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alacer

alacer · adj

lively

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Where it lives

Pausanias 1 · 11.34/10k
Dittochaeon 1 · 8.17/10k
Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 7.24/10k
Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
Psychomachia 2 · 3.33/10k
Epistularum 3 · 3.3/10k
De Bello Hispaniensi 2 · 3.3/10k
de bello Gildonico 1 · 3.16/10k
Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
De Consolatione ad Helviam 2 · 2.96/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 2 · 2.64/10k
de Bello Gothico 1 · 2.48/10k

Densest 12 of 63 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ălăcer — Lewis & Short

ălăcer, cris, e, adj. (also in

I masc. alacris, Enn., v. below; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 13, and Verg. A. 5, 380; cf. Charis. p. 63 P.—In more ancient times, alacer comm.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 685, and 2. acer) [perh. akin to alere = to nourish, and olēre = to grow; cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17; Auct. ad Her. 2, 19, 29], lively, brisk, quick, eager, active; glad, happy, cheerful (opp. languidus; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, 247, and 4, 450.—In the class. per., esp. in Cicero, with the access. idea of joyous activity).

I Lit.

A Of men: ignotus juvenum coetus, alternā vice Inibat alacris, Bacchio insultans modo, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P.: quid tu es tristis? quidve es alacris? why are you so disturbed? or why so excited? Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 13 ( = incitatus, commotus, Ruhnk.): videbant Catilinam alacrem atque laetum, active and joyous, Cic. Mur. 24, 49: valentes imbecillum, alacres perterritum superare, id. Cael. 28: Aman laetus et alacer, Vulg. Esth. 5, 9: alacres animo sumus, are eager in mind, Cic. Fam. 5, 12 fin. Manut.; Verg. A. 6, 685 al.—With ad: alacriores ad reliquum perficiendum, Auct. ad Her. 2, 31: ad maleficia, id. ib. 2, 30: ad bella suscipienda alacer et promptus animus, Caes. B. G. 3, 19; so Sall. C. 21, 5: ad rem gerendam, Nep. Paus. 2, 6.—With super: alacri corde super omnibus, Vulg. 3 Reg. 8, 66.—In Sall. once for nimble, active: cum alacribus saltu, cum velocibus cursu certabat, Fragm. 62, p. 248 Gerl.—

B Of animals: equus, Cic. Div. 33, 73: bestiae, Auct. ad Her. 2, 19. —

II Transf., poet., of concrete and abstract things: alacris voluptas, a lively pleasure, Verg. E. 5, 58; so, alacres enses, quick, ready to cut, Claud. Eutr. 2, 280: involant (in pugnam) impetu alacri, with a spirited, vigorous onset, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 90. —Sup. not used; cf. Charis. 88 P.; Rudd. I. p. 177, n. 48.—Adv.: ălăcrĭter, briskly, eagerly, Amm. 14, 2.—Comp., Just. 1, 6, 10.

2. alacer — Walde–Hofmann

alacer (altl. -erís), -crís, -cre (aus *ala-tlis; zum -a- s. Devoto R, F. Cl. 54, 518 ff.; seit Plaut., rom. *alicer, alécrís) „lebhaft, munter, eifrig, aufgelegt*: wohl zu got. aljan n. „Eifer“, ahd. ellian, ellen n. „Eifer, Mut*, as. ags. ellen ds., an, eljan „Kraft, Unternehmungslust* (ahd. ella , Nebenbuhlerin*, an. elja „Kebsweib“; s. Osthoff Forsch. 1 638., Fick Spracheinh, 302, Froehde BB. 20,185 mit falscher … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. alacer, p. 57]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. alacer (scan p. 43; entry #340).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. alacer (scan pp. 57-58; entry #140). Root candidates: *er-.

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