mōbĭlis — Lewis & Short
mōbĭlis, e, adj.for movibilis, from moveo,
I easy to be moved, movable; loose, not firm (class.).
I Lit.:
sum pernix pedibus manibus mobilis,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 36:
mobiles turres,Curt. 8, 11, 32:
oculi,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:
supercilia,Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:
penna,Ov. A. A. 2, 62:
mobilissimus ardor,Cic. N. D. 2, 11, 30: mobiles res and mobilia bona, in law, movable things, movables, chattels (opp. to lands, houses, fixtures), as cattle, money, clothes, etc., Dig. 6, 1, 1:
remedium ad dentium mobiles firmandos,loose, Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 180.—
II Trop.
A Pliable, pliant, flexible; excitable; nimble, quick, active, agile, rapid, swift, fleet:
dum mobilis aetas,Verg. G. 3, 165:
populus mobilior ad cupiditatem agri,Liv. 6, 6:
volat ambiguis mobilis alis hora,Sen. Hippol. 1141; cf. id. Oedip. 992:
mobile et expeditum agmen,Curt. 4, 14, 16:
venti,the fleet winds, Ov. H. 5, 110; cf.:
puncto mobilis horae,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 172:
transitus,Vell. 1, 17, 7:
ingenium,versatility of talent, Vitr. 5, 7.—
B In a bad sense, changeable, inconstant, fickle:
nec in te animo fui mobili, sed ita stabili, ut, etc.,Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 10: Galli sunt in consiliis capiendis mobiles. Caes. B. G. 4, 5; cf. under the adv. 2:
gens ad omnem auram spei mobilis atque infida,Liv. 29, 3:
ingenium,Sall. J. 46, 3; 66, 2:
favor,Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 5:
mobiles et fluxae res humanae,Sall. J. 104, 3:
mobilis et varia est ferme natura malorum,Juv. 13, 237.—Hence,
A Subst.: mōbĭ-lĭa, ium, n., movable goods, chattels:
mobilia quidem et moventia, quae modo in jus adferri adducive possent,Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—
B Adv.: mōbĭlĭter, with rapid motion, rapidly, quickly.
1 Lit. (rare but class.):
mobiliter quae feruntur,Lucr. 4, 745 cor mobiliter palpitare, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24.—Comp.:
reverti mobilius,Lucr. 5, 635.—*
2 Trop.:
omnes fere Gallos ad bellum mobiliter celeriterque excitari,hastily, Caes. B. G. 3, 10, 3.