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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>torvus</b>: a, um, adj. perh. for torg-vus; Sanscr. [[root]] targ-, to [[threaten]], orig. of the eyes,<br /><b>I</b> [[staring]], [[keen]], [[piercing]], [[wild]], [[stern]]; [[hence]], in gen., [[wild]], [[fierce]], [[grim]], [[gloomy]], [[savage]], in [[aspect]] or [[character]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; syn.: [[trux]], [[truculentus]], [[ferus]]): [[ille]] tuens oculis immitem Phinea torvis, Ov. M. 5, 92: oculi, Quint. 11, 3, 75; Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 6: cernimus astantes lumine torvo Aetnaeos fratres, Verg. A. 3, 677; so, lumine, Ov. M. 9, 27; and absol.: aspicit hanc torvis (sc. oculis), id. ib. 6, 34: [[vultus]], Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 12; Sen. Ira, 2, 35, 3; Val. Max. 3, 8, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 43; 11, 3, 160: [[facies]], Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 3: [[forma]] minantis, Ov. P. 2, 8, 22: [[aspectus]] (equi), Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 optima torvae Forma [[bovis]], Verg. G. 3, 51: [[frons]] (Polyphemi), Verg. A. 3, 636: torvi [[cymba]] senis, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 24: feroci ingenio [[torvus]] praegrandi gradu, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 355: torvu' draco serpit, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106: angues, Verg. A. 6, 571: [[leaena]], id. E. 2, 63: [[aper]], Prop. 2, 3, 6: [[taurus]], Ov. M. 8, 132: juvencus, id. ib. 6, 115; 10, 237: [[Medusa]], Ov. A. A. 2, 309: [[Mars]], Hor. C. 1, 28, 17: [[Ister]] (as a [[horned]] [[river]]-[[god]]), Val. Fl. 8, 218 et saep.: [[ferox]] et torva [[confidentia]], Pac. ap. Fest. p. 355 Müll.; cf. proclia, Cat. 66, 20: vina, i. e. [[harsh]], [[sharp]], [[tart]], Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 213.—Comp.: voce hominis et [[tuba]] rudore torvior, App. Flor 3, p. 357.—Sup.: leonis torvissima [[facies]], Arn. 6, p. 196.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; torvum and torva, adverb., [[fiercely]], [[sternly]], [[sharply]], etc.: torvumque [[repente]] Clamat, Verg. A. 7, 399: torvum lacrimans, Stat. Th. 12, 127: torva tuens, Verg. A. 6, 467; Val. Fl. 2, 255. — Adv.: torvĭter, [[sharply]], [[severely]], [[sternly]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].): aliquem increpare, Enn. ap. Non. 516, 16 (Ann. v. 79 Vahl.); Pomp. ap. Non. 516, 15 (Com. Fragm. v. 18 Rib.).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>torvus</b>,¹⁰ a, um, (*torg-vus, peut-être [[torqueo]]), qui se tourne de côté = qui regarde de travers, [d’où] farouche, menaçant [surt. en parl. des yeux, du regard, du visage] : Virg. En. 3, 677 ; Ov. M. 5, 92 ; Quint. 11, 3, 75 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 12 ; Sen. Ira 2, 35, 3 ; Quint. 6, 1, 43 ; torvi angues Virg. En. 6, 591, serpents menaçants ; [[torvus]] [[senex]] Prop. 3, 18, 24, le vieillard qui vous regarde de travers [[Charon]] &#124;&#124; torvis Ov. M. 6, 34, = torvis oculis, avec des yeux farouches &#124;&#124; [[torva]] vina Plin. 17, 212, vins durs, revêches &#124;&#124; torvior Apul. Flor. 3 ; -vissimus Arn. 6, 10 &#124;&#124; v. [[torvum]], [[torva]].
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{{Georges
|georg=torvus, a, um (zu griech. [[τάρβος]], [[Schrecken]], [[Scheu]], [[ταρβέω]], [[ich]] erschrecke), durchbohrend, [[scharf]], [[wild]], [[finster]], graus, I) eig., [[zunächst]] [[von]] Augen u. [[Blick]], [[dann]] [[auch]] übh. v. [[Ansehen]] u.v. [[Charakter]], a) gew. im üblen Sinne: oculi, Ov. u. Quint. (u. so subst., aspicit [[hunc]] torvis, sc. oculis, Ov. [[met]]. 6, 34): [[vultus]], Hor.: [[facies]] [[torva]], Verg., torvissima, Arnob. 6, 10: [[forma]] minantis, Ov.: [[nec]] [[sedeo]] [[torva]], Ov.: [[aspectus]] equi, Plin.: [[senex]], v. [[Charon]], Prop. – [[draco]], Cic. poët.: [[aper]], Prop.: angues, Verg.: [[bos]], [[leaena]], Verg.: [[Medusa]], Ov.: [[cometes]] torvo visu, Plin.: proelia, Catull.: [[vox]] torvior, Apul.: [[tuba]] rudore torvior, Apul.: [[von]] Flüssen ([[vielleicht]] [[weil]] ihnen Hörner beigelegt wurden), [[Ister]], Val. Flacc. – Acc. neutr. [[torvum]] u. [[torva]] poet. st. [[des]] Adv., [[torvum]] clamare, Verg.: variis vocibus sonare [[torvum]], Amm.: [[torvum]] canentibus classicis, Amm.: [[torvum]] renidens, Amm.: [[torvum]] et [[furiale]] renidens, Sil.: [[torvum]] lacrimans, Stat.: [[semper]] [[obliquum]] intuens et [[torvum]], Amm.: [[torva]] tueri, Verg. – b) (poet.) im guten Sinne, [[finster]] = [[ernst]], [[männlich]], [[Maro]], Stat.: [[voluptas]], Claud. – II) übtr., v. Weine, [[torva]] fiunt vina, [[rauh]], [[herb]], Plin. 17, 212. – / Nomin. arch. torvos, Verg. Aen. 10, 170 R.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=torvus torva, torvum ADJ :: pitiless, grim; savage
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