rapidity Copy link Outline 1. cĕlĕrĭtas (most usu. word)2. festīnātio3. răpĭdĭtas (of that which carries things away with it)4. vēlōcĭtas • rapidity: 1. cĕlĕrĭtas (most usu. word): to travel with the r. of a Caesar, Caesarina uti celeritate, Cic. Att. 16, 10: r. in speaking, c. dicendi, id. Fl. 20, 48: practice will give r. in writing, celeritatem scribendi consuetudo dabit, Quint. 10, 3, 9. 2. festīnātio: v. hurry. 3. răpĭdĭtas (of that which carries things away with it): the r. of a river, r. fluminis, Caes. B. C. 1, 62. 4. vēlōcĭtas: v. swiftness, quickness.