1. festīno — Lewis & Short
festīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and
I a. [cf. Gr. qei/nw; Lat. -fendo in defendo, offendo, -festus in manifestus, etc., and fustis, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 190; Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 255].
I Neutr., to hasten, make haste, hurry, be quick (class.; not in Caes.; syn.: propero, celero, maturo): aliud est properare, aliud festinare. Qui unum quid mature transigit, is properat: qui multa simul incipit neque perficit, is festinat, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 14, 2; id. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. properare, p. 235 Müll.; ap. Non. 441, 22:
propemodum quid illic festinet sentio,Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 14:
aput nos eccillam festinat cum sorore uxor tua,id. Stich. 4, 1, 30:
quid festinas?Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 8; cf.:
quamquam festinas, non est mora longa,Hor. C. 1, 28, 35; Sall. Fragm. ap. Don. Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 8:
ibi,Plaut. Stich. 5, 3, 4:
plura scripsissem, nisi tui festinarent,Cic. Fam. 12, 22, 4; cf. id. Att. 6, 2 fin.:
solent nautae festinare quaestus sui causa,id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:
esseda festinant, pilenta, petorrita, naves,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 192:
in provinciam festinare,Quint. 6, 3, 39:
ad portas,Sall. J. 69, 2; cf.:
ad singulare Antonii factum festinat oratio,Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 3:
ad probationem,Quint. 4, 3, 8; cf. id. 4, 5, 10:
quis te festinare jubet?Juv. 14, 212.—Prov.: festina lente (speu=de brade/ws), Suet. Aug. 25.
II Transf., as v. a., to make haste with a thing, to hasten, hurry, accelerate, do speedily.
(a) With an object-clause (class.):
ut migrare tanto opere festines,Cic. Fam. 7, 23 fin.:
ne festinaret abire,Sall. J. 64, 4:
ultum ire injurias,id. ib. 68, 1:
finem imponere,Quint. 9, 4, 146:
sequi,Curt. 6, 6, 25:
componere lites,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 12:
quae laedunt oculum, festinas demere,id. ib. 1, 2, 38:
terris advertere proram,Verg. G. 4, 117:
aram congerere arboribus,id. A. 6, 177; cf.:
callidus id modo festinabat, Bocchi pacem imminuere, ne, etc.,Sall. J. 81 fin.:
universis prodesse festinet,Inscr. Orell. 775.—
(b) With acc. (not in Cic.): festivum festinant diem, hasten to celebrate, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 401 (Trag. v. 434 ed. Vahl.):
ni id festinaret,Sall. J. 77, 1:
ad bellum cuncta,id. ib. 73, 1: soleas festinate (sc. dare), id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 425:
festinare fugam,Verg. A. 4, 575:
vias,Stat. Th. 2, 478:
poenas,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 61:
pyram,Sil. 8, 52:
vestes,Stat. S. 2, 1, 128:
caedes, patibula, ignes, cruces,Tac. A. 14, 33:
mortem in se,to bring on speedily, id. ib. 4, 28:
pyram,prepares in haste, Sil. 8, 52.—In pass.:
quod animo cupienti nihil satis festinatur,Sall. J. 64 fin.:
ea cuncta per idoneos ministros festinabantur,Tac. H. 2, 82:
cum belli civilis praemia festinarentur,id. ib. 3, 37:
nec virgines festinantur,are not married early, id. G. 20:
adoptio festinatur,id. A. 12, 25; 6, 50; id. H. 3, 37.—In part. perf., hastened, accelerated:
festinata maturitas,Quint. 6 praef. § 10;
iter,Ov. P. 4, 5, 8:
missio,Tac. A. 1, 52:
casus,id. ib. 6, 44:
nuptiae,Suet. Aug. 69:
honores,i. e. obtained before the proper time, Luc. 8, 24; Plin. Pan. 69, 5:
festinatis annis raptus,by an early death, Mart. 7, 40, 7; cf.:
festinatis lictorum manibus in carcerem raptus,Tac. A. 6, 40:
mors domini gladiis tam festinata,prematurely inflicted, Juv. 4, 96.—*
(g) With se, to make haste, Gell. 14, 2, 9.—Hence,
1 festīnans, antis, P. a., hasty, in haste:
ille properans, festinans, mandata vestra conficere cupiens,Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 6:
haec festinans scripsi in itinere atque agmine,id. Att. 6, 4 fin. —Adv.: festīnanter, hastily, speedily, quickly (class.):
improbe, turbide, festinanter, rapide omnia videtis esse suscepta, Cic. Scaur. § 37: nimium festinanter dictum,id. Fin. 5, 26, 77.—Comp.:
compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,Tac. A. 15, 3:
factum quid,Gell. 10, 11, 8:
publicatum,Suet. Aug. 29:
germinant,Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 78.—Sup.:
festinantissime,Aug. Ep. 250.—
2 festīnāto, adv., hastily, hurriedly (post-Aug.):
quam nihil praeparato, nihil festinato fecisse videtur Milo,Quint. 4, 2, 58; Suet. Claud. 16; Vulg. Gen. 44, 11 al.