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|lshtext=<b>cĕlox</b>: ōcis, f. [[celer]], [[cello]] (orig. adj., [[related]] to [[celer]], as [[atrox]] to [[ater]], [[ferox]] to [[ferus]], etc.; cf. Doed. Syn. 2, p. 123; [[later]]<br /><b>I</b> subst., sc. [[navis]], [[ratis]], etc.), a [[swift]]-[[sailing]] [[ship]], a cutter, yacht, [[κέλης]]>, Enn. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1, 22; Varr. and Turp. ap. Non. p. 533, 5 sq.; Liv. 21, 17, 3: celocem (celetem, Sillig), Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208 et saep.; cf. Isid. Orig. l. l.: publica, a packet-[[boat]], Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 94; humorously for a [[full]] [[belly]], id. Ps. 5, 2, 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Adj., [[swift]], [[quick]], [[but]] [[with]] [[reference]] to the [[first]] signif., Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 40; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 4; so id. Mil. 4, 1, 40 sq.
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