celeriter

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kel-der.
Latin celer
Proto-Indo-European *-teros?
Latin -ter
Latin celeriter

    From celer (“quick, swift”) + -ter.

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    celeriter (comparative celerius, superlative celerrimē)

    1. quickly, swiftly, immediately
      Synonyms: citō, rapidē

    References

    • “celeriter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “celeriter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “celeriter”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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