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velox

velox

Latin

Adjective

vēlōx m, f, n ‎(genitive vēlōcis); third declension

swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy

Inflection

Third declension.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	vēlōx			vēlōcēs	vēlōcia
genitive	vēlōcis			vēlōcium
dative	vēlōcī			vēlōcibus
accusative	vēlōcem	vēlōx		vēlōcēs	vēlōcia
ablative	vēlōcī			vēlōcibus
vocative	vēlōx			vēlōcēs	vēlōcia

Derived terms

Descendants

English: velocity
French: véloce
Italian: veloce
Portuguese: veloz
Spanish: veloz

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1118
velox in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
velox in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “velox”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.