atrociorem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →atrox, atrocis (gen.), atrocior -or -us, atrocissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fierce, savage, bloody; heinous, cruel; severe; terrible, frightening, dreadful;
acc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
- T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...potestas omnium rerum esset, ne iram quidem unquam atrociorem fuisse in eos qui temeritate atque inscitia exercitus amisissent..." - P
Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...litteris Caesaris coercitus, et cuncta in Mithridaten fluxere, atrociorem quam novo regno conduceret. at Parthi imperatores cum pugnam..."