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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la agilis}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [aˈɡɪ.lɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [aˈd͡ʒiː.li.tas]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''agilitās''' ''f'' (genitive agilitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|agilis|-tās|t1=nimble, quick]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The TLL suggests that Cicero, who does not use the adjective, may have coined it.^(TLL) De Vaan lists that adjective among the derivatives of [[m|la|agō|t=to drive, do]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*ag-e/o-|t=to do, act]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-e/o-|t=to drive, lead]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Its first known use is in a letter of Cicero to Atticus, where it describes a nimble, pliant nature, which he says usually goes with goodness.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Livy uses it of the ease of movement of ships and of the limbs,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Curtius of wheels, and Seneca of the parts of an animal's body;^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder mentions a trainer in agility.^(OLD 2012) Of the mind, beside Cicero, Valerius Maximus has it for quickness of wit.^(OLD 2012) Quintilian uses it of the nimbleness of a rhythm.^(TLL)
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+ Through Old French ''agilité'' it gave English [[m|en|agility]] in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a nimble, pliant nature.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of the agility of ships and limbs.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1st century AD – Curtius uses it of wheels.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of a nimble rhythm.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English borrows it through Old French as [[m|en|agility]].^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Ease of movement, [[m|en|agility]], [[m|en|nimbleness]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # ''(of mind or character)'' Quickness, [[m|en|pliancy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[agilis]]
+ * [[agō]]
+ * [[en|agility]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}