crudelissimi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →crudelis, crudele, crudelior -or -us, crudelissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cruel/hardhearted/unmerciful/severe, bloodthirsty/savage/inhuman; harsh/bitter;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
- L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...servorum disputare, in quos superbissimi, crudelissimi, contumeliosissimi sumus. Haec tamen praecepti mei summa est: sic cum inferiore vivas..." - M
IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...contempseris. ago quin immo gratias hoc solo nomine crudelissimis fatis, quod maximum facinus non in prima aevi..." - T
Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...maxime patimur, patres conscripti; omnia quae crudelissimi atque importunissimi tyranni scelera in oppressos ciues edunt Pleminius..."