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celeritas
celeritas
Latin
Noun
celeritās f (genitive celeritātis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | celeritās | celeritātēs |
| genitive | celeritātis | celeritātum |
| dative | celeritātī | celeritātibus |
| accusative | celeritātem | celeritātēs |
| ablative | celeritāte | celeritātibus |
| vocative | celeritās | celeritātēs |
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 Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “celeritas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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
- to overtake and pass some one: praecurrere aliquem (celeritate)