Alacer, pen. corr. lais, & hoc álacre: vel hic & hæc alacris & hoc álacre. Cheerefull: quicke of sprite or witte: lusty of courage: mery: that liueth in hope: ready: willing, prompt.Alacer vt alteri noceat. Author ad Heren Ready.Alacer & erectus. Author ad Heren. Willing and ready.Alacer atque lætus. Catilina. Cic.Cheeresull and mery.Alacer & promptus.Cic.Alacer animo sum. Ci. I am desirous: I am of good courage.Alacer animus ad bellum suscipiendum. Cæs. A minde ready and couragious to enterprise warre.Certamen alacre. Sil. Ital. Enses alacres. Claud. Equus alacer.Cic.Touragious.Leones alacres. Claud. Os alacre. Cic.Syluæ alacres.Virg. Vultus alacer. Cic.
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ălăcer, cris, e, adj. (also in 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?
, 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.