accelerate
Dictionary entries
- Entry →accelero, accelerare, acceleravi, acceleratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
speed up, quicken, hurry; make haste, act quickly, hasten; accelerate;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...atque 'hanc, o siquis vobis dolor iraque, Colchi, accelerate viam, neque enim fugit aequore raptor Iuppiter aut falsi..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...lacrimisque auertere luctus contigit; infandum natae concessit honorem. accelerate fugam, tuque, o mea digna propago, hac rege, uirgo..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...epulasque recentes instaurare iubet. dictis parere ministri certatim accelerant; uario strepit icta tumultu regia: pars ostro tenues auroque..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...procul aere canoro increpuit, sequitur clamor caelumque remugit. accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci et fossas implere parant..."