saeviendis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →saevio, saevire, saevivi, saevitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rage; rave, bluster; be/act angry/violent/ferocious; vent rage on (DAT);
abl. pl. fut. pass. part.dat. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...odium opprimit, omnium inritat. 7. Voluntas oportet ante saeviendi quam causa deficiat; alioqui, quemadmodum praecisae arbores plurimis ramis..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...centuriones invadunt: ea vetustissima militaribus odiis materies et saeviendi principium. prostratos verberibus mulcant, sexageni singulos, ut numerum centurionum..."