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• quickly and quick (adv.):

I. Of the process: with speed or activity
II. Of the result: soon: readily: easily: (the two senses are so distributed in the Latin words, as to be best discerned in the examples. N.B.--The advs. and adjs. are often used interchangeably).

1. cĭto: be off quick! abi cito et suspende te, Ter. Andr. 1, 5, 20: Prov. bis dat qui cito dat: (= readily): to learn q., cito discere, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 146: they (certain learners) haven't much to show, but they show it quickly, non multum praestant, sed cito, Quint. 1, 3, 4: how q.! quam cito, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 98: so q., tam cito, Vulg. Gen. xxvii. 20: v. soon: easily: comp. citius: v. sooner: rather: sup. very q.: cf. se in currus citissime recipere, Caes. B. G. 4, 33, as q. as possible (with all speed), quam citissime: agree q., etc., esto consentiens adversario tuo cito (i. e. in good time), Vulg. Matt. v. 25: sit down q. and write fifty, sede cito, scribe L. (without loss of time), id. Luc. xvi. 6: cf. cito euntes, Matt. xxviii. 7 (cf. exierunt cito, ib. 8, i. e. in haste: surgit c., Joh. ii. 29): to come q., i. e. both soon and suddenly: (as a warning) fut. veniam tibi c., id. Apoc. ii. 16: (cf. ecce! vae tertium veniet c., ib. xi. 14): pres. ecce venio c.! ib. iii. 11: xxii. 12 and 20 (velociter, ib. 7). (N.B.--c. is very freq. in Vulg. Comp.: what thou doest, do q., quod facis, fac citius, id. Joh. xiii. 27.) Deriv. adv.: cĭtātē: comp., to move quicker, cf. piscatores citatius moventur, Quint. 11, 3, 112: sup., as q. as possible, cf. ut versus quam citatissime volvant, id. 1, 1, 37 cĭtātim, with eager speed, (very rare): to write quick, c. scribere, Cic. Att. 14, 20, dub.: cf. ipse in eum locum c. contendit, Hirt. B. Afr. 80. Expr. by adj. cĭtātus: cf. ferunt citati signa, Liv. 41, 3: q.r than a winged shaft, pennaque citatior ibat, Sil. 10, 11: cĭtus: cf. equites parent citi, Pl. Am. 1, 1, 88: citi solvite vela, Virg. Aen. 4, 574: somnus fugiens citus abiit (is q. gone), Cat. 63, 42: concĭtus: cf. concito gradu ingressi, Vulg. 2 Reg. xvii. 18. Expr. by verb, cĭto, 1, to move q., cf. citat hastum, Sil. 4, 583.
2. cĕlĕrĭter (v. soon: speedily): as soon as, etc., fortune q. changes (sides in war), simul perfecto ponte c. fortuna mutatur, Caes. B. C. 1, 59. Comp.: to move quicker, celerius moveri (opp. to tardius), Cic. Tim. 9: a forced (or precocious) maturity perishes all the q.er, celerius occidere festinatam maturitatem, Quint. 6. praef. § 10: with eo, (contrasted with maturius): (in argument) to deal with a point the q.er in order to arrive at another the sooner, cf. ut eo celerius de isto transigamus, quo maturius ad Apronium possimus pervenire, Cic. Verr. 3, 24, 60: Dimin. celeriuscule; to speak somewhat q.er, c. dicere, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24: sup., very q., (of the mind), celerrime multa simul agitantem, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45. Expr. by subs., to grow very q., (quaedam) crescere summa celeritate, opp. to quaedam paulo tardius, Plin. 9, 51, init. Expr. by the verb cĕlĕro, 1, to execute an order q., imperium alicujus celerare, Val. Fl. 4, 80: and accelero, 1: make q., accelera et fac, Vulg. Gen. xviii. 6.
3. vēlōcĭter (swiftly, speedily): of motion; to follow q. (after one another), v. consequi, Ov. M. 4, 508: rise up q., surge v., Vulg. Act. xii. 7: make haste and go out q., festina et exi velociter, ib. xxii. 18: the accomplishment of writing well and q., cura bene ac v. scribendi, Quint. 1, 1, 28: of change: to grow old q., v. senescere, Plin. 16, 44, 90. Join: cito atque v. consurget in vos furor Domini, Vulg. Josh. xxiii. 16. Comp. to fly away the q.er, cf. optimis rebus agitatus et exercitatus animus velocius in hanc sedem et domum suam pervolabit, Cic. Rep. 6, 26: sup., to move the q.est, velocissime moveri (after celerius), Cic. Tim. 9: the enemy fled very q., hostes v. refugiebant, Caes. B. G. 5, 35: he used to copy handwriting very q., (Titum) notis excipere v. solitum chirographa, Suet. Tit. 3. Expr. by adj. vēlox: come q.! velox veni! Hor. Od. 4, 12, 22.
4. ōcĭter (swiftly, speedily): rare in pos., cf. profer ociter, Apul. M. 1, p. 113: Eng. pos. expr. by Lat. comp.: cf. sequere hac me ocius, Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 4: (a rude order at table), quick, there, bring me the oil! Nemon' oleum fert ocius? Hor. S. 2, 7, 34. Comp.: and this the q.er, idque (animus) ocius faciet, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 (in continuation of loc. sup. cit., No. 3): to arrive the q.er, ocius pervenire ad, id. Quint. 13: they plied their oars q.er, illi ocius incubuere omnes, Virg. Aen. 8, 444: sup., to bear (fruit) very q., ocissime ferre, Plin. 17, 11, 16: to be healed very q., (ulcera omnia) ocissime sanari, id. 34, 10, 22: as q. as possible, cf. quam ocissume ad provinciam accedat, Sall. J. 25: v. soon.
5. prŏpĕrē (v. hastily: (IN) HASTE): cf. p. sequere me, Pl. Aul. 2, 2, 86: be off q., p. egredere, Nep. Epam. 4: der. adv. prŏpĕrĭter (rare): to put to sea q., classem in altum p. deducere, Pac. in Non. 155, 6: cf. Apul. M. 6, p. 184: prŏpĕrātim (rare): cf. p. conficere opus, Caecil. in Non. 153, 15: prŏpĕrāto: cf. p. ad mortem agitur, Tac. A. 13, 1. Expr. by verb, prŏpĕro, 1: had not M. q. assumed the offensive and sallied out, ni Marius signa inferre atque evadere oppido properavisset, Sall. J. 56: esp. as exclam., quick! cf. propera, fer pedem, Pl. Men. 3, 3, 30: adv. and verb: quick! quick! propere propera (with inf. vomere argentum), id. Curc. 5, 3, 10. Note:--(stronger) praecĭpĭtanter: răpĭde: v. hastily: hurriedly: rapidly.
6. pernīcĭter (v. nimbly): see how q. (the fires) have leapt forth, viden' ut perniciter exsiluere (ignes), Cat. 62, 8: cf. p. equo desilire, Liv. 26, 4: birds flying high and quick, alites alte p.que volantes, Plin. 8, 14, 14. Also, in sim. sense, ăgĭlĭter, Amm. 14, 2: comp. Col. 2, 2.
7. impĭgre (v. actively: readily: speedily): I rose q. in the dead of night, de nocte multa imp. exsurrexi, Pl. Rud. 4, 2, 10: cf. imp. se movere, Liv. 1, 10: consulem imp. milites secuti sunt, id. 2, 47.
8. festīnanter (v. hastily: hurriedly): also expr. by adj. festīnus: thou shalt go down q., descendes ergo festinus, Vulg. 1 Reg. xx. 19: also by part. festīnans: v. (IN) HASTE.
9. mātūre (v. betimes: early: soon: speedily): when your plan is formed, you should act q., ubi consulueris, mature facto opus est, Sall. C. 1, fin.: comp., cf. maturius pervenire, Cic. Verr. 3, 24, 60: sup., as q. as possible: cf. quibus rebus quam maturrime occurrendum putabat, Caes. B. G. 1, 33, fin.
10. actūtum (v. instantly): freq. in Pl. but rare in subseq. writers: Pl. Am. 1, 3, 32: id. Cap. 3, 5, 75: Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 26: Cic. Phil. 12, 11.
11. făcĭle (v. readily: easily: opp. to slowly and with difficulty): esp. in sup.: it may be q. seen, facillime perspici potest, Cic. Br. 42, 153: neg., a three-fold cord is not q. broken, funiculus triplex difficile rumpitur, Vulg. Eccles. iv. 12.
12. expĕdītē: cf. exp. explicans quod proposuerat, Cic. Br. 67, 237: (of q. perception), Join: in iis rebus celeriter expediteque percipiendis, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, fin.: sup., most easily and q., Join: (quocumque opus erit) facillime et expeditissime conferre, id. Fam. 6, 20.
13. sollerter: cf. aliquid sollertissime perspicere, Cic. Verr. 4, 44. Also expr. by other advs. signifying quickness of apprehension: e. g. ăcūte: perspicāce (and -iter): subtiliter: sagaciter: v. acutely: keenly: readily.
14. Expr. by such advs. as modo: mox: confestim: continuo: extemplo; illico: statim: and by Phrr.: as, nec mora: moram: v. AT once: forthwith: now: soon: presently: immediately: delay.

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