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promptus

promptus, prepared, ready, quick, prompt, inclined or disposed; brave, courageous

promptus2, visibility, readiness, facility

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aliud clausum in pectore, aliud promptum in lingua habebat
he had one thing confined in his heart, but another presented in his speech
quod cuique promptum erat, obtulerunt
they showed what was clear to everyone
promptior lingua quam manu
quicker of tongue than of hand
homines ad vim prompti
the men were prepared for might
promptus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from promo.
promptus (promtus), ūs, m. [promo, prop. a taking forth; hence],
  • An exposing to view, a being visible, visibility; only in the phrase in promptu (esse, habere, ponere, etc.), public, open, visible, manifest, before the eyes: ut (decorum) non reconditā quādam ratione cernatur, sed sit in promptu, Cic. Off. 1, 27, 95; so (opp. reconditiora) id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 4, 10; (opp. interiora) id. Div. 2, 60, 124: aliquid ponere in promptu (opp. contegere atque abdere), id. Off. 1, 35, 126: ingenium in promptu habere, to display, Sall. C. 7, 1: iram in promptu gerere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 33 (447): in promptu scrinia Brutus habet, Ov. P. 1, 1, 24: in promptu gerunt ova, Col. 8, 11, 8: in promptu est, with a subject-clause, it is clear, plain, evident: omnibus in promptu manifestumque esse videmus, etc., Lucr. 2, 149; 246; 868.—
  • II Readiness; only in the phrase in promptu esse, habere, to be at hand, to have ready: ea dicam, quae mihi sunt in promptu, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 4; Liv. 25, 29 fin.: in promptu habere, quantum natura hominis pecudibus antecedat, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 105. —
  • III Ease, facility; only in the phrase in promptu esse, to be easy, Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2: quadrupedes In promptu regere est, Ov. M. 2, 84: quam quae comprendere dictis In promptu mihi sit, id. ib. 13, 161.

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