celerrimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →celer, celeris -e, celerior -or -us, celerrimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
swift, quick, agile, rapid, speedy, fast; rash, hasty, hurried; lively; early;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...Phaselus ille, quem videtis, hospites, ait fuisse navium celerrimus, neque ullius natantis impetum trabis nequisse praeterire, sive palmulis..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Aemilius, distantibus locis invecti, ut hostem diducerent. qua celerrimus amnis, Chariovalda dux Batavorum erupit. eum Cherusci fugam simulantes..."
