rapidus

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Verb

rapidus

  1. conditional of rapidi

Latin

Etymology

From rapiō (“snatch”) +‎ -idus.[1]

For the semantic parallels, compare Irish sciobtha (“quick”) from Irish sciob (“to snatch”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

rapidus (feminine rapida, neuter rapidum, comparative rapidior, superlative rapidissimus, adverb rapidē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. rapid, quick, swift
    Synonyms: vēlōx, celer, properus, levis, prōmptus, facilis
    Antonyms: lentus, tardus, sērus
  2. fierce, fiery, blazing, white-hot, consuming
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.42–43:
      “Ipsa Iovis rapidum iaculāta ē nūbibus ignem,
      disiēcitque ratēs ēvertitque aequora ventīs.”
      “ by herself had hurled Jove’s consuming fire from the clouds: both destroyed the ships and upturned the level seas with gales.”
      (Juno, speaking in soliloquy, envies the ability of Pallas/Athena/Minerva to use Jupiter’s lightning.)
  3. seizing
  4. (figuratively) hasty, hurried

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative rapidus rapida rapidum rapidī rapidae rapida
genitive rapidī rapidae rapidī rapidōrum rapidārum rapidōrum
dative rapidō rapidae rapidō rapidīs
accusative rapidum rapidam rapidum rapidōs rapidās rapida
ablative rapidō rapidā rapidō rapidīs
vocative rapide rapida rapidum rapidī rapidae rapida

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “rapio”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 564a

Further reading

  • “rapidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rapidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rapidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • rapidus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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