saevorum
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. (m.)gen. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...aevoTartara dura subis. nec enim Marathonia virgoparcius extinctum saevorum crimine agrestum 75fleverit Icarium, Phrygia quam turre cadentemAstyanacta parens..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...coniuge Pirithoum, quod paene fefellimus omen. nam tibi, saevorum saevissime Centaurorum, Euryte, quam vino pectus, tam virgine visa..."