celeritas
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From celer (“fast, swift”) + -tās.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
celeritās f (genitive celeritātis); third declension
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | celeritās | celeritātēs |
genitive | celeritātis | celeritātum |
dative | celeritātī | celeritātibus |
accusative | celeritātem | celeritātēs |
ablative | celeritāte | celeritātibus |
vocative | celeritās | celeritātēs |
Synonyms[edit]
- (quickness, swiftness): vēlōcitās
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: celeritat
- English: celerity
- French: célérité
- Italian: celerità
- Portuguese: celeridade
- Spanish: celeridad
References[edit]
- 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 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
- to overtake and pass some one: praecurrere aliquem (celeritate)