saevarum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →saevus, saeva -um, saevior -or -us, saevissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
savage; fierce/ferocious; violent/wild/raging; cruel, harsh, severe; vehement;
gen. pl. (f.)
Examples
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...matre Menephron concubiturus erat saevarum more ferarum; Cephison procul hinc deflentem fata nepotis respicit in tumidam phocen..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...videntur lampades et rutilis conlucere ignibus aedes falsaque saevarum simulacra ululare ferarum, fumida iamdudum latitant per tecta sorores..."