A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

cito (adv.): quickly, speedily; before long, soon; easily, without trouble; compar. citius; superl. citissime (adv.); opp. tarde (adv.), slowly, late; opp. lente (adv.), slowly, sluggishly; see celeranter (adv.), promptly, swiftly; cf. mox; soon; see ‘swiftly;’

- citius tardius, sooner or later.

- [fungus] caro pilei stipitisve diffracti citius tardiusve, sed constanter, rubescit (S&A), the broken flesh of the pileus or of the stipe either more quickly or more slowly [i.e. sooner or later], but always becomes red.

- (algae) vividissime oscillantia, citissime elongantur, & crescendo oscillandoque radiantia, radiis saepe uncialibus (Agardh), very vigorously oscillating, very quickly elongated, and by growing and oscillating, radiating out, with the rays often an inch.

- [algae] lente oscillantia, cito tamen crescentia (cum una nocte plusquam unciam elongentur (Agardh), slowly oscillating, yet growing quickly (with one night elongating more than an inch).

- calyx postquam patens tum cito marchescens, calyx after spreading then quickly withering.

- indumentum brunneum in nervis primariis secondariisque cito deciduum, indumentum brown on primary and secondary nerves quickly deciduous.

- hinc germinantes cito in formam sphaericam abeuntes, from here germinating, quickly changing into a spherical form.

- bracteis ovatis acutis minimis citissime deciduis, with the bracts ovate acute very small very quickly deciduous.

- appendice brevi basi hirsuto post anthesin cito deciduo, with the appendage short hirsute at the base, after the period of flowering quickly deciduous.

- substantia pressa aut paullo citius tardiusve pro diverso vigoris gradu, colore pulchre sanguineo tingit, the substance pressed either a little more quickly or slowly depending on the different degree of force, stains with a beautifully blood-red color.

- fructus loculi axi persistenti e stylo formato filis tenuibus affixi, cito caduci (B&H), the locules of the fruit a persistent axis, formed from the style attached with delicate threads, quickly falling away.

- stipulae v. 0 v. petiolo adnatae aliformes et cito deciduae (B&H), stipules either none or adnate to the petiole, wing-shaped and quickly deciduous.

- Fungus parvus, pileolo fornicato, desuper ex obscuro fulvo, & nitido, lamellis altioribus, cervini coloris, cito in atramento solubilibus (Mich.), a small fungus, with vaulted [i.e. arched] little pileus, up above from obscure to fulvous [i.e. yellowish-brown], with the lamellae higher, of the color of deer [i.e. dark-tawny], quickly solubile [i.e. dissolving] into a black fluid.

- Herbam viridem, priusquam semen maturuerit, boves jumentaque pascuntur. Semine gallinaceum genus pastum citissime pinguescit J. B. (Ray), a green herb, before the seed would have ripened, cattle and draught animals are grazed on it. The gallinaceous kind fed with the seed very quickly grows fat. J. Bauhin.