1. cĕler — Lewis & Short
cĕler, ĕris, e (
I masc. cĕleris, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 760 P.; fem. celer, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. l. l.; cf. acer; sup. celerissimus, Enn. and Manlius ap. Prisc. l. l.) [cello; cf. Doed. Syn. 2, pp. 123 and 93, urging, pressing forward; cf. also 1. cello], swift, fleet, quick, speedy (with the access. idea of energy, struggling, and even power; v. Doed. above cited; syn.: expeditus, promptus, velox, citatus; opp. tardus, segnis, lentus).
I Of corporeal objects:
face te propere celerem,Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 1:
hasta, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. l. l.: sagitta,Hor. C. 3, 20, 9; Ov. M. 5, 367: configebat tardus celeres (sc. aves), Att. ap. Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 32:
pennae,Hor. C. 3, 29, 53:
Mercurius,id. ib. 2, 7, 13:
Cynthia,id. ib. 3, 28, 12:
Diana,Ov. M. 4, 304:
deae,id. ib. 2, 119:
rivi,Hor. C. 3, 11, 14:
curriculum,Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 13:
flamma,Lucr. 2, 192; cf. id. 5, 302:
ignis,Hor. C. 3, 4, 76:
motus,Lucr. 4, 177; cf.:
celer atque instabilis motus,Caes. B. G. 4, 23, 5:
receptus,id. B. C. 1, 59:
lapsus,Lucr. 4, 324; Ov. M. 6, 216:
ictus,Lucr. 3, 636:
impete,id. 6, 334:
turbo,Verg. A. 12, 855:
venti,Hor. C. 1, 12, 10; 1, 15, 3; 1, 14, 5:
cerva,Cat. 64, 341:
canis,Tib. 4, 3, 14:
equus,id. 1, 2, 70; 4, 1, 91:
lupi,id. 2, 1, 20:
classis,Cat. 64, 53:
ratis,id. 63, 1:
navis,id. 4, 2:
carina,Ov. M. 9, 447:
lintres,Prop. 1, 14, 3:
pedes,id. 3 (4), 9, 18:
remedia,quickly working, efficacious, Nep. Att. 21, 2.—Poet. with gen. gerund:
nandi,Sil. 4, 587.—With inf.:
excipere aprum,Hor. C. 3, 12, 11; so id. ib. 4, 6, 39; id. Ep. 1, 20, 25.—Poet., celer for celeriter, Ov. M. 2, 119; 2, 838; 9, 765.—
II Of mental and abstract objects:
oderunt Sedatum celeres,lively, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90; cf. Vell. 2, 73:
mens, quā nihil est celerius,Cic. Or. 59, 200; cf. Lucr. 3, 183:
oratio celeris et concitata,rapid, hurried, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 138; 9, 4, 83; 9, 4, 111;
9, 4, 135: consilium,Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 1.—
B Implying reproach, rash, hasty, precipitate:
consilia,Liv. 9, 32, 3; so id. 22, 38, 13; cf. id. 2, 51, 7;
and so iambi (of the fire of youth),rash, hasty, Hor. C. 1, 16, 24:
victoria,Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 3:
desperatio rerum,Liv. 21, 1, 5:
ratione,Lucr. 4, 144; 4, 255; 4, 775:
fata celerrima,Verg. A. 12, 507:
mors,Tib. 4, 1, 205.—Adv., quickly, speedily (syn.: velociter, cito, continuo, confestim, festinanter).
a cĕlĕrĕ, Enn. et Nov. ap. Non. p. 510, 9 sq.; Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 4.—
b cĕlĕrĭter, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 2; Cic. Att. 15, 27, 1; id. Fam. 3, 1, 2; 9, 11, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 52 et saep.—Comp. celerius, Cic. Verr 2, 3, 24, § 60; Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 3; Nep. Cim. 3, 2 al.—Sup. celerrime, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45; Caes. B. G. 1, 37 al.