Rapidusとは意味・読み方・使い方

From rapiō (“snatch”) +‎ -idus.

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

rapid, quick, swift

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

Antonyms: lentus, tardus, sērus
fierce, fiery, blazing, white-hot, consuming
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, 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.)
seizing
(figuratively) hasty, hurried

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
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

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 (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 564a

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