adverb
ōcius
ōcius (comparative, no positive form, superlative ōcissimē, adjective ōcior)
Meaning
- comparativequicker, more speedily
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ōcius adv. comp., with sup. ōcissimē
neut. of ocior, more quickly, more speedily, sooner: idque ocius faciet, si, etc.: recreantur ocius: serius ocius Sors exitura, sooner or later, H.: Angulus iste feret tus ocius uvā, rather than, H.: ocius illud extorquebis, i. e. more easily, Iu.: ocius omnes Imperio pārent, on the spot, V.—In commands, the quicker the better, immediately: move te oro ocius, make haste, T.: nemon' oleum fert ocius? H.: quam ocissume accedat, as fast as possible, S.