Logeion | velox

nihil est animo velocius
nothing is swifter than the soul

vēlōx, ōcis: (adj.), swift, fleet, 4.174; quick, ready, 5.444.

vēlox, ōcis, adj. [akin to volare; cf. veles], swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy (class.; syn.: celer, pernix, praepes).

I Lit.: juvenes, Liv. 26, 4, 4: pedites velocissimi ac fortissimi, Caes. B. G. 1, 48: velocissimus quisque, Quint. 2, 3, 7: Breuni, Hor. C. 4, 14, 11: cervi, Verg. A. 5, 253: catuli, id. G. 3, 405: Pristis, id. A. 5, 116: pes, Ov. M. 1, 551: flamma, Lucr. 6, 688: jaculum, Verg. G. 2, 530: procella, Hor. C. 3, 27, 63: arbores, rapidly growing, Plin. 17, 13, 20, § 95: toxicum, quickly working, Hor. Epod. 17, 61; so, genus herbae ad mortem, etiam opio velocius, Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 180: horae, Ov. M. 2, 118: anni, Mart. 8, 8, 1: navigatio, Quint. 12, 2, 24: celeritas, Plin. 10, 24, 35, § 73: Victoria, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64: moenia (thermae), quickly built, Mart. Spect. 2, 7.—Poet., for the adv.: ille velox ... Desilit in latices, Ov. M. 4, 352; Hor. C. 4, 12, 22; Luc. 9, 829.—With inf.: nec jam hic absistere velox, Stat. Th. 6, 797.—With ad and acc.: piger ad poenas princeps, ad praemia velox, Ov. P. 1, 2, 123.—
II Trop.: nihil est animo velocius, Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43: ingenio veloci ac mobili, Quint. 6, 4, 8: natura humani ingenii agilis ac velox, id. 1, 12, 2: velox ingenio, Tac. Agr. 13: animus, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 13: acutior atque velocior in urbanitate brevitas, Quint. 6, 3, 45; cf.: decurrere materiam stilo quam velocissimo, id. 10, 3, 17: velocior (in conjectando), Phaedr. 3, 3, 1.—Adv.: vēlōcĭter, swiftly, quickly, speedily, Ov. M. 4, 509; 11, 586; Quint. 1, 1, 28; 2, 4, 28; 8, 3, 81; Plin. 16, 44, 90, § 241.—Comp., Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29. —Sup., Cic. Univ. 9; Caes. B. G. 5, 35; Suet. Tit. 3.

vēlōx, ōcis (vgl. vēles), schnell, geschwind, rasch (Ggstz. tardus), I) eig.: iuvenes, Liv.: cervus, Verg.: pedites velocissimi, Caes.: navis, Verg.: iaculum, Verg.: amnis, Lucan.: Athesis, Claud. u. Sidon.: flamma, Lucr.: toxicum, schnell wirkend, Hor.: venenum, Gell.: arbor, schnell wachsend, Plin.: navigatio, Quint.: munera, schnell errichtet, Mart.: veloci pererrare oculo, mit raschem Blicke, Hor. – poet. statt des Abv., ille velox desilit in latices, Ov.: cum tua velox merce veni, Hor. – mit ad u. Akk., piger ad poenas princeps, ad praemia velox, Ov. ex Pont. 1, 2, 123. – m. folg. Infin., nec iam hic absistere velox, Stat. Theb. 6, 797. – II) übtr.: ingenium velox ac mobile, Quint. (vgl. natura humani ingenii agilis ac velox, Quint.: Gaius Caesar velox ingenio, Tac.): vel. animus, Hor.: acutior atque velocior in urbanitate brevitas, Quint.: nihil est animo velocius, Cic.: licet strenuum metum putes, velocior tamen spes est, Curt.: decurrere materiam stilo quam velocissimo, Quint. – m. ad u. Akk., nec ad complectenda tantum quae vellem velox mihi erat memoria, sed etiam ad continenda quae acceperam, Sen. contr. 1. praef. § 3.

velox [CL] 1 fast, rapid, swift, speedy (in movement). b (of movement or sim.) performed with high speed, fast, rapid, swift, (also, of route) travelled at high speed, or that allows destination to be reached rapidly. terreo cornipedum nunc velox agmen equorum Aldh. Aen. 99 (Camellus) 5; plus pernix aquilis, Zephiri velocior alis Ib. 100 (Creatura) 35; 798 haec omnia per ~ocem nuntium mihi demandare curam obsecro habeas Alcuin Ep. 150; limenque domus transcendito velox, / noster et esto comes, nostras audique loquelas Wulf. Swith. II 926; verum si equus, quia est fortis aut ~ox, idcirco bonus est: quomodo fortis et ~ox latro malus est? Anselm (Mon. 1) I 14; cursus canum ~ocium W. Malm. GR II 220; per aliquot dies manserunt, et letantes quieverunt, donec ad eos rex ~oces legatos direxit Ord. Vit. IX 16 p. 613; tertius fluvius dicitur Tigris ‥ iste fluvius est valde ~ox et rapidus et significat fortitudinem Ailr. Serm. 39. 15; infestant et invident humane saluti panthere ~oces et varie, virgineoque capti amore rhinoceri, flatuque horribiles cocodrilli Gir. TH I 36; cum ‥ [cancer] tot pedes habeat ~ox esse deberet Quaest. Salern. B 90; ~ocissimus equus et tortuca Kilvington Soph. 32g; unum vas parvum volocissimum [sic] tamen ‥ cum l personis ‥ onustum Strecche Hen. V 158. b beatus adoliscens ‥ cum convenientia sui abbatis et fratrum in Hiberniam ~oci cursu contendit Alcuin WillP 4; undique praecipites veloci tramite tendunt / ad tumulum sancti Wulf. Swith. I 925; motus Socratis potest intendi quousque sit in duplo ~ocior motu Platonis Kilvington Soph. 30g; ex venti prosperitate cuncti letantur et dum prosper est in cursum ~ocem nituntur (Brendanus 24) VSH II 278. 2 quick, rapid (in other action, process, or sim.). b (of action, process, event, or sim.) performed with high speed, fast, rapid, swift (esp. w. ref. to reaching end, or in progress or progression). virginis ingenium biblorum famine fultum: / nempe tenax scripti fuerat veloxque legendi Aldh. VirgV 1169; cum sit eorum oculus ~ocior quam animus Adel. QN 25; tertia diversitas ‥ in principio habet punctum delectabilem ‥ tardo modo sumptum, et postmodum in secundo puncto modum ~ocem non ita tardum secundum aliquem modum discantus Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 83; ? 1460 in alienis negociis ~ox nec vivax erit qui in propriis causis piger existit Paston Let. 610. b interemerunt Album ‥ Heuualdum ~oci occisione gladii, Nigellum autem longo suppliciorum cruciatu Bede HE V 10; illi ‥ ~ox dederunt consilium Ord. Vit. XIII 33 p. 98; brumalis tropici, frigii, piscis fugitivos / velocesque dies frigida cernit hiemps (Neckam Suppletio Defectuum) CC cont. med. CCXXI 159; [pulsus] ~ox dicitur, quia parvo temporis intervallo sepius movetur, et hoc convenit ex forti calore et virtute Bart. Angl. II 23; notarum alia est tarda, alia ~ox. tarda nota vocatur longa et omnes eo majores. ~ox nota vocatur brevis et omnes eo minores Will. 23. 3 prompt, swift (to action or sim.), (also, of event) swift (to occurrence), that occurs before the passage of much time. prope est ‥ dies Domini magnus, prope et ~ox valde [Soph. i 14] Gildas EB 55; nil omnino retractantes quin ~oces divinae voluntatis jussa perficiant Bede Ezra 866B; c800 non sint ~oces ad humanum fundendum sanguinem Alcuin Ep. 280; velox aderit fateor miseratio Christi Frith. 373; ~ox ‥ sum ad deficiendum sed esto tu ~ocior ad subveniendum Anselm (Or. 14) III 57; ~ocior ‥ fuit ‥ animus meus lacrimas exprimere Ib. (Ep. 22) III 129; vidit beati viri effigiem astantem ‥ ~ox minari exitium W. Malm. GP I 17; eo [sc. Arnosto] ~oci morte prerepto, Gundulfum ‥ induxit Ib. I 72; miles erat fortis et magnanimus, ‥ ad iram ~ox, et in militaribus exercitiis ferox Ord. Vit. III 12 p. 133.

1 vēlōx, (10) ōcis, adj., ¶ 1 agile à la course, rapide, vite, preste : pedites velocissimi Cæs. G. 1, 48, 5, fantassins les plus agiles || [fig.] nihil est animo velocius Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, rien nʼest plus preste que lʼesprit, cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 13 ; Tac. Agr. 13 ¶ 2 prompt, rapide : veloces flammæ Lucr. 6, 688, flammes rapides ; velox jaculum Virg. G. 2, 530, javelot rapide ; veloces arbores Plin. 17, 95, arbres qui croissent vite ; velox navigatio Quint. 12, 2, 24, navigation prompte || poét. = adv. : velox desilit in latices Ov. M. 4, 352, il se jette prestement dans lʼeau vive, cf. Hor. O. 4, 12, 22 || [avec ad ] prompt à (relativement à) : Ov. P. 1, 2, 123 ; Sen. Rhet. Contr. 1, præf. 3 || [avec inf.] Stat. Th. 6, 797.

vēlōx, gen. ōcis snel, vlug, behendig, beweeglijk [pedites; cervus; navis; iaculum; animus; ingenium; toxicum snelwerkend; flamma].

velox , ocis. adj. c. s.
速伶便。捷足者。— via 速行之路。Veloces arbores 速長之樹。

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1 VOL-, swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy: iuvenes, L.: pedites velocissimi, Cs.: cervi, V.: Pes, O.: procella, H.: toxicum, H.: horae, O.: nihil est animo velocius: velox ingenio, Ta.: piger ad poenas princeps, ad praemia velox, O.: Ille velox . . . Desilit in latices (i. e. velociter), O.: cum tuā Velox merce veni, H.: Usu peritus hariolo velocior, Ph.

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