ociter

Adverb of an unattested adjective *ōcis, from the Italic i-stem descendant of Proto-Indo-European *h₁oh₁ḱús. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὠκύς (ōkús, “swift”) and ὠκέως (ōkéōs, “swiftly”). The positive is only attested twice in Apuleius.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ki.ter/, [ˈoːkɪt̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.t͡ʃi.ter/, [ˈɔːt͡ʃit̪er]

ōciter (comparative ōcius, superlative ōcissimē or ōcissumē)

1. swiftly, quickly
   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, The Golden Ass 1.23:

     Et vocātā ancillulā: "Photis" inquit "sarcinulās hospitis susceptās cum fidē conde in illud cubiculum ac simul ex prōmptuāriō oleum unctuī et lintea tersuī et cētera hoc eidem ūsuī prōfer ōciter et hospitem meum prōdūc ad proximās balneās."

     He called the maid and said: "Photis, pick up our guest's luggage and put it carefully in yon chamber, and while you are at it, quickly fetch from the storeroom oil for anointing, linen towels for rubbing, and all the other things for this use, and lead my guest forth to the next bathhouse."

   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, The Golden Ass 6.25:

     Prandiōque raptim tuburcinātō mē et equum vectōrēs rērum illārum futūrōs fūstibus exinde tundentēs prōdūcunt in viam multīsque clīvīs et ānfrāctibus fatīgātōs prope ipsam vesperam perdūcunt ad quampiam spēluncam, unde multīs onustōs rēbus rūrsum nē breviculō quidem tempore refectōs ōciter redūcunt.

• ōcior
• ōcius
• ōcissimus

• ociter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• ociter in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung