celeriter Latin · revision 18062

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *kel-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɛˈɫɛ.rɪ.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [t͡ʃeˈlɛː.ri.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''celeriter''' (comparative celerius, superlative celerrimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|celer|-ter|t1=swift]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|celer]] to [[itc-pro|*keli-]] and [[ine-pro|*kel-i-|t=speeding]], cognate with [[grc|κέλομαι|tr=kélomai|t=to urge on]] and [[grc|κέλης|tr=kélēs|t=racehorse]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL and the OLD find it from Plautus on,^(TLL)^(OLD 2012) who has ''iūsta causa est cūr currātur celeriter'', “there is good reason to run fast”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler first records it in Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Celeriter'' is “quickly, swiftly”, of movement (Caesar of enemies attacking suddenly and quickly) and of actions and processes (Cicero: a man who grasps things quickly).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is also “in a short time” and “soon, early” (Plautus: ''celeriter mī hōc homine conventō est opus'', “I must see this man at once”).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The comparative is ''celerius'' and the superlative ''celerrimē''.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''cūr currātur celeriter''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''celeriter animō comprehendentī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of a sudden, swift attack.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|quickly]], [[m|en|swiftly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In a short time.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Soon, early, at once.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[celer]]

+ * [[celeritās]]

+ * [[accelerō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}