celocem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →celox, (gen.), celocis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Early
fast, rapid, swift, fleet; (classical mostly applied to boats);
acc. sg. (m./f.) - Entry →celox, celocis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
cutter, yacht, light/fast boat; packet boat;
acc. sg.
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...male mones, sed dic tamen, unde onustam celocem agere te praedicem? PS. Cum tuo filio perpotavi modo..."Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quae nos tibi respondimus. [AGOR. Obsecro hercle, operam celocem hanc mihi, ne corbitam date; attrepidate saltem..."Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ingenium gerunt. unde sumam? quem intervortam? quo hanc celocem conferam? impetritum, inauguratumst: quovis admittunt aves, picus et cornix..."
