alacritatis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alacritas, alacritatis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
eagerness, enthusiasm, ardor, alacrity; cheerfulness, liveliness;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
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..."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..."