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Dictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- saevĭtĭa, ae (collat. form acc. saevitiem, App. M. 6, p. 181 med.), f. [saevus], a raging, rage, fierceness, ferocity. I. Lit., of animals:
sicut aves ad volatum, equi ad cursum, ad saevitiam ferae gignuntur
, Quint. 1, 1, 1: canum
, Plin. 8, 40, 61, 146. —II. Transf., for any violent, passionate excitement, fierceness, violence, harshness, savageness, cruelty, barbarity, severity, etc. (freq. and class.). A. Of persons: num meam saevitiam veritus?
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 15: in judicio aut saevitiam aut clementiam judicis (sibi proponet)
, Cic. Part. 4, 11; so (with immanitas) Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 2: feneratorum (shortly before: violentia atque crudelitas)
, Sall. C. 33, 1: Iasidos
, Prop. 1, 1, 10; cf. creditorum
, Tac. A. 11, 13: ingenii
, Suet. Calig. 27: hostium
, Sall. J. 7, 2; Tac. A. 1, 67; 2, 11; Liv. 2, 58: secandi urendique
, Plin. 29, 1, 6, 13; Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24: saevitiam reprimere
, Suet. Calig. 6: quantum saevitia glisceret
, Tac. A. 6, 19.—In plur.: quibus saevitiis et maxime faenoris onere oppressa plebs
, Sall. H. 1, 9 Dietsch; cf. id. id. 2, 40 ib.—B. Of things: maris
, Vell. 1, 2, 7; Plin. 9, 31, 51, 100: Scyllae
, id. 3, 8, 14, 87: undae
, Ov. H. 19, 23: hiemis
, Col. 8, 17, 11; Plin. 19, 8, 51, 166; for which, temporis
, Sall. J. 37, 4: tempestatum
, Plin. 2, 47, 47, 125: caeli
, Curt. 8, 4, 13: maris
, id. 4, 3, 7: ignea (i. e. sacri ignis)
, Col. 7, 5, 16: amoris
, id. 6, 37, 1: annonae
, i. e. dearness
, Tac. A. 2, 87.
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