LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

rapiditās

rapiditās f (genitive rapiditātis)
Classical[raˈpɪ.dɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[raˈpiː.di.tas]

Meaning

  1. swiftness, velocity, rapidity (especially of a body of water)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerapiditāsrapiditātēs
genitiverapiditātisrapiditātum
dativerapiditātīrapiditātibus
accusativerapiditātemrapiditātēs
ablativerapiditāterapiditātibus
vocativerapiditāsrapiditātēs

răpĭdĭtas, ātis, f. rapidus,
I. swiftness of a stream that carries all before it; velocity, rapidity (only in the foll. passages): fluminis, Caes. B. C. 1, 62, 2; id. B. G. 4, 17, 2; Front. Strat. 1, 6, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin rapidus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin rapiditās From rapidus (“rapid, swift”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanrapiditat
  • Englishrapidity
  • Frenchrapidité
  • GermanRapidität
  • Italianrapidità

In English words that came into English from rapiditās

  • rapidityrapiditās

Quick answers

What does rapiditās mean in Latin?
rapiditās, a noun, means “swiftness, velocity, rapidity (especially of a body of water)”.
What is the genitive of rapiditās?
The genitive singular is rapiditātis. rapiditās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce rapiditās?
In classical Latin, [raˈpɪ.dɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [raˈpiː.di.tas].