I.a. [cf. Gr. θείνω; Lat. -fendo in defendo, offendo, -festus in manifestus, etc., and fustis, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 190; Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 255].
I. Neutr., to hasten, make haste, hurry, be quick (class.; not in Caes.; syn.: propero, celero, maturo): aliud est properare, aliud festinare. Qui unum quid mature transigit, is properat: qui multa simul incipit neque perficit, is festinat, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 14, 2; id. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. properare, p. 235 Müll.; ap. Non. 441, 22: “propemodum quid illic festinet sentio,” Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 14: “aput nos eccillam festinat cum sorore uxor tua,” id. Stich. 4, 1, 30: “quid festinas?” Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 8; cf.: “quamquam festinas, non est mora longa,” Hor. C. 1, 28, 35; Sall. Fragm. ap. Don. Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 8: “ibi,” Plaut. Stich. 5, 3, 4: “plura scripsissem, nisi tui festinarent,” Cic. Fam. 12, 22, 4; cf. id. Att. 6, 2 fin.: “solent nautae festinare quaestus sui causa,” id. Fam. 16, 9, 4: “esseda festinant, pilenta, petorrita, naves,” Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 192: “in provinciam festinare,” Quint. 6, 3, 39: “ad portas,” Sall. J. 69, 2; cf.: “ad singulare Antonii factum festinat oratio,” Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 3: “ad probationem,” Quint. 4, 3, 8; cf. id. 4, 5, 10: “quis te festinare jubet?” Juv. 14, 212.—Prov.: festina lente (σπεῦδε βραδέως), Suet. Aug. 25.
II. Transf., as v. a., to make haste with a thing, to hasten, hurry, accelerate, do speedily.
(α).
With an object-clause (class.): “ut migrare tanto opere festines,” Cic. Fam. 7, 23 fin.: “ne festinaret abire,” Sall. J. 64, 4: “ultum ire injurias,” id. ib. 68, 1: “finem imponere,” Quint. 9, 4, 146: “sequi,” Curt. 6, 6, 25: “componere lites,” Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 12: “quae laedunt oculum, festinas demere,” id. ib. 1, 2, 38: “terris advertere proram,” Verg. G. 4, 117: “aram congerere arboribus,” id. A. 6, 177; cf.: “callidus id modo festinabat, Bocchi pacem imminuere, ne, etc.,” Sall. J. 81 fin.: “universis prodesse festinet,” Inscr. Orell. 775.—
(β).
With acc. (not in Cic.): festivum festinant diem, hasten to celebrate, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 401 (Trag. v. 434 ed. Vahl.): “ni id festinaret,” Sall. J. 77, 1: “ad bellum cuncta,” id. ib. 73, 1: soleas festinate (sc. dare), id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 425: “festinare fugam,” Verg. A. 4, 575: “vias,” Stat. Th. 2, 478: “poenas,” Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 61: “pyram,” Sil. 8, 52: “vestes,” Stat. S. 2, 1, 128: “caedes, patibula, ignes, cruces,” Tac. A. 14, 33: “mortem in se,” to bring on speedily, id. ib. 4, 28: “pyram,” prepares in haste, Sil. 8, 52.—In pass.: “quod animo cupienti nihil satis festinatur,” Sall. J. 64 fin.: “ea cuncta per idoneos ministros festinabantur,” Tac. H. 2, 82: “cum belli civilis praemia festinarentur,” id. ib. 3, 37: “nec virgines festinantur,” are not married early, id. G. 20: “adoptio festinatur,” id. A. 12, 25; 6, 50; id. H. 3, 37.—In part. perf., hastened, accelerated: “festinata maturitas,” Quint. 6 praef. § 10; “iter,” Ov. P. 4, 5, 8: “missio,” Tac. A. 1, 52: “casus,” id. ib. 6, 44: “nuptiae,” Suet. Aug. 69: “honores,” i. e. obtained before the proper time, Luc. 8, 24; Plin. Pan. 69, 5: “festinatis annis raptus,” by an early death, Mart. 7, 40, 7; cf.: “festinatis lictorum manibus in carcerem raptus,” Tac. A. 6, 40: “mors domini gladiis tam festinata,” prematurely inflicted, Juv. 4, 96.—*
(γ).
With se, to make haste, Gell. 14, 2, 9.—Hence,
1. festīnans , antis, P. a., hasty, in haste: “ille properans, festinans, mandata vestra conficere cupiens,” Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 6: “haec festinans scripsi in itinere atque agmine,” id. Att. 6, 4 fin. —Adv.: festīnanter , hastily, speedily, quickly (class.): “improbe, turbide, festinanter, rapide omnia videtis esse suscepta, Cic. Scaur. § 37: nimium festinanter dictum,” id. Fin. 5, 26, 77.—Comp.: “compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,” Tac. A. 15, 3: “factum quid,” Gell. 10, 11, 8: “publicatum,” Suet. Aug. 29: “germinant,” Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 78.—Sup.: “festinantissime,” Aug. Ep. 250.—
2. festīnāto , adv., hastily, hurriedly (post-Aug.): “quam nihil praeparato, nihil festinato fecisse videtur Milo,” Quint. 4, 2, 58; Suet. Claud. 16; Vulg. Gen. 44, 11 al.
