saevus: Difference between revisions

From LSJ

οὐ γὰρ πράξιν ἀγαθὴν, ἀλλὰ καὶ εὖ ποεῖν αὐτὴν → it does not suffice to do good–one must do it well

Source
(6_14)
 
(D_8)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Lewis
{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>saevus</b>: a, um (collat. form [[saevis]], e; in<br /><b>I</b> 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]].)<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of [[any]] [[vehement]], [[passionate]] [[excitement]], [[fierce]], [[cruel]], [[violent]], [[harsh]], [[severe]], [[fell]], [[dire]], [[barbarous]], etc. (syn.: [[crudelis]], inmitis, [[trux]], [[durus]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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]], [[δεινός]],> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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, 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; saevē: [[saeve]] et [[atrociter]] factitavit, Suet. Tib. 59: facere omnia, Luc. 8, 492: gesturus impia bella, id. 7, 171. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; saevum: cui arridens, Sil. 1, 398; Stat. Th. 3, 589; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 285.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Comp.: lumina Gorgoneo saevius igne micant, Ov. A. A. 3, 504; Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 15; Hor. C. 2, 10, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> 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.
|lshtext=<b>saevus</b>: a, um (collat. form [[saevis]], e; in<br /><b>I</b> 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]].)<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of [[any]] [[vehement]], [[passionate]] [[excitement]], [[fierce]], [[cruel]], [[violent]], [[harsh]], [[severe]], [[fell]], [[dire]], [[barbarous]], etc. (syn.: [[crudelis]], inmitis, [[trux]], [[durus]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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]], [[δεινός]],> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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, 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; saevē: [[saeve]] et [[atrociter]] factitavit, Suet. Tib. 59: facere omnia, Luc. 8, 492: gesturus impia bella, id. 7, 171. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; saevum: cui arridens, Sil. 1, 398; Stat. Th. 3, 589; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 285.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Comp.: lumina Gorgoneo saevius igne micant, Ov. A. A. 3, 504; Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 15; Hor. C. 2, 10, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> 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.
}}
{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>sævus</b>,⁷ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> en fureur, en rage [en parl. des anim.] : Lucr. 3, 306 ; 4, 1016 ; sævior leæna Virg. G. 3, 246, lionne [[plus]] furieuse<br /><b>2</b> [en parl. des h.] furieux, sauvage, cruel, inhumain, [[barbare]], etc. : [[tyrannus]] sævissimus et violentissimus in suos Liv. 34, 32, 3, le tyran le [[plus]] cruel et le [[plus]] violent contre les siens &#124;&#124; [poét. avec inf.] sævus fingere... Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30, impitoyable pour imaginer &#124;&#124; [fig.] sævum [[mare]] Sall. J. 17, 5, mer furieuse ; sævo [[vento]] Cic. Att. 5, 12, avec un vent furieux ; sævi dolores Virg. En. 1, 25, cruels ressentiments &#124;&#124; pl. n. sæva Tac. Ann. 2, 5, événements fâcheux (pénibles).
}}
}}

Revision as of 07:03, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

saevus: a, um (collat. form saevis, e; in
I 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.)
I 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.—
II Transf., of any vehement, passionate excitement, fierce, cruel, violent, harsh, severe, fell, dire, barbarous, etc. (syn.: crudelis, inmitis, trux, durus).
   A 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, δεινός,> 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.—
   B 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, 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.
   (a)    saevē: saeve et atrociter factitavit, Suet. Tib. 59: facere omnia, Luc. 8, 492: gesturus impia bella, id. 7, 171. —
   (b)    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.—
   (g)    saevum: cui arridens, Sil. 1, 398; Stat. Th. 3, 589; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 285.—
   b Comp.: lumina Gorgoneo saevius igne micant, Ov. A. A. 3, 504; Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 15; Hor. C. 2, 10, 9.—
   c 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sævus,⁷ a, um,
1 en fureur, en rage [en parl. des anim.] : Lucr. 3, 306 ; 4, 1016 ; sævior leæna Virg. G. 3, 246, lionne plus furieuse
2 [en parl. des h.] furieux, sauvage, cruel, inhumain, barbare, etc. : tyrannus sævissimus et violentissimus in suos Liv. 34, 32, 3, le tyran le plus cruel et le plus violent contre les siens || [poét. avec inf.] sævus fingere... Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30, impitoyable pour imaginer || [fig.] sævum mare Sall. J. 17, 5, mer furieuse ; sævo vento Cic. Att. 5, 12, avec un vent furieux ; sævi dolores Virg. En. 1, 25, cruels ressentiments || pl. n. sæva Tac. Ann. 2, 5, événements fâcheux (pénibles).