LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

celeritās

celeritās f (genitive celeritātis)
Classical[kɛˈɫɛ.rɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃeˈlɛː.ri.tas]

Meaning

  1. quickness, speed, swiftness, haste, celerity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeceleritāsceleritātēs
genitiveceleritātisceleritātum
dativeceleritātīceleritātibus
accusativeceleritātemceleritātēs
ablativeceleritāteceleritātibus
vocativeceleritāsceleritātēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

celeritas in respondendo
readiness in debate, in repartee.
ingenii vis or celeritas
vivid, lively imagination.
praecurrere aliquem (celeritate)
to overtake and pass some one.

cĕlĕrĭtas, ātis, f. celer,
I. swiftness, quickness, speed, celerity (in good prose; syn.: velocitas, pernicitas; opp. tarditas): velocitas corporis celeritas appellatur, quae eadem ingenii laus habetur, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 31: celeritas et vis equorum, id. Div. 2, 70, 144; cf. equitum, Caes. B. G. 1, 48 fin.: navis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88: pedum, id. Ac. 1, 5, 19: in capiendis castris, Caes. B. G. 7, 46: veneni, the quick effect, Cic. Cael. 24, 60: incredibili celeritate de victoriā Caesaris fama perfertur, Caes. B. G. 5, 53: celeritati studere, id. B. C. 3, 79: Favonio Scipionis celeritas salutem attulit, id. ib. 3, 36 fin.: maximum bonum in celeritate putabat, Sall. C. 43, 4: celeritate uti, to employ speed, Nep. Ages. 2, 2; 4, 4.—In plur. absol.: cavendum est ne in festinationibus suscipiamus nimias celeritates, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131.—
2. Of intellectual and abstract objects: animorum, Cic. Sen. 21, 78: inge nii, v. supra; cf.: calliditas et celeritas ingenii, quickness of device, Nep. Eum. 1, 3: cogitationis, Quint. 10, 3, 19: consilii, Nep. Ages. 6, 2: orationis, Cic. Or. 16, 53; Quint. 11, 3, 111: dicendi, Cic. Fl. 20, 48: syllabarum, id. Or. 57, 191; Quint. 9, 4, 91; 9, 4, 88; 9, 4, 140; 11, 3, 107.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *kel-der. Latin celer Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin celeritās From celer (“fast, swift”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanceleritat
  • Englishcelerity
  • Frenchcélérité
  • Italiancelerità
  • Portugueseceleridade
  • Romanianceleritate
  • Spanishceleridad

In English words that came into English from celeritās

  • celerityceleritās

Quick answers

What does celeritās mean in Latin?
celeritās, a noun, means “quickness, speed, swiftness, haste, celerity”.
What is the genitive of celeritās?
The genitive singular is celeritātis. celeritās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce celeritās?
In classical Latin, [kɛˈɫɛ.rɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃeˈlɛː.ri.tas].