velocius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →velox, velocis (gen.), velocior -or -us, velocissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - 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 X
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ascendit, ego descendo, nec ignoras quanto ex his velocius alterum fiat. Mentitus sum; iam enim aetas nostra..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...duarum. non tensae volucrum per astra pennae, nec velocius ibitis, carinae. Hic primus labor incohare sulcos et rescindere..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...Herculeis fidens hortatibus aude. non Amphioniae steterint velocius arces, Pergameusve labor.' dixit mentemque reliquit. Nec mora, cum scripta..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Fama per urbes, Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum: mobilitate viget virisque adquirit eundo, parva metu primo..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tria carmina dixit. ille fugit, sed se solito velocius ipse currere miratur: pennas in corpore vidit, seque novam..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...occulte fallitque volatilis aetas, et nihil est annis velocius: ille sorore natus avoque suo, qui conditus arbore nuper..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Ichnobates, Spartana gente Melampus. inde ruunt alii rapida velocius aura, Pamphagos et Dorceus et Oribasos, Arcades omnes, Nebrophonosque..."Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...Caesaribus virtus contigit ante diem. Ingenium caeleste suis velocius annis Surgit, et ignavae fert male damna morae. Parvus..."