rapidus

rapidus

Esperanto

Verb

rapidus

1. conditional of rapidi

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Latin

Etymology

From rapiō (“snatch”) +‎ -idus.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.pi.dus/, [ˈräpɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.pi.dus/, [ˈräːpid̪us]

Adjective

rapidus (feminine rapida, neuter rapidum, comparative rapidior, superlative rapidissimus, adverb rapidē); first/second-declension adjective

1. rapid, quick, swift

   Synonyms: vēlōx, celer, properus, levis, prōmptus, facilis

   Antonyms: lentus, tardus, sērus

2. fierce, seizing
3. (figuratively) hasty, hurried

Declension

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

• rapidē
• rapiditās
• *rapidium

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: areapit
  • Romanian: repede ⇒ repezină
• Italo-Romance:
  • Old Italian: ratto
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Emilian: rata
    • Lombard: rat, rata
    • Romagnol: rata
  • Istriot: rato
  • Venetian: rata
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: rade, reve
    • Bourguignon: ref
    • Middle French: rade
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Occitan:

    Auvergnat: raide

    Languedocien: raide

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: roudo
  • Old Spanish: rabdo
    • Spanish: raudo, ⇒ rabión
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: rattu
• Ancient borrowings:
  • → Albanian: repëtë
• Later borrowings:
  • → Asturian: rápidu
  • → Catalan: ràpid
  • → English: rapid
  • → French: rapide
  • → Galician: rápido
  • → German: rapid
  • → Italian: rapido
  • → Portuguese: rápido
  • → Romanian: rapid
  • → Spanish: rápido

References

• 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

1. 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

• “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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016