velocitas

Latin

Etymology

From vēlōx (“swift, quick”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯eːˈloː.ki.taːs/, [u̯eːˈɫ̪oːkɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈlo.t͡ʃi.tas/, [veˈlɔːt͡ʃit̪äs]

Noun

vēlōcitās f (genitive vēlōcitātis); third declension

speed, velocity, swiftness, rapidity, fleetness
Synonym: festīnātiō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vēlōcitās	vēlōcitātēs
Genitive	vēlōcitātis	vēlōcitātum
Dative	vēlōcitātī	vēlōcitātibus
Accusative	vēlōcitātem	vēlōcitātēs
Ablative	vēlōcitāte	vēlōcitātibus
Vocative	vēlōcitās	vēlōcitātēs

Synonyms

(speed, swiftness): celeritās

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: velocitat
English: velocity
French: vélocité
Galician: velocidade
Italian: velocità
Portuguese: velocidade
Romanian: velocitate
Sicilian: vilucità, vilucitati
Spanish: velocidad
Swedish: velocitet

References

“velocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“velocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
velocitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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