speed (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. cĕlĕrĭtas2. prŏpĕrātio (all needful expedition) • speed (subs.): 1. cĕlĕrĭtas: v. quickness (II.). 2. prŏpĕrātio (all needful expedition): festīnātio (hurry): v. haste. Phr.: there is need of s. (prompt expedition), opus est mature facto, Sall. Cat. 1: more haste less s., sat celeriter fit quidquid fit satis bene, Aug. in Suet. Vit. 25: sat cito si sat bene (R. and A.): *quod nimis festinatur opus saepius retardari solet: with all s., confestim. Join: sine ulla mora et confestim [rem gerere], Cic. Ph. 5, 12. For phr. good s., v. success.