sŭbĭtārĭus, a, um, adj. [subitus],
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, Ap. Met. 9, 24, 8.— Plur. subst. n. : subitaria ista nostra, off-hand sayings , Ap. Deo Socr. p. 104.