rapidus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

răpĭdus: a, um, adj. rapio,
I tearing away, seizing.
I 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).—
II Transf., tearing or hurrying along, swift, quick, rapid (the predom. and class. signif.; esp. freq. in the poets).
   1    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.—
   2    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. —
   B 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

răpĭdus,⁹ a, um (rapio),
1 [poét.] qui entraîne, qui emporte : Ov. M. 3, 242 ; H. 10, 96 ; 11, 111 || qui emporte tout comme une proie, dévorant : rapidus æstus Virg. B. 2, 10, la chaleur dévorante, cf. Virg. G. 1, 92 ; 1, 424 ; 4, 425 ; Gell. 5, 14, 18
2 qui se lance rapidement, rapide, violent, impétueux, précipité, prompt : rapidissimum flumen Cæs. C. 1, 50, 3, fleuve très rapide ; tum rapidus... Eurytion Virg. En. 5, 513, alors promptement... Eurytion ; rapidum venenum Tac. Ann. 12, 67, poison violent, qui agit rapidement || [fig.] rapida oratio Cic. Fin. 2, 3, exposé trop rapide, sans temps d’arrêt ; rapidus in consiliis Liv. 22, 12, 12, prompt à décider.