Adjective: ratto
Hyphenation: ràt‧to
| Singular m. | ratto |
| Singular f. | ratta |
| Plural m. | ratti |
| Plural f. | ratte |
Sample Sentences
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"Ratto, ratto, che ’l tempo non si perda
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per poco amor", gridavan li altri appresso,
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"che studio di ben far grazia rinverda". ("Quick, quick, let time not be lost for little love!", cried the others behind, "for effort in well-doing renews grace.") [1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVIII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 103–105; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:]
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così s’allenta la ripa che cade
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quivi ben ratta da l’altro girone;
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ma quinci e quindi l’alta pietra rade. (thus diminishes the bank which falls straight downward here from the other circle; but it grazes the high rock here and there.) [1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVIII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 103–105; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:]
Adjectives inflected like ratto
periurbano,
rigenerativo,
ionizzato,
surrogato,
monferrino,
coscienzioso,
palesato,
urinoso,
megadiverso,
autovalutativo,
sfatto,
sfitto,
tiburtino,
evacuato,
meschino,
angloamericano,
moltiplicativo,
sessantaseiesimo,
transgiordano,
sereno, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin rapidus (“quick”). Doublet of rapido, which was borrowed. See: Latin Adjectives '
rapidus', Latin Adjectives '
rapidus'.
Translations