rapiditas

Latin

Etymology

From rapidus (“rapid, swift”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /raˈpi.di.taːs/, [räˈpɪd̪ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /raˈpi.di.tas/, [räˈpiːd̪it̪äs]

Noun

rapiditās f (genitive rapiditātis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rapiditās	rapiditātēs
genitive	rapiditātis	rapiditātum
dative	rapiditātī	rapiditātibus
accusative	rapiditātem	rapiditātēs
ablative	rapiditāte	rapiditātibus
vocative	rapiditās	rapiditātēs

Related terms

• rapidē
• rapidulus
• rapidus

Descendants

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

References

• “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

Adjective

rapiditas

1. feminine plural of rapidito