Cruel in countenance, and menacing: rough: terrible. Gens truculenta. Ouid. Aequor truculentum. Catu. Auster truculentior. Claud. Facinus nefarium & truculentissimum. Aurhor ad Heren. Insomnia truculenta. Sil. Tigris feris cunctis truculenta. Plinius. The tygre crnell towarde al beastes.

1. Lit.: agrestis, saevus, tristis, parcus, truculentus, tenax, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12; cf.: quam taeter incedebat! quam truculentus! quam terribilis aspectu, Cic. Sest. 8, 19: truculentus atque saevus, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 3; id. Truc. 2, 2, 10 sq.; 3, 2, 6; Quint. 11, 3, 73; Ov. M. 13, 558: tigris etiam feris ceteris truculenta, Plin. 8, 4, 5, 10.— Hence, subst.: Trŭcŭlentus, i, m., a play by Plautus, Cic. Sen. 14, 50; Varr. L. L. 7, 3.—Comp.: nulla Getis gens est truculentior, Ov. P. 2, 7, 31: quo truculentior visu foret, Tac. H. 4, 22: feta truculentior ursa, Ov. M. 13, 803: Armeniam invasit truculentior quam antea, Tac. A. 12, 50.—

2. Of things: truculentis oculis, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21: aequor, wild, stormy, Cat. 64, 179: vocibus truculentis strepere, wild, tumultuous, mutinous, Tac. A. 1, 25.—Subst.: trŭcŭlenta, ōrum, fierce conduct or language: truculenta pelagi tulistis, Cat. 63, 16; cf. caeli, Tac. A. 2, 24: truculenta loquens, Ov. M. 13, 558.—Sup.: truculentissimum ac nefarium facinus, Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12.—Adv.: trŭcŭlentē or trŭcŭ-lenter, savagely, fiercely, ferociously: nolite truculenter insequi inania verba populorum, Cassiod. Var. 1, 13; Ven. Fort. Vit. S. Mart. 4, 541.—Comp.: quod truculentius se gereret quam ceteri, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13: instans, Val. Max. 3, 8, 5.—Sup.: quam potuit truculentissime eum aspexit, Quint. 6, 1, 43.