fierce

fierce, wild, savage, untamed.

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ef-fĕro or ecfĕro (cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 766), extŭli, ēlatum, efferre or ecferre, v. a., to bring or carry out, to bring forth (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

ex navi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 82; cf.

tela, etc., ex aedibus Cethegi,

Cic. Cat. 3, 3 fin.:

argentum jubeo jam intus efferri foras,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 62; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 127; id. Most. 2, 1, 58; id. Mil. 4, 8, 4:

argentum ad aliquem,

id. Epid. 5, 1, 27; id. Truc. 3, 1, 16:

machaeram huc,

id. Mil. 2, 5, 53; cf. id. Stich. 2, 2, 28:

puerum extra aedes usquam,

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 48:

cistellam domo,

id. Eun. 4, 6, 15; cf.:

cibaria sibi quemque domo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 3:

frumentum ab Ilerda,

id. B. C. 1, 78, 1:

piscem de custodia,

Col. 8, 17 fin.:

litteras,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 4:

mucronem,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

vexilla, signa, arma (e castris, extra fines, etc.),

Liv. 10, 19; 27, 2; 29, 21; Tac. H. 3, 31 al.:

ferrum a latere deripuit, elatumque deferebat in pectus,

id. A. 1, 35 fin.: Colchis pedem, Enn. ap. Non. 297, 20; so,

pedem,

Verg. A. 2, 657; cf.

pedem aedibus,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19:

pedem portā,

Cic. Att. 6, 8, 5; 7, 2, 6; Suet. Tib. 38:

pedem quoquam,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 97:

se hinc (ignis),

Lucr. 6, 89 and 385:

se vallo (equus),

Tac. A. 15, 7:

Furium longius extulit cursus,

Liv. 3, 5; cf.:

Messium impetus per hostes extulit,

id. 4, 29.—

In partic.

Like the Gr. ekpherô, to carry out (of the house) for burial, to bear to the grave, to bury (cf.: cremo, humo, sepelio, prosequor): optumum'st Loces illum efferendum;

nam jam credo mortuus est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 32; id. Most. 4, 3, 8 sqq.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 90 Don. and Ruhnk.; 1, 1, 101; Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 80; Nep. Att. 17; Liv. 2, 33; 3, 18 fin.; Quint. 8, 5, 21; Suet. Aug. 99; Hor. S. 2, 5, 85; Vulg. Luc. 7, 12.—

Transf.: meo unius funere elata populi Romani esset res publica, carried to burial, i. e. overthrown, destroyed, Liv. 28, 28; 24, 22; 31, 29.—

Of a fruit-bearing soil, to bring forth, bear, produce:

id, quod agri efferant,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4 fin.; id. Brut. 4, 16; cf. also id. Verr. 2, 3, 47 fin.; 86 al.—

Transf.:

ea, quae efferant aliquid ex sese, perfectiores habere naturas quam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 33 fin.; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 109; poet.:

(Italia) genus acre virum,

Verg. G. 2, 169.—

Of motion in an upward direction (cf.: erigo and educo, II. B. 1.), to lift up, elevate, raise, exalt, Lucil. ap. Non. 297, 25:

aliquem in murum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47 fin.:

pars operis in altitudinem turris elata,

id. B. C. 2, 8 fin.; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 103; and Suet. Calig. 32:

corvus e conspectu elatus,

Liv. 7, 26:

pulvis elatus,

id. 4, 33:

elata super capita scuta,

Tac. H. 3, 27: jubar (luna), Petron. Poët. 89, 2, 54; poet.:

caput Auctumnus agris extulit,

Hor. Epod. 2, 18.

Trop.

To set forth, spread abroad, utter, publish, proclaim:

clamorem,

to raise, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73:

quod neque in vulgum disciplinam efferri velint, neque, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 4; cf. Plin. 2, 12, 9:

vocem ejus in vulgus,

Tac. A. 12, 21:

tuum peccatum foras,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 65 Ruhnk.:

hoc foras,

Cic. Phil. 10, 3; so,

clandestina consilia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 6:

rem,

id. ib. 7, 2, 2:

has meas ineptias,

Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 111:

divinitus dicta,

id. ib. 3, 1 fin. et saep.—With a rel. clause:

posteaquam in volgus militum elatum est, qua arrogantia in colloquio Ariovistus usus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4.—

In partic., of speech, to utter, pronounce, express, declare:

verbum de verbo expressum extulit,

Ter. Ad. prol. 11:

ut verba inter se ra tione conjuncta sententiam efferant,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 1 Müll.:

si graves sententiae inconditis verbis efferuntur,

Cic. Or. 44, 150; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 13:

quae incisim aut membratim efferuntur, ea, etc.,

Cic. Or. 67; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 33; 8, 3, 40; 10, 2, 17: pleraque utroque modo efferuntur, luxuriatur, luxuriat, etc., id. 9, 3, 7; cf. id. 1, 5, 16; 64; 2, 14, 2.—

In the pass., qs. to be carried out of one's self by passions, feelings, etc.; to be carried away, transported, hurried away: usque adeo studio atque odio illius efferor ira, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21 fin.; so,

studio,

Cic. de Sen. 23, 83; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 2; cf.

cupiditate,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

vi naturae atque ingenii,

id. Mur. 31, 65:

laetitia,

id. Deiot. 9, 26 (cf. act.:

comitia ista praeclara, quae me laetitia extulerunt,

id. Fam. 2, 10):

incredibili gaudio,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 2; cf. id. Rep. 3, 30; Suet. Caes. 22:

voluptate canendi ac saltandi,

id. Calig. 54:

popularitate,

id. Ner. 53.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To raise, elevate, exalt:

pretia alicujus rei,

Varr. R. R. 3, 6 fin.:

quorum animi altius se extulerunt,

Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

aliquem ad summum imperium per omnes honorum gradus,

id. Cat. 1, 11, 28; cf.:

aliquem supra leges,

Tac. A. 2, 34; and:

aliquem geminatis consulatibus,

id. ib. 1, 3; cf. also id. ib. 4, 40:

aliquem pecunia aut honore,

Sall. J. 49, 4:

patriam demersam extuli,

Cic. Sull. 31, 87; cf. Nep. Dion. 6; Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

aliquem maximis laudibus,

id. Off. 2, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 87:

aliquem summis laudibus ad caelum,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14; cf. Nep. Dion. 7 fin.:

aliquid maximis laudibus,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

aliquem laudibus,

Tac. A. 3, 72:

aliquem verbis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:

aliquid versibus,

id. Rep. 1, 14;

and simply aliquid,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 56; Tac. A. 2, 63:

aliquem in summum odium,

id. H. 4, 42; cf.:

rem in summam invidiam,

Quint. 8, 4, 19.—

In partic., with se, to raise, elevate one's self; to rise, advance (cf.:

appareo, eluceo, exsisto): cum (virtus) se extulit et ostendit suum lumen,

Cic. Lael. 27; cf.

so with a figure borrowed from the heavenly bodies: qua in urbe (Athenis) primum se orator extulit,

id. Brut. 7, 26:

volo se efferat in adolescente fecunditas,

id. de Or. 2, 21.—

In a bad sense, with se, or in the [p. 629] pass., to lift up one's self, to carry one's self high; to be puffed up, haughty, proud on account of any thing (the figure being borrowed from a prancing horse; cf. Liv. 30, 20; and Quint. 10, 3, 10):

nec cohibendo efferentem se fortunam, quanto altius elatus erat, eo foedius corruit (Atilius),

Liv. 30, 30:

quod aut cupias ardenter aut adeptus ecferas te insolenter,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

qui enim victoria se ecferunt, quasi victos nos intuentur,

id. Fam. 9, 2, 2; cf.:

se altius et incivilius,

Flor. 1, 26, 8:

sese audacia, scelere atque superbia,

Sall. J. 14, 11:

hic me magnifice effero,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 31:

(fortunati) efferuntur fere fastidio et contumacia,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54:

se efferre in potestate,

to be insolent in office, id. de Or. 2, 84, 342.—Esp. freq. in the part. perf.:

stulta ac barbara arrogantia elati,

Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 3:

recenti victoria,

id. B. G. 5, 47, 4:

spe celeris victoriae,

id. ib. 7, 47, 3:

gloria,

id. B. C. 3, 79, 6:

elatus et inflatus his rebus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

secunda fortuna magnisque opibus,

Nep. Alcib. 7, 3; id. Milt. 7, 2:

elatus ad vanam fiduciam,

Curt. 3, 19, 10;

but also: ad justam fiduciam,

Liv. 27, 8, 7 et saep.—In the act. (rare, and with a fig. perh. borrowed from the wind): is demum vir erit, cujus animum nec prospera (fortuna) flatu suo efferet ( elates, inflates), nec adversa infringet, Liv. 45, 8 fin. —

Ante-class. and very rare, to carry out to the end, to support, endure: laborem, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 48; cf.: malum patiendo, to get rid of, do away with, Cic. Poët. Tusc. 4, 29, 63 (but not in Lucr. 1, 141, where the better reading is sufferre).—Hence, ēlā-tus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 3. and II. C. 2.), exalted, lofty, high (rare; cf.: superbus, insolens, arrogans, etc.).

Lit.:

modo in elatiora modo in depressiora clivi,

Col. 2, 4, 10:

elatissimae lucernae,

Tert. Apol. 53.—

Trop.:

animus magnus elatusque,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

verba,

high-sounding, id. Or. 36, 124;

hoc casu elatior Julianus,

Amm. 21, 4, 7; Vulg. Rom. 1, 30:

insula opibus,

Nep. Milt. 7, 2. — Adv.: ēlāte, loftily, proudly:

elate et ample loqui, opp. humiliter demisseque sentire,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9:

dicere (opp. summisse),

id. Opt. Gen. 4, 10.— Comp.:

se gerere,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3:

elatius et arrogantius praefatur,

Gell. 9, 15, 4.

ef-fĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ex-ferus], to make wild, savage, fierce (class.; most freq. since the Aug. per.).

Physically:

terram immanitate beluarum efferari,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99:

speciem oris,

Liv. 2, 23; cf.

vultum,

Suet. Calig. 50:

efferantia sese ulcera,

becoming aggravated, malignant, Plin. 26, 14, 87, § 146.— Poet.:

Mars efferat aurum,

i. e. works up into weapons, Stat. Achill. 1, 425; cf.:

homo qui magnae artis subtilitate tantum efferavit argentum,

i. e. wrought into the figures of beasts, App. M. 5, p. 159, 14.—

Mentally:

gentes sic immanitate efferatae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

militem dux ipse efferavit,

Liv. 23, 5; cf. id. 2, 29:

animos,

id. 1, 19; 25, 26:

ingenia,

Curt. 8, 2; 9, 19:

efferavit ea caedes Thebanos omnes ad exsecrabile odium Romanorum,

exasperated, Liv. 33, 29; cf. Vulg. Dan. 8, 7.—Hence, effĕrātus, a, um, P. a., wild, savage, fierce:

sunt enim multa ecferata et immania, quaedam autem humanitatis quoque habent primam speciem,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

vultus,

Petr. 82, 1:

animi,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 11.— Comp.:

mores ritusque,

Liv. 34, 24.— Sup.:

effectus,

Sen. Ep. 121, 4:

canes in homines,

Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 3, 18.— Adv.: effĕrāte, fiercely:

saevire,

Lact. 5, 20, 10.

răbĭes, em, e ( gen. rabies, Lucr. 4, 1083; the other cases do not occur), f. [rabio].

Lit., rage, madness (cf.: furor, insania).

Of dogs, Col. 7, 12, 14; Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64; 29, 5, 32, § 99.—

Of other animals, Col. 6, 35; Plin. 8, 18, 26, § 68:

ursina,

id. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—

Of men, madness, frenzy, Plin. 7, prooem. fin. 1, § 5; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 26; cf.: contactos eo scelere velut injectā rabie ad arma ituros, Liv. 21, 48, 4.—

Trop., of any violent emotion, rage, anger, fury, fierceness, eagerness:

Hecubam putant propter animi acerbitatem quandam et rabiem fingi in canem esse conversam,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

sine rabie,

id. ib. 4, 24, 53; Tac. H. 1, 63:

Archilochum proprio rabies armavit iambo,

Hor. A. P. 79; cf. id. Ep. 2, 1, 149:

non dico horrendam rabiem,

id. S. 2, 3, 323; Vell. 2, 64, 2:

civica,

fierce civil war, Hor. C. 3, 24, 26; cf. Tac. H. 2, 38; 5, 25; id. A. 1, 31; 39:

hostilis,

Liv. 29, 8 fin.:

edendi,

Verg. A. 9, 64. — Of the madness of love. Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 10; Lucr. 4, 1079; Hor. Epod. 12, 9. —

Of the Sibyl's inspiration,

Verg. A. 6, 49. —

Of things:

rabies fatalis temporis,

Liv. 28, 34:

ventorum,

Ov. M. 5, 7; cf.

Noti,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 14:

caelique marisque,

Verg. A. 5, 802:

pelagi,

Sil. 2, 290:

Canis,

the fierce heat of the dogstar, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16:

ventris,

i. e. ravenous hunger, voracity, Verg. A. 2, 357; Sil. 2, 472.

răpĭdus, a, um, adj. [rapio], tearing away, seizing.

Lit. (very rare, and only poet.):

ferae,

Ov. H. 10, 96; 11, 111 (but in Lucr. 4, 712, the correct read. is rabidi leones).—Of hunting-dogs:

agmen,

a tearing, fierce pack, Ov. M. 3, 242; cf. Lucr. 5, 890. —Of fierce, consuming heat:

aestus,

Verg. E. 2, 10:

sol,

id. G. 1, 92:

Sirius,

id. ib. 4, 425:

flamma,

Ov. M. 2, 123:

ignis,

Verg. G. 4, 263; Ov. M. 7, 326; 8, 225; 12, 274.— Of a consuming pyre, Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 20.—As epithet of the sea (qs. devouring), Tib. 1, 2, 40 (al. rabidus).—

Transf., tearing or hurrying along, swift, quick, rapid (the predom. and class. signif.; esp. freq. in the [p. 1523] poets).

Of waters:

fluvius,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 52; id. Men. prol. 64 sq.:

torrens,

Verg. A. 2, 305:

amnis,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 62; Lucr. 1, 14:

flumen,

Caes. B. C. 1, 50; Hor. S. 2, 3, 242; Tib. 1, 2, 44 Huschk. N. cr.; Quint. 6, 2, 6 al.; cf.:

lapsus fluminum (along with celeres venti),

Hor. C. 1, 12, 9:

Tigris,

id. ib. 4, 14, 46:

procellae,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 45:

undae (as a mere epitheton ornans),

Ov. M. 7, 6.— Sup.:

flumen,

Caes. B. C. 1, 50 fin. —

Of other hurrying, rapidly moving things:

turbo,

Lucr. 6, 668; cf.

venti,

Verg. A. 6, 75:

Notus,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 21:

ignis Jovis,

Verg. A. 1, 42:

sol,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 12; cf.:

axis (solis),

Ov. F. 3, 518:

orbis,

id. M. 2, 73; and:

caelum,

Stat. Th. 1, 197:

equi,

Ov. F. 5, 592; cf.:

volucris rapidissima,

id. M. 2, 716:

manus,

Verg. A. 8, 442:

currus,

id. ib. 12, 478; cf.

cursus,

id. ib. 12, 683:

agmen,

Tac. H. 2, 30; cf. Verg. A. 11, 906:

bella,

Claud. Cons. Stil. 1, 188:

impetus,

Flor. 4, 7, 12:

venenum,

i. e. quickworking, Tac. A. 12, 67; so,

virus,

id. ib. 13, 15 fin.:

pestis,

Sil. 7, 351:

vires,

id. 4, 678. —

Trop., hurried, impetuous, vehement, hasty:

oratio,

Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

rapidus in consiliis,

over-hasty, precipitate, Liv. 22, 12 fin.:

rapidus proelia miscet,

Sil. 1, 266:

rapidus in urbem vectus,

Tac. H. 2, 54.— Hence, adv.: răpĭdē, acc. to II., hurriedly, hastily, quickly, rapidly:

dilapsus (fluvius),

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

iter confecit (along with festinanter),

Suet. Calig. 43.— Comp.:

eo rapidius... venit Rigodulum,

Tac. H. 4, 71.— Trop.: quod (pathêtikon) cum rapide fertur, sustineri nullo pacto potest, Cic. Or. 37, 128.

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.)

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.—

Transf., of any vehement, passionate excitement, fierce, cruel, violent, harsh, severe, fell, dire, barbarous, etc. (syn.: crudelis, inmitis, trux, durus).

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, deinos, 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.—

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, [p. 1616] 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.

saevē:

saeve et atrociter factitavit,

Suet. Tib. 59:

facere omnia,

Luc. 8, 492:

gesturus impia bella,

id. 7, 171. —

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.—

saevum:

cui arridens,

Sil. 1, 398; Stat. Th. 3, 589; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 285.—

Comp.:

lumina Gorgoneo saevius igne micant,

Ov. A. A. 3, 504; Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 15; Hor. C. 2, 10, 9.—

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.

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.)

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.—

Transf., of any vehement, passionate excitement, fierce, cruel, violent, harsh, severe, fell, dire, barbarous, etc. (syn.: crudelis, inmitis, trux, durus).

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, deinos, 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.—

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, [p. 1616] 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.

saevē:

saeve et atrociter factitavit,

Suet. Tib. 59:

facere omnia,

Luc. 8, 492:

gesturus impia bella,

id. 7, 171. —

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.—

saevum:

cui arridens,

Sil. 1, 398; Stat. Th. 3, 589; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 285.—

Comp.:

lumina Gorgoneo saevius igne micant,

Ov. A. A. 3, 504; Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 15; Hor. C. 2, 10, 9.—

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.

trŭcŭlentus, a, um, adj. [trux], savage, fierce, ferocious, stern, grim, harsh, cruel, fell (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: saevus, crudelis, trux).

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.—

Of things:

truculentis oculis,

Plaut. As. 2, [p. 1905] 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.

trŭcŭlentus, a, um, adj. [trux], savage, fierce, ferocious, stern, grim, harsh, cruel, fell (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: saevus, crudelis, trux).

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.—

Of things:

truculentis oculis,

Plaut. As. 2, [p. 1905] 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.

trŭcŭlentus, a, um, adj. [trux], savage, fierce, ferocious, stern, grim, harsh, cruel, fell (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: saevus, crudelis, trux).

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.—

Of things:

truculentis oculis,

Plaut. As. 2, [p. 1905] 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.

trŭcŭlentus, a, um, adj. [trux], savage, fierce, ferocious, stern, grim, harsh, cruel, fell (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: saevus, crudelis, trux).

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.—

Of things:

truculentis oculis,

Plaut. As. 2, [p. 1905] 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.

vē-sānus ( vae-sān-), a, um, adj., not of sound mind, mad, insane (mostly poet.).

Lit.:

remex,

Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114:

homo,

id. Dom. 2, 3:

tribunus plebis,

id. ib. 21, 55:

poëta,

Hor. A. P. 455:

stella vesani Leonis,

fierce, raging, id. C. 3, 29, 19.—

Impetuous:

urbem cuidam Alexander donabat vesanus,

Sen. Ben. 2, 16, 1:

Caesaris agmen,

Luc. 7, 496.—

Transf., of inanim. and abstract things, fierce, wild, savage, furious, raging:

vultus,

Liv. 7, 33, 17:

impetus,

id. 9, 13, 3:

manus,

Prop. 2, 9, 10:

vires,

Ov. Am. 1, 7, 25:

vesani murmura ponti,

Prop. 1, 8, 5:

flamma,

Cat. 100, 7:

fames,

Verg. A. 9, 340:

pontus,

Manil. 5, 343:

mero Regia,

Luc. 8, 401.