velocemente Italian · revision 39183

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=14th century|origins=la velox}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ve.lo.t͡ʃeˈmen.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''velocemente''' (superlative velocissimamente)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|it|veloce|-mente|t1=fast]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary)^(Wikizionario) The adjective [[veloce]] is a learned borrowing of [[la|vēlōx|t=swift, quick]], recorded in Dante.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) Nocentini derives the Latin word from a form [[m|la|*weg-slo-]], from the root of [[m|la|vegeō|t=to be lively]].^(Nocentini 2010) Latin itself had the adverb [[m|la|vēlōciter]], used by Ovid and Pliny.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ GRADIT dates the word to the 14th century.^(GRADIT 2003) Early examples come from the vernacular translations of Gregory the Great's ''Dialogues'', where an army reaches a river ''velocemente'' and the riders spur their horses to cross it.^(GDLI)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The adverb has kept its meaning “quickly, at speed”, said of moving, walking or riding, and also figuratively of time passing.^(GDLI)^(GRADIT 2003) Ariosto writes of a current that carries a ship faster than a falcon flies, and Manzoni of a cardinal walking quickly ahead of his clergy.^(GDLI)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) In modern usage it also means “promptly, without delay”, as in asking for a quick reply.^(GRADIT 2003) The superlative is ''velocissimamente''.^(GDLI)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 14th century – The adverb is first recorded.^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1516–1532 – Ariosto uses ''velocemente'' in the ''Orlando furioso''.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

+ * 1821–1823 – Manzoni uses it in ''Fermo e Lucia''.^(GDLI)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|quickly]], fast, at high [[velocità|alt=speed]]: ''Il tempo è passato velocemente.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Promptly, without delay: ''Vi chiedo di decidere velocemente.''^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[veloce]]

+ * [[velocità]]

+ * [[la|velox]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}