(adj.adv.) : mōbĭlis, e, adj.for movibilis, from moveo
* Easy to be moved, movable; loose, not firm (class.).
* 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.
* Trop.
* 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.
* 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
* Subst.: mōbĭ-lĭa, ium, n., movable goods, chattels: mobilia quidem et moventia, quae modo in jus adferri adducive possent,Gai. Inst. 4, 16.
* Adv.: mōbĭlĭter, with rapid motion, rapidly, quickly.
* 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.—*
* Trop.: omnes fere Gallos ad bellum mobiliter celeriterque excitari,hastily,Caes. B. G. 3, 10, 3.

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