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(adj.adv.) : răpĭdus, a, um, adj.rapio
* Tearing away, seizing.
* Lit. (very rare, and only poet.): ferae,Ov. H. 10, 96; 11, 111 (but in Lucr. 4, 712, the correct read. is rabidi leones).—Of hunting-dogs: agmen,a tearing, fierce pack,Ov. M. 3, 242; cf. Lucr. 5, 890. —Of fierce, consuming heat: aestus,Verg. E. 2, 10: sol,id. G. 1, 92: Sirius,id. ib. 4, 425: flamma,Ov. M. 2, 123: ignis,Verg. G. 4, 263; Ov. M. 7, 326; 8, 225; 12, 274.— Of a consuming pyre, Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 20.—As epithet of the sea (qs. devouring), Tib. 1, 2, 40 (al. rabidus).
* Transf., tearing or hurrying along, swift, quick, rapid (the predom. and class. signif.; esp. freq. in the poets).
* Of waters: fluvius,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 52; id. Men. prol. 64 sq.: torrens,Verg. A. 2, 305: amnis,Hor. S. 1, 10, 62; Lucr. 1, 14: flumen,Caes. B. C. 1, 50; Hor. S. 2, 3, 242; Tib. 1, 2, 44 Huschk. N. cr.; Quint. 6, 2, 6 al.; cf.: lapsus fluminum (along with celeres venti),Hor. C. 1, 12, 9: Tigris,id. ib. 4, 14, 46: procellae,Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 45: undae (as a mere epitheton ornans),Ov. M. 7, 6.— Sup.: flumen,Caes. B. C. 1, 50 fin.
* Of other hurrying, rapidly moving things: turbo,Lucr. 6, 668; cf. venti,Verg. A. 6, 75: Notus,Hor. C. 1, 28, 21: ignis Jovis,Verg. A. 1, 42: sol,Hor. C. 2, 9, 12; cf.: axis (solis),Ov. F. 3, 518: orbis,id. M. 2, 73; and: caelum,Stat. Th. 1, 197: equi,Ov. F. 5, 592; cf.: volucris rapidissima,id. M. 2, 716: manus,Verg. A. 8, 442: currus,id. ib. 12, 478; cf. cursus,id. ib. 12, 683: agmen,Tac. H. 2, 30; cf. Verg. A. 11, 906: bella,Claud. Cons. Stil. 1, 188: impetus,Flor. 4, 7, 12: venenum,i. e. quickworking,Tac. A. 12, 67; so, virus,id. ib. 13, 15 fin.: pestis,Sil. 7, 351: vires,id. 4, 678.
* Trop., hurried, impetuous, vehement, hasty: oratio,Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3: rapidus in consiliis,over-hasty, precipitate,Liv. 22, 12 fin.: rapidus proelia miscet,Sil. 1, 266: rapidus in urbem vectus,Tac. H. 2, 54.— Hence, adv.: răpĭdē, acc. to II., hurriedly, hastily, quickly, rapidly: dilapsus (fluvius),Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6: iter confecit (along with festinanter),Suet. Calig. 43.—Comp.: eo rapidius ... venit Rigodulum,Tac. H. 4, 71.—Trop.: quod (παθητικόν) cum rapide fertur, sustineri nullo pacto potest, Cic. Or. 37, 128.
* Tearing away, seizing.
* Lit. (very rare, and only poet.): ferae,Ov. H. 10, 96; 11, 111 (but in Lucr. 4, 712, the correct read. is rabidi leones).—Of hunting-dogs: agmen,a tearing, fierce pack,Ov. M. 3, 242; cf. Lucr. 5, 890. —Of fierce, consuming heat: aestus,Verg. E. 2, 10: sol,id. G. 1, 92: Sirius,id. ib. 4, 425: flamma,Ov. M. 2, 123: ignis,Verg. G. 4, 263; Ov. M. 7, 326; 8, 225; 12, 274.— Of a consuming pyre, Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 20.—As epithet of the sea (qs. devouring), Tib. 1, 2, 40 (al. rabidus).
* Transf., tearing or hurrying along, swift, quick, rapid (the predom. and class. signif.; esp. freq. in the poets).
* Of waters: fluvius,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 52; id. Men. prol. 64 sq.: torrens,Verg. A. 2, 305: amnis,Hor. S. 1, 10, 62; Lucr. 1, 14: flumen,Caes. B. C. 1, 50; Hor. S. 2, 3, 242; Tib. 1, 2, 44 Huschk. N. cr.; Quint. 6, 2, 6 al.; cf.: lapsus fluminum (along with celeres venti),Hor. C. 1, 12, 9: Tigris,id. ib. 4, 14, 46: procellae,Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 45: undae (as a mere epitheton ornans),Ov. M. 7, 6.— Sup.: flumen,Caes. B. C. 1, 50 fin.
* Of other hurrying, rapidly moving things: turbo,Lucr. 6, 668; cf. venti,Verg. A. 6, 75: Notus,Hor. C. 1, 28, 21: ignis Jovis,Verg. A. 1, 42: sol,Hor. C. 2, 9, 12; cf.: axis (solis),Ov. F. 3, 518: orbis,id. M. 2, 73; and: caelum,Stat. Th. 1, 197: equi,Ov. F. 5, 592; cf.: volucris rapidissima,id. M. 2, 716: manus,Verg. A. 8, 442: currus,id. ib. 12, 478; cf. cursus,id. ib. 12, 683: agmen,Tac. H. 2, 30; cf. Verg. A. 11, 906: bella,Claud. Cons. Stil. 1, 188: impetus,Flor. 4, 7, 12: venenum,i. e. quickworking,Tac. A. 12, 67; so, virus,id. ib. 13, 15 fin.: pestis,Sil. 7, 351: vires,id. 4, 678.
* Trop., hurried, impetuous, vehement, hasty: oratio,Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3: rapidus in consiliis,over-hasty, precipitate,Liv. 22, 12 fin.: rapidus proelia miscet,Sil. 1, 266: rapidus in urbem vectus,Tac. H. 2, 54.— Hence, adv.: răpĭdē, acc. to II., hurriedly, hastily, quickly, rapidly: dilapsus (fluvius),Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6: iter confecit (along with festinanter),Suet. Calig. 43.—Comp.: eo rapidius ... venit Rigodulum,Tac. H. 4, 71.—Trop.: quod (παθητικόν) cum rapide fertur, sustineri nullo pacto potest, Cic. Or. 37, 128.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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