English → Latin
“agile” in Latin
pernīxnimble; agile; swiftagilisThat can be easily moved, easily movable; light.; That moves easily or quickly; nimble, agile, dextrous, quick, rapid; Asuppleōto make up the numbers, fill up, complete, make good; supply, supplement; to fill up, furnish with a complement, recruitvēlōxswift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy
The English word agile itself goes back to Latin agō, through agilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
agile
pernix (opposed to lentus: dextrous and active in all bodily movements): agilis, poetical, and in Liv., etc.: supple, pliable; hence, also, dextrous in acting): velox.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for agile?
- The usual Latin words for “agile” are pernīx, agilis, suppleō; also vēlōx. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.