English → Latin
“celerity” in Latin
celeritāsquickness, speed, swiftness, haste, celerityvēlōcitāsspeed, velocity, swiftness, rapidity, fleetnesspernīcĭtasnimblenessagilitāsagility, mobility, nimbleness, fleetnessincitātiōincitement; vehemence, ardourrapiditāsswiftness, velocity, rapidity (especially of a body of water)festīnōto hasten, make haste, hurry; pass swiftly; to accelerate, do or prepare hastily, make haste with something, hasten, hur
The English word celerity itself goes back to Latin celer, through celeritas.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
celerity
celeritas: velocitas: pernicitas: agilitas: incitatio: rapiditas: festinantia (too great celerity). SYN. in SWIFTNESS.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for celerity?
- The usual Latin words for “celerity” are celeritās, vēlōcitās, pernīcĭtas; also agilitās, incitātiō, rapiditās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.