celeritas

Latin

Etymology

From celer (“fast, swift”) +‎ -itās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /keˈle.ri.taːs/

Noun

celeritās f (genitive celeritātis); third declension

1. quickness, swiftness,haste

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

• celer
• celeriter
• celerō

Descendants

• Catalan: celeritat
• English: celerity
• French: célérité
• Italian: celerità
• 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
• “celeritas” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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