rapidulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from rapidus (“swift, quick, rapid”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /raˈpi.du.lus/, [räˈpɪd̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /raˈpi.du.lus/, [räˈpiːd̪ulus]

Adjective

rapidulus (feminine rapidula, neuter rapidulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. swift, rapid

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rapidulus	rapidula	rapidulum		rapidulī	rapidulae	rapidula
Genitive	rapidulī	rapidulae	rapidulī		rapidulōrum	rapidulārum	rapidulōrum
Dative	rapidulō		rapidulō		rapidulīs
Accusative	rapidulum	rapidulam	rapidulum		rapidulōs	rapidulās	rapidula
Ablative	rapidulō	rapidulā	rapidulō		rapidulīs
Vocative	rapidule	rapidula	rapidulum		rapidulī	rapidulae	rapidula

Related terms

• rapidē
• rapiditās
• rapidus

References

• “rapidulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rapidulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.