velocitas

Latin

Etymology

From vēlōx (swift, quick) + -tās.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /weːˈloː.ki.taːs/, [weːˈɫoː.kɪ.taːs]

Noun

vēlōcitās f (genitive vēlōcitātis); third declension

  1. speed, velocity, swiftness, rapidity, fleetness

Inflection

Third declension.

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

Synonyms

Descendants

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
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