rapidus
Esperanto Edit
Verb Edit
rapidus
- conditional of rapidi
Latin Edit
Etymology Edit
From rapiō (“snatch”) + -idus.[1]
Pronunciation Edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈra.pi.dus/, [ˈräpɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈra.pi.dus/, [ˈräːpid̪us]
Adjective Edit
rapidus (feminine rapida, neuter rapidum, comparative rapidior, superlative rapidissimus, adverb rapidē); first/second-declension adjective
- rapid, quick, swift
- 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.”- “[Pallas] by herself had hurled Jove’s consuming fire from the clouds: [she] 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.)
- “[Pallas] by herself had hurled Jove’s consuming fire from the clouds: [she] both destroyed the ships and upturned the level seas with gales.”
- “Ipsa Iovis rapidum iaculāta ē nūbibus ignem,
- seizing
- (figurative) hasty, hurried
Declension Edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | rapidus | rapida | rapidum | rapidī | rapidae | rapida | |
| Genitive | rapidī | rapidae | rapidī | rapidōrum | rapidārum | rapidōrum | |
| Dative | rapidō | rapidō | rapidīs | ||||
| Accusative | rapidum | rapidam | rapidum | rapidōs | rapidās | rapida | |
| Ablative | rapidō | rapidā | rapidō | rapidīs | |||
| Vocative | rapide | rapida | rapidum | rapidī | rapidae | rapida | |
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
References Edit
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “rapĭdus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 529
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “rapĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 66
- ^ Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “rapio”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 564a
Further reading Edit
- “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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016