saevis
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);
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - 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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...tuto loco, verum video med ad saxa ferri saevis fluctibus. loquere porro, quid sit actum. ACAN. Postquam aspexit..."Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...pericli fallere, et illi patrem. CH. ah ne saevi tanto opere. SI. o Chreme, pietatem gnati! nonne..."Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...ornatus genus in crimine uno vocibus multis atque saevis exstruendo ille iam tunc M. Cato antiquissimus in orationibus..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...quare mors inmatura vagatur? tum porro puer, ut saevis proiectus ab undis navita, nudus humi iacet infans indigus..."Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...ignis Alexandri Phrygio sub pectore gliscens clara accendisset saevi certamina belli nec clam durateus Troiianis Pergama partu inflammasset..."Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...conductum repetens nocte jubente larem paene imitatus obit saevis Elpenora fatis, praeceps per longos dum ruit usque gradus..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...possint eruere ossa canes. XXX Cappadocum saevis Antistius occidit oris Rusticus. O tristi crimine terra nocens! Rettulit ossa..."Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quom me in locis Neptuniis templisque turbulentis servavit, saevis fluctibus ubi sum adflictata multum. Scel. Palaestrio, o Palaestrio..."