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|lshtext=<b>ōcĭor</b>: ōcĭus (<br /><b>I</b> [[sup]]. ocissimus), adj. comp. [kindr. [[with]] Gr. [[ὠκύς]], Sanscr. ācu, from the [[root]] ac, [[sharp]]; cf.: [[acer]], [[acutus]], [[ἀκωκή]]], swifter, fleeter ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of [[time]], quicker, [[sooner]], earlier; [[sup]].: 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.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Posit. ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): ociter [[serva]] cives, Enn. ap. Non. 277, 21, acc. to Vahl. ad Enn. Trag. v. 1: profer ociter, App. M. 1, p. 113, 32; p. 125, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Comp., [[more]] [[quickly]] or [[speedily]], [[sooner]], etc.: 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sometimes the comp. is used in gen. for [[quickly]], [[speedily]]: 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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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