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vēlōcĭtas, ātis, f. [velox], swiftness, fleetness, speed, rapidity, velocity.

  1. I. Lit.: velocitate ad cursum valere, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107: pernicitatem et velocitatem, id. Tusc. 5, 15, 45: velocitas corporis celeritas appellatur, id. ib. 4, 13, 31; Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Hirt. B. G. 8, 36; 8, 48; Quint. 2, 16, 13; 2, 20, 9; Nep. Epam. 2, 3: illa in rebus moliendis velocitas, Curt. 5, 7, 1; 5, 8, 2: velocitate opus est, quā celeritatem famae antecedas, id. 7, 2, 15.
    In plur.: non viribus aut velocitatibus aut celeritate corporum res magnae geruntur, sed, etc., Cic. Sen. 6, 17.
  2. II. Trop. (so perh. only post-Aug.): velocitas cogitationum animique celeritas, Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 52: animi exercitata studio, Quint. 5, 10, 123: mali, Tac. A. 15, 38: occasionum, id. H. 1, 83: sagacitatis, Val. Max. 7, 3, 4.
    Of speech, style, rapidity: immortalis illa Sallustii, Quint. 10, 1, 102; 9, 4, 83; 10, 7, 8.

vēlōcĭter, adv., v. velox fin.

vēlox, ōcis, adj. [akin to volare; cf. veles], swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy (class.; syn.: celer, pernix, praepes).

  1. I. Lit.: juvenes, Liv. 26, 4, 4: pedites velocissimi ac fortissimi, Caes. B. G. 1, 48: velocissimus quisque, Quint. 2, 3, 7: Breuni, Hor. C. 4, 14, 11: cervi, Verg. A. 5, 253: catuli, id. G. 3, 405: Pristis, id. A. 5, 116: pes, Ov. M. 1, 551: flamma, Lucr. 6, 688: jaculum, Verg. G. 2, 530: procella, Hor. C. 3, 27, 63: arbores, rapidly growing, Plin. 17, 13, 20, § 95: toxicum, quickly working, Hor. Epod. 17, 61; so, genus herbae ad mortem, etiam opio velocius, Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 180: horae, Ov. M. 2, 118: anni, Mart. 8, 8, 1: navigatio, Quint. 12, 2, 24: celeritas, Plin. 10, 24, 35, § 73: Victoria, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64: moenia (thermae), quickly built, Mart. Spect. 2, 7.
    Poet., for the adv.: ille velox … Desilit in latices, Ov. M. 4, 352; Hor. C. 4, 12, 22; Luc. 9, 829.
    With inf.: nec jam hic absistere velox, Stat. Th. 6, 797.
    With ad and acc.: piger ad poenas princeps, ad praemia velox, Ov. P. 1, 2, 123.
  2. II. Trop.: nihil est animo velocius, Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43: ingenio veloci ac mobili, Quint. 6, 4, 8: natura humani ingenii agilis ac velox, id. 1, 12, 2: velox ingenio, Tac. Agr. 13: animus, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 13: acutior atque velocior in urbanitate brevitas, Quint. 6, 3, 45; cf.: decurrere materiam stilo quam velocissimo, id. 10, 3, 17: velocior (in conjectando), Phaedr. 3, 3, 1.
    Adv.: vēlōcĭter, swiftly, quickly, speedily, Ov. M. 4, 509; 11, 586; Quint. 1, 1, 28; 2, 4, 28; 8, 3, 81; Plin. 16, 44, 90, § 241.
    Comp., Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29.
    Sup., Cic. Univ. 9; Caes. B. G. 5, 35; Suet. Tit. 3.