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“quick” in Latin
celerfast, swift, quick, speedy, fleetpraecepshead first, headlong; steep, precipitous; hasty, rash, precipitatecitusswift, quick, rapid; earlyproperushasty, quick, speedyproperōto hasten, quicken or accelerate; to hurry, rush; to repair, returnfestīnōto hasten, make haste, hurry; pass swiftly; to accelerate, do or prepare hastily, make haste with something, hasten, hurcitōto cause to move, excite; to summon, invite, callincitōto set in rapid motion, hasten, urge forwards, speed up, accelerate, quicken; to cause to grow larger; augment, increaseconcitōto rush; to rouse up, agitate, move violently, stir up, excite, disturb; to spur, impel, incitevēlōxswift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
quick adj.
Swift, nimble, celer (swift, fleet; of persons and things; opposed to tardus): praeceps (hasty; of persons and things): citus (swift, often with the notion of great rapidity, usually of things, rarely of persons or animals): properus, properans (hastening in pursuit of an object): festinans (poetically, festinus, anxiously in haste): citatus, incitatus, concitatus (set in rapid motion; of things with or without life): velox (that flies along or away, fleet, fleeting; of things with or without life): pernix (swift of foot): alacer (energetic, lively, brisk; opposed to languidus): agilis (nimble; both of living creatures): promtus (ready, prompt, never at a loss or unprepared): praesens (speedy in operation or effect: ☞ praesentaneus is late): subitus: repentinus (sudden). A quick pace, incessus citus (opposed to incessus tardus): with quick step, citato gradu; cito: a quick pronunciation, citata pronunciatio: a quick reply, promptum responsum: quick-footed, pedibus celer; pernix (celeripes is poetical): a quick sailer, celox: this vessel was a very quick sailer, haec navis erat incredibili celeritate velis.
Alive, vivus.
Ready, active, versatile, etc., agilis (nimble, alert; of body or mind): facilis (that moves with ease): versatilis (accommodating; versatile, of the mind): callidus (clever, expert, from practice: ☞ [not versutus, which = sly, cunning]): sellers (skilful): quick in anything, exercitatus in re (practised): peritus alicujus rei (experienced).
quick s.
viva caro: to cut to the quick, ad vivum resecare (Col.; e.g., extrema ipsius unguis pars ad vivum resecetur): to cut or touch one to the quick, to sting anybody to the quick, quam acerbissimum dolorem inurere alicui; (by one’s words) aliquem gravissimis verborum acerbitatibus afficere; alicujus animum graviter offendere: anything touches me to the quick, valde doleo aliquid; gravissime fero aliquid; mordeor, quod, etc.: that has touched me to the quick, meum ille pectus pungit aculeus (Plaut.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for quick?
- The usual Latin words for “quick” are celer, praeceps, citus; also properus, properō, festīnō. 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.