rapidus – Latin adjective declension

Adjective: rapidus
Hyphenation:

Declension: First, Second

Nominative

Singular masc.	rapidus
Singular fem.	rapida
Singular neut.	rapidum
Plural masc.	rapidī
Plural fem.	rapidae
Plural neut.	rapida

Genitive

Singular masc.	rapidī
Singular fem.	rapidae
Singular neut.	rapidī
Plural masc.	rapidōrum
Plural fem.	rapidārum
Plural neut.	rapidōrum

Dative

Singular masc.	rapidō
Singular fem.	rapidae
Singular neut.	rapidō
Plural masc.	rapidīs
Plural fem.	rapidīs
Plural neut.	rapidīs

Accusative

Singular masc.	rapidum
Singular fem.	rapidam
Singular neut.	rapidum
Plural masc.	rapidōs
Plural fem.	rapidās
Plural neut.	rapida

Ablative

Singular masc.	rapidō
Singular fem.	rapidā
Singular neut.	rapidō
Plural masc.	rapidīs
Plural fem.	rapidīs
Plural neut.	rapidīs

Vocative

Singular masc.	rapide
Singular fem.	rapida
Singular neut.	rapidum
Plural masc.	rapidī
Plural fem.	rapidae
Plural neut.	rapida

Comparison

Comparative	rapidior
Superlative	rapidissimus

Sample Sentences

rapida et celeritāte caecāta ōrātiō (a speech violently rapid and blinded by its speed) [46 BCE, Cicero, Brutus 264]
“Ipsa Iovis rapidum iaculāta ē nūbibus ignem, (“[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.)) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.42–43]

Adjectives inflected like rapidus

scītus, inadustus, saevus, commodus, vāstus, frāctus, perfectus, pecūniōsus, scelestus, īnfestus, īnfirmus, splendidus, perītus, iugōsus, glōriōsus, vulgātus, lascīvus, sevērus, irritus, facinorōsus, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)

Etymology

1. From rapiō (“snatch”) + -idus.
2. For the semantic development, compare Irish sciobtha (“quick”) from Irish sciob (“to snatch”).

Verbs referencing "rapidus"

English Adjectives rapid, Italian Adjectives ratto, Italian Adjectives rapido, Spanish Adjectives rápido, French Adjectives rapide, Romanian Adjectives repede, Catalan Adjectives ràpid, Asturian Adjectives rápidu, Spanish Adjectives raudo.