celeritas

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Nomen

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quickness, swiftness,haste

Inflection

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Synonyms

(quickness, swiftness): vēlōcitās

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: celeritat
English: celerity
French: célérité
Portuguese: celeridade
Spanish: celeridad

References

“celeritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
celeritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to overtake and pass some one: praecurrere aliquem (celeritate)
- dulness of intellect: ingenii tarditas (opp. celeritas)
- vivid, lively imagination: ingenii vis or celeritas
- readiness in debate, in repartee: celeritas in respondendo