subito

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Rubato in the 13th Variation and subito piano effects in the 12th gave shape to quick figures that might otherwise pass mechanically.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

Banners proclaimed santo subito, Sainthood Now, and already reports were spreading of miraculous healings by the Pope last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

But at Pope John Paul II's funeral in 2005, those gathered at St. Peter's Basilica shouted "Santo subito!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Repente and subito denote suddenly; repens means sudden, in opp. to exspectatus, expected, Cic.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig

A similar advent of an unseen deity at Met III 96-98 'uox subito audita est; neque erat cognoscere promptum / unde, sed audita est: "quid, Agenore nate, peremptum / serpentem spectas? et tu spectabere serpens"'.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear