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
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...potestas omnium rerum esset, ne iram quidem unquam atrociorem fuisse in eos qui temeritate atque inscitia exercitus amisissent..."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..."
