hurry (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. festīnātio2. trĕpĭdātio • hurry (subs.): 1. festīnātio: the h. of persons running to and fro, f. discurrentium, Curt. 3, 8, ad fin.: we must take care not to use too much speed in our h., cavendum est ne in festinationibus nimias suscipiamus celeritates, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131. 2. trĕpĭdātio: v. alarm. Phr.: to be in a h., festinare, trepidare (v. to hurry, I.): what! in such a h. (so quickly), hui! tam cito, Ter. Andr. 3, 1, 16: to do nothing in a h., nihil cursim, raptim, temere facere (v. hurriedly).