citatius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →citatus, citata -um, citatior -or -us, citatissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
quick, swift; early; loose (bowels); speeded up, hurried, urged on; full gallop;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →citate, citatius, citatissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hurriedly; speedily, quickly, rapidly; nimbly (L+S);
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...trahit solueretur: quid enim est illa conuersione mundi citatius? Hac omnium uentorum in unum congesta uis dissiparetur..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...matronarum gravior ingressus est, servi ancillulae parasiti piscatores citatius moventur. Tolli autem manum artifices supra oculos, demitti infra..."
