saevus
Latin
Alternative forms
- saevis
- sēvus (Medieval Latin)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y-wo-, from *sh₂ey- (“to be fierce, afflict”). Cognate with English sore and possibly with English sea.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsae̯.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛː.vus]
Adjective
saevus (feminine saeva, neuter saevum, comparative saevior, superlative saevissimus, adverb saevē); first/second-declension adjective
- furious, ferocious, fierce, violent, barbarous, cruel, savage
- Synonyms: torvus, trux, truculentus, ferōx, atrōx, violēns, immānis, efferus, ferus, crūdēlis, barbaricus, silvāticus, ācer, acerbus, sevērus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | saevus | saeva | saevum | saevī | saevae | saeva | |
| genitive | saevī | saevae | saevī | saevōrum | saevārum | saevōrum | |
| dative | saevō | saevae | saevō | saevīs | |||
| accusative | saevum | saevam | saevum | saevōs | saevās | saeva | |
| ablative | saevō | saevā | saevō | saevīs | |||
| vocative | saeve | saeva | saevum | saevī | saevae | saeva | |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “saevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “saevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- saevus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.