velocitas

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.