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|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.

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