Latin edit

Etymology edit

From rapidus (rapid, swift) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rapiditās f (genitive rapiditātis); third declension

  1. swiftness, velocity, rapidity (especially of a body of water)

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rapiditās rapiditātēs
Genitive rapiditātis rapiditātum
Dative rapiditātī rapiditātibus
Accusative rapiditātem rapiditātēs
Ablative rapiditāte rapiditātibus
Vocative rapiditās rapiditātēs

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: rapiditat
  • English: rapidity
  • French: rapidité
  • German: Rapidität
  • Italian: rapidità

References edit

  • rapiditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rapiditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rapiditas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish edit

Adjective edit

rapiditas

  1. feminine plural of rapidito