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|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.).