celeritas

Latin

Etymology

From celer (fast, swift) + -tās.

Pronunciation

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

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Descendants

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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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
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