saevus
Latin
Alternative forms
- saevis
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”). Cognate with English sore and possibly with English sea.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsae̯.wus/, [ˈsae̯.wʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.vus/, [ˈsɛː.vus]
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Adjective
saevus (feminine saeva, neuter saevum); first/second declension
- Furious, ferocious, fierce, violent, barbarous, cruel, savage.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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 | saevīs | saevīs | |
| Accusative | saevum | saevam | saevum | saevōs | saevās | saeva | |
| Ablative | saevō | saevā | saevō | saevīs | saevīs | saevīs | |
| Vocative | saeve | saeva | saevum | saevī | saevae | saeva | |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- saevē
- saevidicus
- saeviō
- saevitās
- saeviter
- saevitia
- saevitūdō
- Saevius
- saevum
Descendants
- Italian: sevo
- Portuguese: sevo
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