"celer" meaning in Latin

See celer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈke.ler/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈkɛɫ̪ɛr] [Classical-Latin], /ˈt͡ʃe.ler/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt͡ʃɛːler] (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, plural], celeria [neuter, nominative, plural], celeris [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], celerium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], celerī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], celeribus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], celerem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], celere [accusative, neuter, singular], celerēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], celerīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], celeria [accusative, neuter, plural], celerī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], celeribus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], celer [masculine, singular, vocative], celeris [feminine, singular, vocative], celere [neuter, singular, vocative], celerēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], celeria [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. fast, swift, quick, speedy, fleet Tags: declension-3, three-termination Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: rapidus, vēlōx, levis, properus, prōmptus, facilis Derived forms: celerātim, celeripēs, celeritās, celeriter, celeritūdō, celeriusculē, celerō, perceler, praeceler Related terms: celōx

Inflected forms

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  "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,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "celerity"
          },
          "expansion": "English: celerity",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: celerity"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kel-"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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        "1": "la",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to drive"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κέλλω"
      },
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      "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",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celer",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celere",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "celerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "celer/celer<3+>",
        "adv": "celeriter",
        "comp": "celerior",
        "sup": "celerrimus"
      },
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      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "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": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "la:Physics",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "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": "/ˈke.ler/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɛɫ̪ɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃe.ler/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛːler]",
      "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"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "*kel-"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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      },
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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”). Probably cognate with Ancient Greek κέλλω (kéllō), Ancient Greek κέλης (kélēs).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "celeris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celere",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerrimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeriter",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celer",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celere",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "celerēs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeria",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "celerēs",
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerīs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celerī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celeria",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "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",
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      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "celōx"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lentus"
        },
        {
          "word": "tardus"
        },
        {
          "word": "sērus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "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"
      ],
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          "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": "/ˈke.ler/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɛɫ̪ɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃe.ler/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛːler]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "celer"
}

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