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4 ocior
ōcĭor, ōcĭus ( sup. ocissimus), adj. comp. [kindr. with Gr. ôkus, Sanscr. ācu, from the root ac, sharp; cf.: acer, acutus, akôkê], swifter, fleeter ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).I.Lit.:II.et ventis, et fulminis ocior alis,
Verg. A. 5, 319; 10, 248:ocior cervis, Ocior Euro,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 23; 24:aurā,
id. ib. 1, 2, 48;2, 20, 13: fugit ocior aurā,
Ov. M. 1, 502:verbere,
Luc. 1, 230:Tigris ocior remeat,
Plin. 8, 18, 25, § 66:ociore ambitu,
id. 2, 8, 6, § 39:ociore spatio,
id. 2, 19, 17, § 81.—Transf., of time, quicker, sooner, earlier; sup.:A.ficorum ocissima senectus,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130:pira,
the soonest ripe, id. 15, 15, 16, § 53:venenum,
id. 27, 2, 2, § 4.—Hence, adv.: ōcĭ-ter; comp. ōcĭus; sup. ocissĭme (old collat. form oxime, Paul. ex Fest. p. 195 Müll.); quickly, swiftly, speedily (class. only in the comp. and sup.; cf.: ocius secundae collationis et deinde tertiae ocissime frequentata sunt, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.).Posit. (ante- and post-class.): ociter serva cives, Enn. ap. Non. 277, 21, acc. to Vahl. ad Enn. Trag. v. 1:B.profer ociter,
App. M. 1, p. 113, 32; p. 125, 8.—Comp., more quickly or speedily, sooner, etc.:2.idque ocius faciet, si, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29:ut ocius ad tuum pervenias,
id. Quint. 13, 43:recreantur ocius,
id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32: omnium Versatur urna, serius ocius Sors exitura, sooner or later, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:angulus iste feret piper et tus ocius uvā,
sooner than, rather than, id. Ep. 1, 14, 23:ocius illud extorquebis,
i. e. more easily, Juv. 6, 53.—Sometimes the comp. is used in gen. for quickly, speedily:C.sequere hac me ocius, Ter Heaut. 4, 7, 4: gladio occursat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 43:nemon' oleum fert ocius?
quickly, Hor. S. 2, 7, 34; Juv. 14, 252; Verg. A. 5, 828:heus Phaedrome, exi, exi, exi, inquam, ocius,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 26.—Sup., very quickly or speedily: ocissime nos liberi possumus fieri, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.:quam ocissume ad provinciam accedat,
as speedily as possible, Sall. J. 25, 5:ferre,
Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 87:sanant ulcera,
id. 34, 10, 22, § 100. -
5 ociter
ōcĭor, ōcĭus ( sup. ocissimus), adj. comp. [kindr. with Gr. ôkus, Sanscr. ācu, from the root ac, sharp; cf.: acer, acutus, akôkê], swifter, fleeter ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).I.Lit.:II.et ventis, et fulminis ocior alis,
Verg. A. 5, 319; 10, 248:ocior cervis, Ocior Euro,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 23; 24:aurā,
id. ib. 1, 2, 48;2, 20, 13: fugit ocior aurā,
Ov. M. 1, 502:verbere,
Luc. 1, 230:Tigris ocior remeat,
Plin. 8, 18, 25, § 66:ociore ambitu,
id. 2, 8, 6, § 39:ociore spatio,
id. 2, 19, 17, § 81.—Transf., of time, quicker, sooner, earlier; sup.:A.ficorum ocissima senectus,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130:pira,
the soonest ripe, id. 15, 15, 16, § 53:venenum,
id. 27, 2, 2, § 4.—Hence, adv.: ōcĭ-ter; comp. ōcĭus; sup. ocissĭme (old collat. form oxime, Paul. ex Fest. p. 195 Müll.); quickly, swiftly, speedily (class. only in the comp. and sup.; cf.: ocius secundae collationis et deinde tertiae ocissime frequentata sunt, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.).Posit. (ante- and post-class.): ociter serva cives, Enn. ap. Non. 277, 21, acc. to Vahl. ad Enn. Trag. v. 1:B.profer ociter,
App. M. 1, p. 113, 32; p. 125, 8.—Comp., more quickly or speedily, sooner, etc.:2.idque ocius faciet, si, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29:ut ocius ad tuum pervenias,
id. Quint. 13, 43:recreantur ocius,
id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32: omnium Versatur urna, serius ocius Sors exitura, sooner or later, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:angulus iste feret piper et tus ocius uvā,
sooner than, rather than, id. Ep. 1, 14, 23:ocius illud extorquebis,
i. e. more easily, Juv. 6, 53.—Sometimes the comp. is used in gen. for quickly, speedily:C.sequere hac me ocius, Ter Heaut. 4, 7, 4: gladio occursat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 43:nemon' oleum fert ocius?
quickly, Hor. S. 2, 7, 34; Juv. 14, 252; Verg. A. 5, 828:heus Phaedrome, exi, exi, exi, inquam, ocius,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 26.—Sup., very quickly or speedily: ocissime nos liberi possumus fieri, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.:quam ocissume ad provinciam accedat,
as speedily as possible, Sall. J. 25, 5:ferre,
Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 87:sanant ulcera,
id. 34, 10, 22, § 100.
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