ocius

ōcius etc., s. ōciter.

ocius [CL] 1 (compar.) more quickly. longe ~us quam ascenderant properant ad descensum Gir. TH III 12 p. 157. 2 (positive) quickly, without delay. “dirige” inquit “sagittam in avem ~us” V. Greg. p. 88; adceleravit ~us ad legendum Bede HE III 5 p. 136; ad me ~us festinans Ib. V 12 p. 307; dum resistit ‥ diabolo ipse diabolus a puella recessit ~us et ab ipso V. Edm. Rich P 1784 B; Anglici ‥ in fugam conversi sunt et usque ad Mungumbriam ~us fugerunt Ann. Cambr. 92. 3 quickly, soon. b (sive ~us sive sero) whether sooner or later. insidiae veteres dormiscant otius omnes Frith. 1196; scito quoniam tolletur ocius potestas imperii de manu tua W. Malm. GR II 111; ‥ aliaque castella in Dewet cepit, que per malam custodiam ~us amisit Ann. Cambr. 57; cruenti apparitores ~us revertuntur V. II Off. 8.  b sive ~us sive sero veniens paratos nos possit invenire Bede Ep. Cath. 80. 4 (ocissime) very quickly, fastest. misit rex ‥ Uulfstanum ‥ cum episcipo, qui regia auctoritate mandavit clericis ~ssime dare locum monachis Ælf. Æthelwold 14; ocior ‥ unde ocius, ~ssime, i. citissime adv. Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 394; quod is locus ocyssime putrescat D. Edw. Anat. A3.

ōcĭus, (14) adv., plus rapidement, plus promptement, plus vite : Cic. Rep. 6, 29 ; Tusc. 4, 32 ; Att. 16, 3, 1 || tôt, rapidement : Pl. Most. 664 ; Ter. Haut. 832 ; Hor. S. 2, 7, 34 || ocissime, -sume Sall. J. 25 ; Plin. 17, 87.

ōcius adv.comp., with sup.ōcissimē

• neut. of ocior, more quickly, more speedily, sooner: idque ocius faciet, si, etc.: recreantur ocius: serius ocius Sors exitura, sooner or later, H.: Angulus iste feret tus ocius uvā, rather than, H.: ocius illud extorquebis, i. e. more easily, Iu.: ocius omnes Imperio pārent, on the spot, V.—In commands, the quicker the better, immediately: move te oro ocius, make haste, T.: nemon' oleum fert ocius?H.: quam ocissume accedat, as fast as possible, S.