velox

vēlox, ōcis, adj. [akin to volare; cf. veles], swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy (class.; syn.: celer, pernix, praepes).

I.

Lit.:

juvenes,

Liv. 26, 4, 4:

pedites velocissimi ac fortissimi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

velocissimus quisque,

Quint. 2, 3, 7:

Breuni,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 11:

cervi,

Verg. A. 5, 253:

catuli,

id. G. 3, 405:

Pristis,

id. A. 5, 116:

pes,

Ov. M. 1, 551:

flamma,

Lucr. 6, 688:

jaculum,

Verg. G. 2, 530:

procella,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 63:

arbores,

rapidly growing, Plin. 17, 13, 20, § 95:

toxicum,

quickly working, Hor. Epod. 17, 61; so,

genus herbae ad mortem, etiam opio velocius,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 180:

horae,

Ov. M. 2, 118:

anni,

Mart. 8, 8, 1:

navigatio,

Quint. 12, 2, 24:

celeritas,

Plin. 10, 24, 35, § 73:

Victoria,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64:

moenia (thermae),

quickly built, Mart. Spect. 2, 7.— Poet., for the adv.:

ille velox... Desilit in latices,

Ov. M. 4, 352; Hor. C. 4, 12, 22; Luc. 9, 829.—With inf.:

nec jam hic absistere velox,

Stat. Th. 6, 797.—With ad and acc.:

piger ad poenas princeps, ad praemia velox,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 123.—

II.

Trop.:

nihil est animo velocius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43:

ingenio veloci ac mobili,

Quint. 6, 4, 8:

natura humani ingenii agilis ac velox,

id. 1, 12, 2:

velox ingenio,

Tac. Agr. 13:

animus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 13:

acutior atque velocior in urbanitate brevitas,

Quint. 6, 3, 45; cf.:

decurrere materiam stilo quam velocissimo,

id. 10, 3, 17:

velocior (in conjectando),

Phaedr. 3, 3, 1.— Adv.: vēlōcĭter, swiftly, quickly, speedily, Ov. M. 4, 509; 11, 586; Quint. 1, 1, 28; 2, 4, 28; 8, 3, 81; Plin. 16, 44, 90, § 241.— Comp., Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29. — Sup., Cic. Univ. 9; Caes. B. G. 5, 35; Suet. Tit. 3.