LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

accelerō

accelerō (present infinitive accelerāre, perfect active accelerāvī, supine accelerātum)
Classical[akˈkɛ.ɫɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[atˈt͡ʃɛː.le.ro]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto quicken, hasten, speed up, accelerate
  2. intransitiveto be quick, make haste, hasten

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Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.accelerōaccelerābamaccelerābōaccelerāvīaccelerāveramaccelerāverō
accelerārō
2nd sg.accelerāsaccelerābāsaccelerābisaccelerāvistī
accelerāstī		accelerāverās
accelerārās		accelerāveris
3rd sg.accelerataccelerābataccelerābitaccelerāvitaccelerāverat
accelerārat		accelerāverit
accelerārit
1st pl.accelerāmusaccelerābāmusaccelerābimusaccelerāvimusaccelerāverāmusaccelerāverimus
accelerārimus
2nd pl.accelerātisaccelerābātisaccelerābitisaccelerāvistis
accelerāstis		accelerāverātis
accelerārātis		accelerāveritis
accelerāritis
3rd pl.accelerantaccelerābantaccelerābuntaccelerāvērunt
accelerāvēre, accelerārunt		accelerāverant
accelerārant		accelerāverint
accelerārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.acceleremaccelerāremaccelerāverim
accelerārim		accelerāvissem
accelerāssem
2nd sg.accelerēsaccelerārēsaccelerāverīsaccelerāvissēs
accelerāssēs
3rd sg.acceleretaccelerāretaccelerāverit
accelerārit		accelerāvisset
accelerāsset
1st pl.accelerēmusaccelerārēmusaccelerāverīmus
accelerārīmus		accelerāvissēmus
accelerāssēmus
2nd pl.accelerētisaccelerārētisaccelerāverītis
accelerārītis		accelerāvissētis
accelerāssētis
3rd pl.accelerentaccelerārentaccelerāverint
accelerārint		accelerāvissent
accelerāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.acceleroraccelerābaraccelerābor
2nd sg.accelerāris
accelerāre		accelerābāris
accelerābāre		accelerāberis
accelerābere
3rd sg.accelerāturaccelerābāturaccelerābitur
1st pl.accelerāmuraccelerābāmuraccelerābimur
2nd pl.accelerāminīaccelerābāminīaccelerābiminī
3rd pl.acceleranturaccelerābanturaccelerābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.accelereraccelerārer
2nd sg.accelerēris
accelerēre		accelerārēris
accelerārēre
3rd sg.accelerēturaccelerārētur
1st pl.accelerēmuraccelerārēmur
2nd pl.accelerēminīaccelerārēminī
3rd pl.accelerenturaccelerārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.accelerāaccelerāre
pres. 2nd pl.accelerāteaccelerāminī
fut. 2nd sg.accelerātōaccelerātor
fut. 3rd sg.accelerātōaccelerātor
fut. 2nd pl.accelerātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.accelerantōaccelerantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveaccelerāreaccelerārī
perfect infinitiveaccelerāvisse
accelerāsse		accelerātum esse
future infinitiveaccelerātūrum esseaccelerātum īrī
present participleaccelerāns—
perfect participle—accelerātus
future participleaccelerātūrus
accelerātūra, accelerātūrā, accelerātūrae, accelerātūram, accelerātūrārum, accelerātūrās, accelerātūre, accelerātūrī, accelerātūrīs, accelerātūrō, accelerātūrōrum, accelerātūrōs, accelerātūrum		accelerandus
acceleranda, accelerandā, accelerandae, accelerandam, accelerandārum, accelerandās, accelerande, accelerandīs, accelerandōrum, accelerandōs
gerundaccelerandī, accelerandō, accelerandumsupineaccelerātum, accelerātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

iter maturare, accelerare
to quicken the pace of marching.

ac-cĕlĕro, āvi, ātum (also adc-), 1, v. a. and n.
I. Act., to hasten, accelerate: gressum adcelerāsse decet, Att. ap. Non. 89, 25 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 139); so, gradum, Liv. 2, 43, 8: mortem, Lucr. 6, 772: iter, Caes. B. C. 2, 39; Liv. 31, 29: oppugnationem, Tac. A. 12, 46: consulatum alicui, id. ib. 3, 75.—Pass., Tac. Agr. 43; id. H. 2, 85; id. A. 1, 50.—
II. Neutr., to hasten, to make haste: si adcelerare volent, ad vesperam consequentur, * Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 6: ipse quoque sibi acceleraret, Nep. Att. 22, 2; Liv. 3, 27, 8; Verg. A. 5, 675; 9, 221, 505; Plin. 2, 17, 14, § 74 al.: ad aliquem opprimendum, Liv. 27, 47, 8.—With local accus.: Cremonam, Tac. H. 2, 100.—Impers.: quantum accelerari posset, as speedily as possible, Liv. 3, 46, 5.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinaccelerō

Proto-Indo-European *kel-der. Latin celer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin celerō Latin accelerō From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + celerō (“to quicken, accelerate”).

Descendants
  • Catalanaccelerar
  • Englishaccelerate
  • Frenchaccélérer
  • Italianaccelerare
  • Portugueseacelerar
  • Romanianaccelera
  • Spanishacelerar
  • Galicianacelerar
  • Lombardacelerà
  • Lombardaccelerà

Quick answers

What does accelerō mean in Latin?
accelerō, a verb, means “to quicken, hasten, speed up, accelerate; to be quick, make haste, hasten”.
What are the principal parts of accelerō?
accelerō, accelerāre, accelerāvī, accelerātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce accelerō?
In classical Latin, [akˈkɛ.ɫɛ.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [atˈt͡ʃɛː.le.ro].
Where does accelerō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin accelerō.