velocitas

Latin

Etymology

From vēlōx (“swift, quick”) +‎ -itās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eːˈloː.ki.taːs/, [u̯eːˈɫ̪oːkɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈlo.t͡ʃi.tas/, [veˈlɔːt͡ʃit̪äs]

Noun

vēlōcitās f (genitive vēlōcitātis); third declension

1. speed, velocity, swiftness, rapidity, fleetness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vēlōcitās	vēlōcitātēs
Genitive	vēlōcitātis	vēlōcitātum
Dative	vēlōcitātī	vēlōcitātibus
Accusative	vēlōcitātem	vēlōcitātēs
Ablative	vēlōcitāte	vēlōcitātibus
Vocative	vēlōcitās	vēlōcitātēs

Synonyms

• (speed, swiftness): celeritās

Related terms

• vēlōciter
• vēlōx

Descendants

• Catalan: velocitat
• English: velocity
• French: vélocité
• Galician: velocidade

• Italian: velocità
• Portuguese: velocidade
• Romanian: velocitate
• Spanish: velocidad

References

• “velocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “velocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• velocitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.