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Dictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- saevus, a, um (collat. form saevis, e; in gen. plur. saevium, Amm. 15, 9; 29, 5), adj. [etym. dub.; perh. akin with scaevus, q. v.], roused to fierceness (while ferus signifies naturally fierce); raging, furious, fell, savage, ferocious, etc. (mostly poet.) I. Lit., of animals:
leones
, Lucr. 3, 306; 4, 1016; cf.: saecla leonum
, id. 5, 862: leaena
, Tib. 3, 4, 90: lea
, Ov. M. 4, 102: saevior leaena
, Verg. G. 3, 246: apri
, Lucr. 5, 1327: sues
, id. 5, 1309: lupi
, Tib. 1, 5, 54: canes
, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40; Ov. M. 7, 64: ferae
, Tib. 1, 10, 6; Ov. M. 4, 404; 7, 387: belua
, Hor. C. 1, 12, 22.—II. Transf., of any vehement, passionate excitement, fierce, cruel, violent, harsh, severe, fell, dire, barbarous, etc. (syn.: crudelis, inmitis, trux, durus). A. Of persons: nunc truculento mihi atque saevo usus sene est
, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 3; so (with truculentus) id. Truc. 3, 2, 5; cf.: agrestis, saevus, tristis, parcus, truculentus, etc.
, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12: gens, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: ex amore saevus
, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 43: uxor
, cross
, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 17: vir
, Hor. C. 3, 10, 2: custos
, id. Ep. 1, 16, 77: magister
, id. ib. 1, 18, 13: novercae
, Verg. G. 2, 128: Canidia
, Hor. Epod. 5, 47: Tisiphone
, id. S. 1, 8, 33: mater Cupidinum
, id. C. 1, 19, 1; 4, 1, 5: Juno
, Verg. A. 1, 4; cf.: conjux Jovis
, Ov. M. 9, 199: Proserpina
, Hor. C. 1, 28, 20: Necessitas
, id. ib. 1, 35, 17: tyrannus
, Ov. M. 6, 581; cf.: cum tyranno saevissimo et violentissimo in suos
, Liv. 34, 32: saevus metu
, Suet. Dom. 3: aliquanto post civilis belli victoriam saevior
, id. ib. 10: post cujus interitum vel saevissimus exstitit
, id. Tib. 61: saevorum saevissime Centaurorum, Euryte
, Ov. M. 12, 219 et saep.: saevus in armis Aeneas acuit Martem, terrible, deino/s, Verg. A. 12, 107: Hector
, id. ib. 1, 99; Ov. M. 13, 177: Achilles
, id. ib. 12, 582: sed manibus qui saevus erit
, Tib. 1, 10, 67: nimium in pellice saevae deae
, Ov. M. 4, 547: videt Atridas Priamumque et saevum ambobus Achillem
, Verg. A. 1, 458: saevus accusandis reis
, Tac. A. 11, 5: duces
, Hor. C. 3, 16, 16.—Poet., with inf. (cf. saevio, II. A.): quaelibet in quemvis opprobria fingere saevus
, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30; cf. in comp.: saevior ante alios iras servasse
, Sil. 11, 7.—B. Of things: mare, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 352 Müll.; Sall. J. 17, 5: pelagus
, Ov. M. 14, 559: fluctus
, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 4: procellae
, Lucr. 3, 805: undae
, id. 5, 222: saevi exsistunt turbines, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157: ventus
, Cic. Att. 5, 12; Liv. 28, 18; Ov. M. 12, 8: tempestates, Lucil. ap. Non. 388, 17; Lucr. 6, 458; Liv. 24, 8; cf. hiems
, id. 40, 45; Val. Fl. 7, 52: Orion
, Verg. A. 7, 719: scopulus
, id. ib. 5, 270: ignes
, Prop. 1, 1, 27; Ov. M. 2, 313; Hor. C. 1, 16, 11: bipennis
, Ov. M. 8, 766: falx Priapi
, Tib. 1, 1, 18: catenae
, Hor. C. 3, 11, 45: tympana, sounding harshly or terribly, id. ib. 1, 18, 13 et saep.: saevo ac duro in bello, Lucil. ap. Non. 388, 15; so, bellum
, Lucr. 1, 475: saeva et tristia dicta, Lucil. ap. Non. 388, 23: unde superstitiosa primum saeva evasit vox fera, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115: minae
, Prop. 1, 17, 6 sq.: verba
, Hor. Epod. 12, 13: jocus
, id. Ep. 2, 1, 148; id. C. 1, 33, 12: naves
, id. ib. 1, 37, 30: militia
, id. Ep. 1, 18, 54: cum ex saevis et perditis rebus ad meliorem statum fortuna revocatur
, Cic. Rep. Fragm. 6, p. 419 Osann (5, p. 247 B. and K.; ap. Amm. 15, 5, 23): Medea amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34; and ap. Cic. Cael. 8, 18 (Trag. v. 288 Vahl.); so, Amor
, Verg. E. 8, 47: horror
, id. A. 12, 406: verbera
, id. G. 3, 252: ira
, Prop. 1, 18, 14: damna
, Tac. A. 2, 26: adulationes
, id. ib. 4, 20: caedes
, Ov. M. 1, 161: dolores
, Verg. A. 1, 25: ira
, Ov. M. 1, 453: paupertas
, Hor. C. 1, 12, 43: quae sibi belligeranti saeva vel prospera evenissent
, Tac. A. 2, 5: ut saeva et detestanda Quirinio clamitarent
, id. ib. 3, 23: multa saevaque questus
, id. ib. 1, 6.— Adv., in three forms, saeve, saeviter (anteclass.), and saevum (in post-Aug. poets), fiercely, furiously, ferociously, cruelly, barbarously, etc. (a). saevē: saeve et atrociter factitavit
, Suet. Tib. 59: facere omnia
, Luc. 8, 492: gesturus impia bella
, id. 7, 171. —(b). saevĭter: ferro cernunt de victoriā, Enn. ap Non. 511, 8; Att. and Afran. ib. 4, 7; Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 3; id. Poen. 1, 2, 122; id. Trin. 4, 3, 53.—(g). saevum: cui arridens
, Sil. 1, 398; Stat. Th. 3, 589; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 285.—b. Comp.: lumina Gorgoneo saevius igne micant
, Ov. A. A. 3, 504; Plin. 30, 2, 5, 15; Hor. C. 2, 10, 9.—c. Sup.: sunt (loca), quae tepent hieme, sed aestate saevissime candent
, Col. 1, 4, 9; Claud. ap. Suet. Claud. 2: saevissime dentiunt
, Plin. 11, 37, 64, 170.
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