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“haste” in Latin
festīnātiōAn instance of hastening or hurrying; haste, hurry, dispatch, speed.properātiōhaste, quickness, alacrityproperōto hasten, quicken or accelerate; to hurry, rush; to repair, returnmātūrātiōhastening; ripening, maturationcupiditāsdesire (deemed good, neutral or bad); lust, passion; cupidity, avarice, greed, covetousnesstrepidātiōagitation, confusion, trepidation; the act of trembling or twitchingproperanterquickly, with hasteproperushasty, quick, speedy
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
haste s.
festinatio: properatio: properantia (properare denotes the haste which fin energy sets out rapidly to reach a certain point; opposed to cessare: festinare denotes the haste which springs from impatience, and borders on precipitation, Döderlein: ☞ festinantia is late). (The words are found in this connection and order.) celeritas festinatioque: maturatio (the getting forward with a thing, so as to be ready with it in time). Sometimes cupiditas (rash haste, prompted by desire; e.g., temeritatem cupiditatemque militum reprehendit, their haste to begin the battle; Caes., B.G., 7, 52). To make all possible haste, omni festinatione properare (Cic.): anxious haste, trepidatio: in haste, properanter, propere: all possible haste, quanta potest adhiberi festinatio: he returned with all possible haste to Ephesus, quantum accelerare potuit, Ephesum rediit (Cic.): a letter written in haste, epistola festinationis plena: to write in haste, properantem, or festinantem, or raptim scribere: what happens is produced, etc., in haste (and therefore in an irregular manner), tumultuarius (e.g., exercitus): troops levied in haste, exercitus repentinus, or raptim conscriptus, or tumultuarius; milites subitarii: to fortify a place in haste, tumultuario opere locum communire: to march out of the city in haste, ex urbe praecipiti agmine agere: excuse haste, ignoscas velim festinationi meae (in a letter). Make haste, move te ocius! hortare pedes! fer pedem! confer pedes! (all comedy = off with you! run quickly!) ita fac venias! (as a request in a letter; pray come soon): there is need of haste, maturato or properato opus est: there is no need of haste, nihil urget (Cic.): with all possible haste, quam ocissime, ventis remis, remis velisque, remigio veloque (with full wind and full sail, proverbially, in comedy; also in Cic., in epistolary style, when the subject is of coming or going, or travelling). ☞ The notion of haste is often implied in Latin by an intensive verb; as, to come in haste, adventare: to pursue in haste, insectari. To come in haste, citato studio cursuque venire: to go to a place in haste, citato cursu locum petere; cursu effuso ad locum ferri (☞ Liv., 7, 15): to flee in haste, praecipitem fugae se mandare; remigio veloque, quantum poteris, festinare et fugere (Plaut., Asin., 1, 3, 5): with too great haste, praepropere (Liv., 22, 2); nimis festinanter. To make haste [Vid. HASTE, v.] . PROV. The more haste the less speed, omnis festinatio tarda est (Curt.): sat celeriter fit, quidquid fit satis bene (Cic.): *festina lente (after the Greek σπεῦδε βραδέως. Suet., Aug., 25): in festinationibus cavendum est, ne nimias celeritates suscipiamus (Cic., Off., 1, 36, 131): moram rebus adjicet festinatio (after Quint., incredibile est, quantum morae lectioni festinatione adjiciatur).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for haste?
- The usual Latin words for “haste” are festīnātiō, properātiō, properō; also mātūrātiō, cupiditās, trepidātiō. 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.