celeritas

Latin

Etymology

From celer (“fast, swift”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /keˈle.ri.taːs/, [kɛˈɫ̪ɛrɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈle.ri.tas/, [t͡ʃeˈlɛːrit̪äs]

Noun

celeritās f (genitive celeritātis); third declension

1. quickness, speed, swiftness, haste, celerity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	celeritās	celeritātēs
genitive	celeritātis	celeritātum
dative	celeritātī	celeritātibus
accusative	celeritātem	celeritātēs
ablative	celeritāte	celeritātibus
vocative	celeritās	celeritātēs

Synonyms

• (quickness, swiftness): vēlōcitās

Related terms

• celer
• celeriter
• celerō

Descendants

• Catalan: celeritat
• English: celerity
• French: célérité
• Italian: celerità
• Portuguese: celeridade
• Romanian: celeritate
• Spanish: celeridad

References

• “celeritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “celeritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• celeritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to overtake and pass some one: praecurrere aliquem (celeritate)
    
  • dulness of intellect: ingenii tarditas (opp. celeritas)
    
  • vivid, lively imagination: ingenii vis or celeritas
    
  • readiness in debate, in repartee: celeritas in respondendo