Celer

See also: celer and céler

Latin

Etymology

From celer (“fast, swift”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ler/, [ˈkɛɫ̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ler/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːler]

Proper noun

Celer m sg (genitive Celeris); third declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Publius Egnatius Celer, a Roman philosopher

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Celer
genitive	Celeris
dative	Celerī
accusative	Celerem
ablative	Celere
vocative	Celer

References

• Celer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Celer”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray