subitarius

sŭbĭtārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], done suddenly or in haste, sudden, hasty:

ad eum exercitum explendum Latini Hernicique dare Quintio subitarios milites (ita tum repentina auxilia appellabant) jussi,

Liv. 3, 4, 11; so,

milites (corresp. to tumultuarii),

id. 40, 26, 6:

exercitus,

id. 3, 30, 3; 31, 2, 6; 41, 17, 9:

res,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70:

aedificia,

Tac. A. 15, 39:

gradus theatri (with scena in tempus structa),

id. ib. 14, 20:

dictio,

a speaking extempore, Gell. 9, 15, 5:

consilium,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 17.— Plur. subst. n.:

subitaria ista nostra,

off-hand sayings, App. de Deo Socr. p. 104.