alacritati
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alacritas, alacritatis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
eagerness, enthusiasm, ardor, alacrity; cheerfulness, liveliness;
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...offenderit lusus in pueris (est et hoc signum alacritatis), neque illum tristem semperque demissum sperare possim erectae circa..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...interfectum, immane quantum suis pavoris et hostibus alacritatis indidit: sed Vocula omissis fugientium tergis vallum turrisque castrorum augebat..."