swift (adj.) Copy link • swift (adj.): cĕler, cĭtus, vēlox, pernix, răpĭdus: v. quick, fast, rapid. Phr.: s. in swimming, celer nandi, Sil. 4, 587: s. at catching the boar, celer excipere aprum, Hor. Od. 3, 12, 11: s.-footed, cĕlĕrĭpes (rare), Cic. Att. 9, 7: a s.-sailing ship, cĕlox, ōcis, f.: Liv. 21, 17: cĕlēs, ētis, m.: Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208.