velocitas

== Latin == === Etymology === From vēlōx (“swift, quick”) + -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [weːˈɫoː.kɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [veˈlɔː.t͡ʃi.tas] === Noun === vēlōcitās f (genitive vēlōcitātis); third declension speed, velocity, swiftness, rapidity, fleetness Synonym: celeritās ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== vēlōciter vēlōx ==== Descendants ==== === References === “velocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “velocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “velocitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.