rapidus adj. with comp. and sup. RAP-, tearing away, seizing, fierce: ferae, O.: agmen, a fierce pack, O.: aestus, V.: flamma, O.: ignis, V.

—Impetuous, hurrying, rushing, fleet, swift, quick, rapid: torrens, V.: amnis, H.: flumen, Cs.: Fluminum lapsūs, H.: rapidior unda, Cu.: ignis Iovis, V.: sol, H.: volucris rapidissima milvus, O.: manus, V.: agmen, V.

—Fig., hurried, impetuous, vehement, hasty: oratio: rapidus consiliis, precipitate, L.