velox

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Our specimen of the Sharp-shinned Hawk is referred to velox on the basis of the reddish, maculated breast, sides, and thighs.

From Birds from Coahuila, Mexico by Urban, Emil K.

Gratia ter grata est velox, sin forte moretur,   Gratia vix restat nomine digna suo.

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

“Pooh! the passage is a compliment,” said the Greek, who had recovered himself, and seemed wise enough to take the matter gaily— “‘Ingenium velox, audacia perdita, sermo Promptus, et Isaeo torrentior.’

From Romola by Eliot, George

O. velox of Quennerstedt is probably the same as 0. kessleri, but differs in having three complete rows of ventral cirri.

From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)

And St. Bernard, "Prodit enim castor proprio de corpore velox Reddere quas sequitur hostis avarus opes."

From The itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales by Cambrensis, Giraldus