velocitas

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Latin

Etymology

From vēlōx (“swift, quick”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

vēlōcitās f (genitive vēlōcitātis); third declension

  1. speed, velocity, swiftness, rapidity, fleetness
    Synonym: festīnātiō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vēlōcitās vēlōcitātēs
Genitive vēlōcitātis vēlōcitātum
Dative vēlōcitātī vēlōcitātibus
Accusative vēlōcitātem vēlōcitātēs
Ablative vēlōcitāte vēlōcitātibus
Vocative vēlōcitās vēlōcitātēs

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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.
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