1. ōcĭor — Lewis & Short
ōcĭor, ōcĭus (
I sup. ocissimus), adj. comp. [kindr. with Gr. w)ku/s, Sanscr. ācu, from the root ac, sharp; cf.: acer, acutus, a)kwkh/], swifter, fleeter (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit.:
et ventis, et fulminis ocior alis,Verg. A. 5, 319; 10, 248:
ocior cervis, Ocior Euro,Hor. C. 2, 16, 23; 24:
aurā,id. ib. 1, 2, 48;
2, 20, 13: fugit ocior aurā,Ov. M. 1, 502:
verbere,Luc. 1, 230:
Tigris ocior remeat,Plin. 8, 18, 25, § 66:
ociore ambitu,id. 2, 8, 6, § 39:
ociore spatio,id. 2, 19, 17, § 81.—
II Transf., of time, quicker, sooner, earlier; sup.:
ficorum ocissima senectus,Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130:
pira,the soonest ripe, id. 15, 15, 16, § 53:
venenum,id. 27, 2, 2, § 4.—Hence, adv.: ōcĭ-ter; comp. ōcĭus; sup. ocissĭme (old collat. form oxime, Paul. ex Fest. p. 195 Müll.); quickly, swiftly, speedily (class. only in the comp. and sup.; cf.: ocius secundae collationis et deinde tertiae ocissime frequentata sunt, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.).
A Posit. (ante- and post-class.): ociter serva cives, Enn. ap. Non. 277, 21, acc. to Vahl. ad Enn. Trag. v. 1:
profer ociter,App. M. 1, p. 113, 32; p. 125, 8.—
B Comp., more quickly or speedily, sooner, etc.:
idque ocius faciet, si, etc.,Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29:
ut ocius ad tuum pervenias,id. Quint. 13, 43:
recreantur ocius,id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32: omnium Versatur urna, serius ocius Sors exitura, sooner or later, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:
angulus iste feret piper et tus ocius uvā,sooner than, rather than, id. Ep. 1, 14, 23:
ocius illud extorquebis,i. e. more easily, Juv. 6, 53.—
2 Sometimes the comp. is used in gen. for quickly, speedily:
sequere hac me ocius, Ter Heaut. 4, 7, 4: gladio occursat,Caes. B. G. 5, 43:
nemon' oleum fert ocius?quickly, Hor. S. 2, 7, 34; Juv. 14, 252; Verg. A. 5, 828:
heus Phaedrome, exi, exi, exi, inquam, ocius,Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 26.—
C Sup., very quickly or speedily: ocissime nos liberi possumus fieri, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.:
quam ocissume ad provinciam accedat,as speedily as possible, Sall. J. 25, 5:
ferre,Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 87:
sanant ulcera,id. 34, 10, 22, § 100.