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Latin
Etymology
From vēlōx (“swift, quick”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
Noun
vēlōcitās f (genitive vēlōcitātis); third declension
- speed, velocity, swiftness, rapidity, fleetness
- Synonym: festīnātiō
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- “velocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “velocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- velocitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.