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veloci

veloci is a Latin form of velox, meaning “swift, quick”. It is the ablative singular masculine adjective.

Found 36 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.571: praemia veloci coniunx thalamique dabuntur,

Phaedrus, Fabulae 3.2.10: Veloci saltu fovea sese liberat

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2.3.3: … io e peditibus lectos expediti corporis breuibus et incuruis septenis armatos hastis, paruo tegumine munitos, ueloci saltu iungere se equitantibus et rursus celeri motu delabi instituit, quo facilius equestri proelio subiecti …

All forms of velox (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.