Velócitas, pe. cor. velocitâtis, f. g. Pli. Swiftuesse: quickuesse.Pernicitas & velociras.Cic. Pernix velocitas. Plin. Velocitas corporis. Ci. Swiftnesse or nimblentsse of bodie.Videmus alios velocitate ad cutsum, alios viribus ad luctãdum valere.Cic.Concertare velocitate nandi. Col. Exercitata studio velocitas. Quint. Cogitationum velocitas. Plin.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
vēlōcĭtas, ātis, f. [velox], swiftness, fleetness, speed, rapidity, velocity.I.Lit.: velocitate ad cursum valere, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107: pernicitatem et velocitatem, id. Tusc. 5, 15, 45: velocitas corporis celeritas appellatur, id. ib. 4, 13, 31; Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Hirt. B. G. 8, 36; 8, 48; Quint. 2, 16, 13; 2, 20, 9; Nep. Epam. 2, 3: illa in rebus moliendis velocitas, Curt. 5, 7, 1; 5, 8, 2: velocitate opus est, quā celeritatem famae antecedas, id. 7, 2, 15.—In plur.: non viribus aut velocitatibus aut celeritate corporum res magnae geruntur, sed, etc., Cic. Sen. 6, 17.—II.Trop. (so perh. only post-Aug.): velocitas cogitationum animique celeritas, Plin. 7, 12, 10, 52: animi exercitata studio, Quint. 5, 10, 123: mali, Tac. A. 15, 38: occasionum, id. H. 1, 83: sagacitatis, Val. Max. 7, 3, 4.—Of speech, style, rapidity: immortalis illa Sallustii, Quint. 10, 1, 102; 9, 4, 83; 10, 7, 8.
