"celer" meaning in Latin

See celer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈkɛ.ɫɛr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈt͡ʃɛː.ler] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”). Probably cognate with Ancient Greek κέλλω (kéllō), Ancient Greek κέλης (kélēs). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*kel-}}, {{der|la|ine-pro|*kel-||to drive}} Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”), {{cog|grc|κέλλω}} Ancient Greek κέλλω (kéllō), {{cog|grc|κέλης}} Ancient Greek κέλης (kélēs) Head templates: {{la-adj|celer/celer<3+>|adv=celeriter|comp=celerior|sup=celerrimus}} celer (feminine celeris, neuter celere, comparative celerior, superlative celerrimus, adverb celeriter); third-declension three-termination adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|celer/celer<3+>|acc_pl_f=celerēs/celerīs|acc_pl_m=celerēs/celerīs}} Forms: celeris [feminine], celere [neuter], celerior [comparative], celerrimus [superlative], celeriter [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], celer [masculine, nominative, singular], celeris [feminine, nominative, singular], celere [neuter, nominative, singular], celerēs [feminine, masculine, nominative], celeria [neuter, nominative, plural], celeris [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], celerium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter], celerī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], celeribus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter], celerem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], celere [accusative, neuter, singular], celerēs [accusative, feminine, masculine], celerīs [accusative, feminine, masculine], celeria [accusative, neuter, plural], celerī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], celeribus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter], celer [masculine, singular, vocative], celeris [feminine, singular, vocative], celere [neuter, singular, vocative], celerēs [feminine, masculine, vocative], celeria [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. fast, swift, quick, speedy, fleet Tags: declension-3, three-termination Synonyms: rapidus, vēlōx, levis, properus, prōmptus, facilis Derived forms: celerātim, celeripēs, celeritās, celeriter, celeritūdō, celeriusculē, celerō, perceler, praeceler Related terms: celōx

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "célere"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: célere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: célere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "célere"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: célere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: célere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "celere"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: celere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: celere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "celerity"
          },
          "expansion": "English: celerity",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: celerity"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kel-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kel-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to drive"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κέλλω"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κέλλω (kéllō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κέλης"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κέλης (kélēs)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”). Probably cognate with Ancient Greek κέλλω (kéllō), Ancient Greek κέλης (kélēs).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "celeris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celere",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerrimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeriter",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "celer/celer<3+>",
        "adv": "celeriter",
        "comp": "celerior",
        "sup": "celerrimus"
      },
      "expansion": "celer (feminine celeris, neuter celere, comparative celerior, superlative celerrimus, adverb celeriter); third-declension three-termination adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "celer/celer<3+>",
        "acc_pl_f": "celerēs/celerīs",
        "acc_pl_m": "celerēs/celerīs"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lentus"
        },
        {
          "word": "tardus"
        },
        {
          "word": "sērus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin third declension adjectives of three terminations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "la:Physics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "celerātim"
        },
        {
          "word": "celeripēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "celeritās"
        },
        {
          "word": "celeriter"
        },
        {
          "word": "celeritūdō"
        },
        {
          "word": "celeriusculē"
        },
        {
          "word": "celerō"
        },
        {
          "word": "perceler"
        },
        {
          "word": "praeceler"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fast, swift, quick, speedy, fleet"
      ],
      "id": "en-celer-la-adj-DlhrZ~Dv",
      "links": [
        [
          "fast",
          "fast#English"
        ],
        [
          "swift",
          "swift#English"
        ],
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "speedy",
          "speedy"
        ],
        [
          "fleet",
          "fleet"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "celōx"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rapidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "vēlōx"
        },
        {
          "word": "levis"
        },
        {
          "word": "properus"
        },
        {
          "word": "prōmptus"
        },
        {
          "word": "facilis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "three-termination"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɛ.ɫɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛː.ler]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "celer"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "celerātim"
    },
    {
      "word": "celeripēs"
    },
    {
      "word": "celeritās"
    },
    {
      "word": "celeriter"
    },
    {
      "word": "celeritūdō"
    },
    {
      "word": "celeriusculē"
    },
    {
      "word": "celerō"
    },
    {
      "word": "perceler"
    },
    {
      "word": "praeceler"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "célere"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: célere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: célere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "célere"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: célere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: célere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "celere"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: celere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: celere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "celerity"
          },
          "expansion": "English: celerity",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: celerity"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kel-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kel-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to drive"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κέλλω"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κέλλω (kéllō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κέλης"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κέλης (kélēs)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”). Probably cognate with Ancient Greek κέλλω (kéllō), Ancient Greek κέλης (kélēs).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "celeris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celere",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerrimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeriter",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "celer/celer<3+>",
        "adv": "celeriter",
        "comp": "celerior",
        "sup": "celerrimus"
      },
      "expansion": "celer (feminine celeris, neuter celere, comparative celerior, superlative celerrimus, adverb celeriter); third-declension three-termination adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "celer/celer<3+>",
        "acc_pl_f": "celerēs/celerīs",
        "acc_pl_m": "celerēs/celerīs"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "celōx"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lentus"
        },
        {
          "word": "tardus"
        },
        {
          "word": "sērus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kel-",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension adjectives",
        "Latin third declension adjectives of three terminations",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fast, swift, quick, speedy, fleet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fast",
          "fast#English"
        ],
        [
          "swift",
          "swift#English"
        ],
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "speedy",
          "speedy"
        ],
        [
          "fleet",
          "fleet"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rapidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "vēlōx"
        },
        {
          "word": "levis"
        },
        {
          "word": "properus"
        },
        {
          "word": "prōmptus"
        },
        {
          "word": "facilis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "three-termination"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɛ.ɫɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛː.ler]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "celer"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.