ἀγριότης

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English (LSJ)

ητος, ἡ,

   A savageness, wildness, of animals, opp. ἡμερότης, X.Mem.2.2.7, cf. Isoc.12.163, Arist.HA588a21; ofplants, Thphr.HP 3.2.4; of untilled ground, ἀ. γῆς Gp.7.1.4; of diet, Hp.VM7 (as v.l. for θηριότητα), Aër.23.    II of men, in moral sense, fierceness, cruelty, Pl.Smp.197d, al., D.26.26 (pl.).