celero Latin · revision 34094

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=2nd century BC, Turpilius|origins=ine-pro *kel-i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkɛ.ɫɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈt͡ʃɛː.le.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''celerō''' (present infinitive celerāre, perfect active celerāvī, supine celerātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a denominative verb [[af|la|celer|-ō|t1=swift]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|celer]] to [[itc-pro|*keli-r/li-|t=fast]] and [[ine-pro|*kel-i-|t=speeding]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first quotation is from Turpilius, of speeding up a boat.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Intransitively it is to go quickly, hasten, hurry, as in Catullus' dances, and to act quickly, as in Tacitus.^(OLD 2012) With an object it is to perform quickly or hasten, as a flight, a journey or one's step: Lucretius, Virgil and Ovid use it so, and Virgil's Achates hurries on his way to the ships.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that it is mostly poetic or post-Augustan, with the synonyms ''festīnāre'' and ''properāre''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Manuscripts confuse it with [[celebro|alt=celebrō]].^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it to hasten, hurry.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd century BC – Turpilius of speeding a boat.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of hurrying dances.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of hastening flight.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go quickly, [[m|en|hasten]], [[m|en|hurry]]; to act quickly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To do quickly, hasten (a journey, one's pace).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To make faster, [[m|en|accelerate]], quicken.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accelerō]]

+ * [[celerātim]]

+ * [[praecelerō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[celer]]

+ * [[celeritas|alt=celeritās]]

+ * [[festino|alt=festīnō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}