Festinatio, ônis, f. g. Verbale. Cic.Hast: speede.Festinatio & Otium, contraria.Cic.Celeritas & festinatio.Cic.Festinationis plena epistola & pulueris.Cic.An epistle written with much haste, and hauing dust in it to drie the letters.Festinationem adhibere. Colu. To make speede.Ventis remisqúe in patriam omni festinatione properare. C. In festinationibus non suscipiendæ nimis celeritates.Cic.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
festīnātĭo ōnis, f. [id.], a hastening, haste, hurry, despatch, speed (class., in the sing. and plur.): quid haec tanta celeritas festinatioque significat?Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96; cf.: mea festinatio, id. Phil. 3, 1, 2: epistola plena festinationis et pulveris, id. Att. 5, 14, 2: omni festinatione properare in patriam, id. Fam. 12, 25, 3: tempus festinationis an otii, id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 32: beneficium festinatione praeripere, Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 5: ignoscas velim huic festinationi meae, id. Fam. 5, 12, 1: cujus (rei) festinationem mihi tollis, id. Att. 13, 1, 2: praematura, Liv. 42, 16 fin.—In plur.: cavendum est ne in festinationibus suscipiamus nimias celeritates, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131.