velox

Latin

Etymology

Related to volō (“I fly”) or from Proto-Italic *weksloks, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”) (whence vehō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eː.loːks/, [ˈu̯eːɫ̪oːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.loks/, [ˈvɛːloks]

Adjective

vēlōx (genitive vēlōcis, comparative vēlōcior, superlative vēlocissimus, adverb vēlōciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	vēlōx			vēlōcēs	vēlōcia
Genitive	vēlōcis			vēlōcium
Dative	vēlōcī			vēlōcibus
Accusative	vēlōcem	vēlōx		vēlōcēs	vēlōcia
Ablative	vēlōcī			vēlōcibus
Vocative	vēlōx			vēlōcēs	vēlōcia

Derived terms

• vēlōcitās
• vēlōciter

 

Descendants

• English: velocity
• French: véloce
• Italian: veloce
• Portuguese: veloz
• Spanish: veloz

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1118
• “velox”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “velox”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• velox in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.