. solitum chirographa, Suet. Tit. 3. Expr. by adj. vēlox: come q.! velox veni! Hor. Od. 4, 12, 22. 4. ōcĭter (swiftly, speedily): rare in pos., cf. profer ociter, Apul. M. 1, p. 113: Eng. pos. expr. by Lat. comp.: cf. sequere hac me ocius, Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 4: (a rude order at table), quick, there, bring me the oil! Nemon' oleum fert ocius? Hor. S. 2, 7, 34. Comp.: and this the q.er, idque (animus) ocius faciet, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 (in continuation of loc. sup. cit., No. 3): to arrive the q.er, ocius pervenire ad, id. Quint. 13: they plied their oars q.er, illi ocius incubuere omnes, Virg. Aen. 8, 444: sup., to bear (fruit) very q., ocissime ferre, Plin. 17, 11, 16: to be healed very q., (ulcera omnia) ocissime sanari, id. 34, 10, 22: as q. as possible, cf. quam ocissume ad provinciam accedat, Sall. J. 25: v. soon. 5. prŏpĕrē (v. hastily: (IN) HASTE): cf. p. sequere me, Pl. Aul. 2, 2, 86: be off q., p. egredere, Nep. Epam. 4: der. adv. prŏpĕrĭter (rare): to put to sea q., classem in altum p. deducere, Pac. in Non. 155, 6: cf. Apul. M. 6, p. 184: prŏpĕrātim (rare): cf. p. conficere opus, Caecil. in Non. 153, 15: prŏpĕrāto: cf. p. ad mortem agitur, Tac. A. 13, 1. Expr. by verb, prŏpĕro, 1: had not M. q. assumed the offensive and sallied out, ni Marius signa inferre atque evadere oppido properavisset, Sall. J. 56: esp. as exclam., quick! cf. propera, fer pedem, Pl. Men. 3, 3, 30: adv. and verb: quick! quick! propere propera (with inf. vomere argentum), id. Curc. 5, 3, 10. Note:--(stronger) praecĭpĭtanter: răpĭde: v. hastily: hurriedly: rapidly. 6. pernīcĭter (v. nimbly): see how q. (the fires) have leapt forth, viden' ut perniciter exsiluere (ignes), Cat. 62, 8: cf. p. equo desilire, Liv. 26, 4: birds flying high and quick, alites alte p.que volantes, Plin. 8, 14, 14. Also, in sim. sense, ăgĭlĭter, Amm. 14, 2: comp. Col. 2, 2. 7. impĭgre (v. actively: readily: speedily): I rose q. in the dead of night, de nocte multa imp. exsurrexi, Pl. Rud. 4, 2, 10: cf. imp. se movere, Liv. 1, 10: consulem imp. milites secuti sunt, id. 2, 47. 8. festīnanter (v. hastily: hurriedly): also expr. by adj. festīnus: thou shalt go down q., descendes ergo festinus, Vulg. 1 Reg. xx. 19: also by part. festīnans: v. (IN) HASTE. 9. mātūre (v. betimes: early: soon: speedily): when your plan is formed, you should act q., ubi consulueris, mature facto opus est, Sall. C. 1, fin.: comp., cf. maturius pervenire, Cic. Verr. 3, 24, 60: sup., as q. as possible: cf. quibus rebus quam maturrime occurrendum putabat, Caes. B. G. 1, 33, fin. 10. actūtum (v. instantly): freq. in Pl. but rare in subseq. writers: Pl. Am. 1, 3, 32: id. Cap. 3, 5, 75: Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 26: Cic. Phil. 12, 11. 11. făcĭle (v. readily: easily: opp. to slowly and with difficulty): esp. in sup.: it may be q. seen, facillime perspici potest, Cic. Br. 42, 153: neg., a three-fold cord is not q. broken, funiculus triplex difficile rumpitur, Vulg. Eccles. iv. 12. 12. expĕdītē: cf. exp. explicans quod proposuerat, Cic. Br. 67, 237: (of q. perception), Join: in iis rebus celeriter expediteque percipiendis, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, fin.: sup., most easily and q., Join: (quocumque opus erit) facillime et expeditissime conferre, id. Fam. 6, 20. 13. sollerter: cf. aliquid sollertissime perspicere, Cic. Verr. 4, 44. Also expr. by other advs. signifying quickness of apprehension: e. g. ăcūte: perspicāce (and -iter): subtiliter: sagaciter: v. acutely: keenly: readily. 14. Expr. by such advs. as modo: mox: confestim: continuo: extemplo; illico: statim: and by Phrr.: as, nec mora: moram: v. AT once: forthwith: now: soon: presently: immediately: delay.
QUICK Copy link • QUICK 1. adj., Swift, nimble, celer (swift, fleet; of persons and things; opposed to tardus): praeceps (hasty; of persons and things): citus (swift, often with the notion of great rapidity, usually of things, rarely of persons or animals): properus, properans (hastening in pursuit of an object): festinans (poetically, festinus, anxiously in haste): citatus, incitatus, concitatus (set in rapid motion; of things with or without life): velox (that flies along or away, fleet, fleeting; of things with or without life): pernix (swift of foot): alacer (energetic, lively, brisk; opposed to languidus): agilis (nimble; both of living creatures): promtus (ready, prompt, never at a loss or unprepared): praesens (speedy in operation or effect: ☞ praesentaneus is late): subitus: repentinus (sudden). A quick pace, incessus citus (opposed to incessus tardus): with quick step, citato gradu; cito: a quick pronunciation, citata pronunciatio: a quick reply, promptum responsum: quick-footed, pedibus celer; pernix (celeripes is poetical): a quick sailer, celox: this vessel was a very quick sailer, haec navis erat incredibili celeritate velis. Alive, vivus. Ready, active, versatile, etc., agilis (nimble, alert; of body or mind): facilis (that moves with ease): versatilis (accommodating; versatile, of the mind): callidus (clever, expert, from practice: ☞ [not versutus, which = sly, cunning]): sellers (skilful): quick in anything, exercitatus in re (practised): peritus alicujus rei (experienced). 2. s. viva caro: to cut to the quick, ad vivum resecare (Col.; e.g., extrema ipsius unguis pars ad vivum resecetur): to cut or touch one to the quick, to sting anybody to the quick, quam acerbissimum dolorem inurere alicui; (by one’s words) aliquem gravissimis verborum acerbitatibus afficere; alicujus animum graviter offendere: anything touches me to the quick, valde doleo aliquid; gravissime fero aliquid; mordeor, quod, etc.: that has touched me to the quick, meum ille pectus pungit aculeus (Plaut.).