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cĕlĕro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. id. (mostly poet., or in post-Aug. prose).
I. Act., to quicken, hasten, accelerate; syn.: “festinare, properare): casus,” Lucr. 2, 231: “fugam in silvas,” Verg. A. 9, 378: “gradum,” id. ib. 4, 641: “iter inceptum,” id. ib. 8, 90: “viam,” id. ib. 5, 609: “gressum,” Sil. 1, 574: “vestigia,” id. 7, 720: “opem,” Val. Fl. 3, 251: haec celerans, hastening, executing this (message), Verg. A. 1, 656; cf.: “imperium alicujus,” to execute quickly, Val. Fl. 4, 80: “obpugnationem,” Tac. A. 12, 46.—In pass.: “itineribus celeratis,” Amm. 31, 11, 3: “celerandae victoriae intentior,” Tac. A. 2, 5.—
II. Neutr., to hasten, make haste, be quick (cf. accelero and propero): “circum celerantibus auris,” Lucr. 1, 388; Cat. 63, 26; Sil. 12, 64; Tac. A. 12, 64; id. H. 4, 24; Eutr. 4, 20 (but not Cic. Univ. 10; v. Orell. N. cr.).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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