velocitas

Latin

Etymology

From vēlōx (“swift, quick”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /weːˈloː.ki.taːs/, [weːˈɫoː.kɪ.taːs]

Noun

vēlōcitās f (genitive vēlōcitātis); third declension

speed, velocity, swiftness, rapidity, fleetness

Inflection

Third declension.

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
Spanish: velocidad

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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