vēlox — Lewis & Short
vēlox, ōcis, adj.akin to volare; cf. veles,
I swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy (class.; syn.: celer, pernix, praepes).
I Lit.:
juvenes,Liv. 26, 4, 4:
pedites velocissimi ac fortissimi,Caes. B. G. 1, 48:
velocissimus quisque,Quint. 2, 3, 7:
Breuni,Hor. C. 4, 14, 11:
cervi,Verg. A. 5, 253:
catuli,id. G. 3, 405:
Pristis,id. A. 5, 116:
pes,Ov. M. 1, 551:
flamma,Lucr. 6, 688:
jaculum,Verg. G. 2, 530:
procella,Hor. C. 3, 27, 63:
arbores,rapidly growing, Plin. 17, 13, 20, § 95:
toxicum,quickly working, Hor. Epod. 17, 61; so,
genus herbae ad mortem, etiam opio velocius,Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 180:
horae,Ov. M. 2, 118:
anni,Mart. 8, 8, 1:
navigatio,Quint. 12, 2, 24:
celeritas,Plin. 10, 24, 35, § 73:
Victoria,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64:
moenia (thermae),quickly built, Mart. Spect. 2, 7.—Poet., for the adv.:
ille velox ... Desilit in latices,Ov. M. 4, 352; Hor. C. 4, 12, 22; Luc. 9, 829.—With inf.:
nec jam hic absistere velox,Stat. Th. 6, 797.—With ad and acc.:
piger ad poenas princeps, ad praemia velox,Ov. P. 1, 2, 123.—
II Trop.:
nihil est animo velocius,Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43:
ingenio veloci ac mobili,Quint. 6, 4, 8:
natura humani ingenii agilis ac velox,id. 1, 12, 2:
velox ingenio,Tac. Agr. 13:
animus,Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 13:
acutior atque velocior in urbanitate brevitas,Quint. 6, 3, 45; cf.:
decurrere materiam stilo quam velocissimo,id. 10, 3, 17:
velocior (in conjectando),Phaedr. 3, 3, 1.—Adv.: vēlōcĭter, swiftly, quickly, speedily, Ov. M. 4, 509; 11, 586; Quint. 1, 1, 28; 2, 4, 28; 8, 3, 81; Plin. 16, 44, 90, § 241.—Comp., Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29. —Sup., Cic. Univ. 9; Caes. B. G. 5, 35; Suet. Tit. 3.