rapidus
Esperanto
[edit]Verb
[edit]rapidus
- conditional of rapidi
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From rapiō (“snatch”) + -idus.[1]
For the semantic parallels, compare Irish sciobtha (“quick”) from Irish sciob (“to snatch”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) 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
- (figuratively) hasty, hurried
Declension
[edit]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
[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, volume 10: R, page 66
- ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “rapio”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016