velocissime
Dictionary entries
- Entry →velox, velocis (gen.), velocior -or -us, velocissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →velociter, velocius, velocissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
swiftly/rapidly, with speed of movement; quickly, in a short time;
Examples
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...celerrime perfert. Idem evenire nobis puta: alios vita velocissime adduxit quo veniendum erat etiam cunctantibus, alios maceravit..."Titus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...iucunde scienterque. E pluribus comperi, notis quoque excipere velocissime solitum, cum amanuensibus suis per ludum iocumque certantem, imitarique..."Liber V
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...cohors ex orbe excesserat atque impetum fecerat, hostes velocissime refugiebant. Interim eam partem nudari necesse erat..."