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• quickness:

I. In primary sense of the adj., liveliness: keenness of sensation: and hence, acuteness of feeling, and vigour, readiness, sharpness of intellect: (opp. to slow, dull).

1. vīs, f.: and vĭgor, m.: v. force: power. Join (opp. to tardus, slow) nec tarda senectus debilitat vires animi mutatque vigorem, Virg. Aen. 9, 611: what q. of mind! di boni! vigoris est quantum animi! Sen. Ep. 64.
2. vīvācĭtas, f. (late): of mind, ingenii, Arn. 5, 179: of feeling, cordis, ib. 157.
3. perspĭcācĭtas, f.: q. of sight (v. QUICK-SIGHTEDNESS). Fig. of the understanding: such is your q.! tanta es perspicacitate! Cic. Att. 1, 18, 9, fin.
4. ăcĭēs, ēi, f.: q. of sight (v. Q.-SIGHTEDNESS). Fig.: with gen., ac. mentis, Cic. N. D. 2, 17: cf. nulla ac. humani ingenii tanta sit, quae, etc., id. Ac. 2, 39.
5. ăcūmen, ĭnis, n. (objectively), pungency of taste, Plin. 14, 20, 25 (cf. "Thy generous fruits still show a q.," Dryden: "a pleasant q.," Mortimer: v. pungency): subjectively of the mind; q. of wit, ingeniorum ac., Cic. Fl. 4: v. acumen: acuteness.
6. săgācĭtas, f.: prop. q. of scent, s. narium, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: s. canum, Plin. 9, 30, 48: absol. (used of hunters), Plin. Pan. 81: q. of sensation (in gen.), sensuum s., Sen. Ep. 95. Fig.: intellectual: such is his q. in matters of this sort, qua est ipse sagacitate in his rebus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41: v. acuteness: sagacity.
7. ălăcrĭtas, f., briskness: cf. al. canum in venando, Cic. N. D. 2, 63: of the feelings and mind: Join: incitatio atque al. keenness and q. of courage, quaedam animi incitatio atque al. naturaliter innata omnibus, quae studio pugnae incenditur, Caes. B. C. 3, 92: the strength and q. of men's minds, Join: vigores quidam mentium et alacritates, Gell. 19, 12, 4.
8. callĭdĭtas, f., acquired readiness (see Cicero's def., s. v. quick). Join: c. et celeritas ingenii: vincebat enim omnes cura, vigilantia, patientia, calliditate et celeritate ingenii (subtlety and q. of wit), Nep. Eum. 1.
9. exercĭtātio, f., q. arising from practice: v. practice.
10. sollertia, f., dexterity: shrewdness: cf. est genus (Gallorum) summae sollertiae, Caes. B. G. 7, 22: with gen., ingenii s., Sall. J. 7. q. in thought and action, agendi cogitandique s., Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157.

II. Q. of motion: speed: activity.

1. cĕlĕrĭtas, f. (v. speed: swiftness): q. of foot, c. pedum, Cic. Acad. 1, 5, 19: of a ship, navis c., id. Verr. 5, 34: q. acquired by practice, cf. tanta erat horum (peditum) exercitatione c., Caes. B. G. 1, 48: with in: tanta fuit (militum) in capiendis castris c., ib. 7, 46. Join: c. et vis equorum, Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: of the motions of the heavenly bodies; to be surpassed in q., celeritate vinci, Cic. Fin. 9: the q. (quick-working) of a poison, veneni c., id. Coel. 24, fin.: defined and extended to mind: velocitas autem corporis c. appellatur (speed in a body is called q.): quae eadem ingenii etiam (and this same quality in the mind also) etiam laus habetur propter animi multarum rerum brevi tempore percursionem, id. Tusc. 4, 13, fin.: since such is the q. of our minds, quum tanta c. animorum sit, id. Sen. 21, 78: q. of thought, Quint. 10, 3, 19: with obj. gen., q. in war, belli c., Cic. Phil. 5, 9: q. in council (or in forming plans), consilii c., Nep. Ages. 6: of speech, dicendi c., Cic. Fl. 20, 48: orationis c., id. Or. 16, 53: esp. as a forensic quality; ever-ready q. in managing and answering cases, promptam et paratam in agendo et in respondendo c. (superavit), id. Brut. 42, 154: plur. indef. (of gait and carriage): not, when in haste, to run into an unseemly q., (cavendum ne) in festinationibus suscipiamus nimias celeritates (opp. to, ne aut tarditatibus utamur in ingressu mollioribus), id. Off. 1, 36, 131. (N.B.--For festīnatio, v. haste: hurry.) Also cĕlerĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. (rare). Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 6. Also accelĕrātio, v. quickening.
2. vēlōcĭtas, f. (v. swiftness: rapidity: speed): we see some endowed with q. for running, alios videmus velocitate ad cursum valere, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107: cf. corpora praestantiora velocitate, Quint. 2, 16, 13. Join: vis et v. (strength and q.ness), Caes. B. G. 6, 28: cf. non viribus aut velocitate aut celeritate corporum magnae res geruntur, Cic. Sen. 6, 17. Fig.: q. of thought, v. cogitationum animique celeritas, Plin. 7, 12, 10: cf. v. animi exercitata studio, Quint. 5, 10, 123: the q. of the mischief: cf. (incendium) anteiit remedia velocitate mali (i. e. the q. spread of the fire), Tac. A. 15, 38: as a quality of style: cf. immortalis illa v. Sallustii, Quint. 10, 1, 102.
3. pernīcĭtas, f. (physical only), v. agility: activity: nimbleness: esp. q. of foot, pedum p., Liv. 9, 16: equorum p., Tac. H. 1, 79: for the sake of q., (milites expediti) ad pernicitatem, Caes. B. C. 3, 84: my q. is gone, p. deserit: consitus sum senectute, Pl. Men. 5, 2, 4. Join: p. et celeritas, Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45.
4. ăgĭlĭtas, f. (v. nimbleness: activity: speed): cf. ag. navium, Liv. 26, 51: ag. rotarum, Curt. 4, 6. Join: cursus et agilitas (for the q. movements of a comic actor), Quint. 11, 3, 180. Fig.: q. of feeling: cf. ag., ut ita dicam, mollitiaque naturae, Cic. Att. 1, 17.
5. făcĭlĭtas, f. (cf. ease: readiness): q. of courage, audendi f., Quint. 12, 6, 7: (in learning): cf. aetatis illius (puerilis) f., id. 1, 12, 11: of utterance or enunciation, oris f., id. 10, 7, 26: but rather of fluent than rapid elocution: cf. id. 10, 2, 12: and, for the distinction of fac. and celeritas, cf. Sen. Ep. 40. Perh. also mātūratio, Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3. N.B.--Expr. also in all senses by the adj. and adv. (e. g. with q., etc.)

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