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
- P
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..." - P
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..."