saevientem
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);
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ignominiam. Cum parum precibus, parum causa proficerent, intueri saevientem contionem iubebant: ita inritatis militum animis subdere ignem..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...possent, de foro abducerent, ipse nunc plebem saevientem precibus lenisset, nunc orasset tribunos ut concilium dimitterent; darent irae..."