rapid Copy link Outline 1. răpĭdus (hurrying along and carrying things with it)2. cĕler, ĕris, e3. cĭtus, cĭtātus • rapid: 1. răpĭdus (hurrying along and carrying things with it): a r. torrent, r. torrens, Virg. Aen. 2, 305: a r. river, r. amnis, Hor. S. 1, 10, 62: a very r. river, rapidissimum flumen, Caes. B. C. 1, 50: r. horses, r. equi, Ov. F. 5, 592: r. poison, r. venenum, Tac. A. 12, 67; r. virus, ib. 13, 15. Fig.: a r. (impetuous) speech, r. oratio, Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3. 2. cĕler, ĕris, e: v. swift. 3. cĭtus, cĭtātus: v. hurried.