Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Usage examples of "facilis".
Flavius Facilis, the senior centurion in charge of us, came galloping up from some discussion with his subordinates.
Otherwise Facilis would have been dead several times over, and Arshak as well, executed for murdering a Roman officer.
A pity: my hands ache for a spear every time I see Facilis, and I will regret it as long as I live if he goes home to Aquincum unharmed.
Then I noticed a letter lying on the table in front of the legate, and guessed that Facilis had sent it, and that it had been read aloud just before I came in.
Flavius Facilis has written to you, I would ask you to remember that his son was killed in the war this last summer, and he is tormented with grief.
I began to realize how much we had endured before because Facilis was the only one responsible for us.
And I thought, Flavius Facilis, that some advice on supplies was needed.
Arshak and Gatalas and their liaison officers were already on his right when Comittus and I cantered up, and Facilis rode slightly behind them, keeping out of their way.
He took a dozen of his dispatch riders but left the rest, and the century, under the command of Flavius Facilis and with instructions to keep an eye on us.
Bodica was no more a Sarmatian than Facilis was, and enmity to Rome did not make her our friend.
When I rode up to the road gate I found Facilis standing there fuming.
Roman officers, Comittus and Facilis, who trotted the last few miles along the old road from Corstopitum, late in the afternoon of a golden day of late September.
I stopped, looking at the fort, and Comittus and Facilis, who were riding beside me on the road, stopped too.
Facilis both looked at me, Comittus in surprise and Facilis in exasperation.
Marcus Flavius Facilis, he will tell you how we deal with those who insult us.