velociter

vēlōcĭter, adv., v. velox fin.

vēlōciter, Adv. (velox), schnell, rasch, alqd velociter auferre, Ov.: senescere velociter, Plin.: velocius pervolare in hanc sedem, Cic.: velocissime moveri, Cic.: velocissime (mit Blitzesschnelle) refugere, Caes.

velociter [CL] 1 at (high) speed, fast, rapidly, swiftly, quickly (w. ref. to movement or other action or process). curre ~iter et adduc presbiteros nostri monasterii ad me Cuthb. Ob. Baedae clxiii; orationes ‥ non sunt legendae in tumultu, sed in quiete, nec cursim et ~iter, sed paulatim cum intenta et morosa meditatione Anselm (Or. prol.) III 3; dum vadum Epte fluminis equo ~iter fugiens ingressus est Ord. Vit. III 10 p. 114; non curant, utrum concordant vel non, sed equaliter pro posse et ~iter descendunt Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 87; si ponatur quod Plato moveatur ~ius Socrate vel eque ~iter cum Socrate Kilvington Soph. 30g; mare fluctuans jacet inter northwest et southest ita ~iter quod nemo credit W. Worc. Itin. 136; rex H. cum omni festinacione possibili ‥ fratrem ‥ cum aliis multis ad mare misit in grandi classe, quibus jussit versus H. volociter [sic] navigare Strecche Hen. V 159. 2 promptly, before the passage of much time, quickly. nec mora, Romuleam liquit velociter urbem / caecus, et Anglorum repetit per devia gentem Wulf. Swith. I 1520; si michi subveneris cito ‥ ~iter liberatus ero de isto aque bullientis dolio W. Malm. GR II 111; vir ‥ Dei Kyaranus, dolens quod alumpna sua Bruineach de hac vita ~iter migravit (Ciranus de Saigir 9) VSH I 221.

vēlōcĭtĕr (12) (velox), rapidement, promptement, avec prestesse : Ov. M. 4, 509 ; Quint. 1, 1, 28 ; Plin. 16, 241 ; velocius Cic. Rep. 6, 29 ; -issime Cic. Tim. 30 ; Cæs. G. 5, 35.

vēlōciter adv.with comp.and sup.

• velox, swiftly, quickly, speedily: Consequitur motis velociter ignibus ignes, O.: animus velocius in domum suam pervolabit: velocissime refugere, Cs.