adverb
vēlōciter
vēlōciter (comparative vēlōcius, superlative vēlōcissimē)
Classical[weːˈɫoː.kɪ.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[veˈlɔː.t͡ʃi.ter]
Meaning
- swiftly, rapidly
- quickly
vēlōcĭter, adv., v. velox
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vēlōciter adv. with comp. and sup.
velox, swiftly, quickly, speedily: Consequitur motis velociter ignibus ignes, O.: animus velocius in domum suam pervolabit: velocissime refugere, Cs.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-der. Latin vēlōx Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin vēlōciter From vēlōx + -ter.