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LNS

rabidus, rabida, rabidum

1. rabo

adjective (2-1-2)

raving, furious, enraged, savage, fierce, mad, rabid
impulsive, passionate, impetuous

Abbreviations

rabidus, a, um, adj. 1. rabo, raving, furious, enraged, savage, fierce, mad, rabid (as adj. mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: furens, furiosus, insanus): canes, Lucr. 5, 892; Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 98; Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 6; 1, 15, 2; 3, 30, 1; id. Ep. 99, 24: catuli, Sil. 10, 127: corpus (Canis), Cic. Arat. 110: tigres, Verg. G. 2, 151; cf. leones, Lucr. 4, 712; Hor. A. P. 393: lupa, Ov A. A. 3, 8: bimembres, id. M. 12, 494: alios age incitatos, alios age rabidos, Cat. 63, 93: non impulsus et rabidus, Sen. Ira, 1, 12, 4.

— Transf., of things: Pelorum (on account of the neighboring Scylla), Luc. 6, 66 Cort. N. cr.: lingua, Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 11; cf. murmur, Val. Fl. 4, 239: ut rabida ora quierunt, Verg. A. 6, 102; cf. id. ib. 6, 80: aspectus (draconis), Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62: certamen, Sil. 16, 410; cf. arma, id. 7, 253: fames (Cerberi), Verg. A. 6, 421; cf.: sitis (Tantali), Sen. Herc. Oet. 1077: rabies, Cat. 63, 44.

— Trop., impulsive, passionate, impetuous: impulsus et rabidus, Sen. Ira, 1, 12, 5: adfectus, id. ib. 3, 16, 2: furor animi, Cat. 63, 38: mores, Ov. A. A. 3, 501: rabida et jurgiosa facundia, Gell. 19, 9, 7.

—Adv.: rabi-dē, ravingly, madly, furiously, rabidly: omnia rabide appetentem, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16.

— Comp.: raptari, Aug. Mor. Manich. 2, 14.