crudelitas
Latin > English
crudelitas crudelitatis N F :: cruelty/barbarity, harshness/severity, savagery/inhumanity; instance of cruelty
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
crūdēlĭtas: ātis, f. crudelis,
I harshness, severity, cruelty, barbarity (in good prose and very freq.): crudelitas est atrocitas animi in exigendis poenis, Sen. Clem. 2, 4, 1: crudelitas est inclinatio ad asperiora, id. ib. 2, 4, 3: ista in nostros homines crudelitas, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 88, § 150; id. Off. 2, 8, 27; 3, 11, 46; id. Sest. 65, 135; id. Phil. 11, 3, 8; id. Rep. 1, 3, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Sall. C. 51, 14; Nep. Alcib. 4, 4; Liv. 3, 53, 7; 42, 8, 5 et saep.; Prud. Perieg. 2291 al.: in meo inimico crudelitatem exprompsisti tuam, Cic. Mil. 13, 33: crudelitatem exercere in vivo, id. Phil. 11, 3, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
crūdēlĭtās,⁸ ātis, f. (crudelis), dureté, cruauté, inhumanité : ista in nostros homines crudelitas Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 150, ta cruauté envers nos compatriotes ; exercere crudelitatem in mortuo Cic. Phil. 11, 8, exercer sa cruauté sur un mort.
Latin > German (Georges)
crūdēlitās, ātis, f. (crudelis), die Grausamkeit, Unbarmherzigkeit, Schonungslosigkeit, schonungslose Härte (Ggstz. clementia, lenitas, misericordia), Dionysii, Nep.: naturae (des Charakters, Ggstz. lenitas), Hirt. b. G.: insatiabilis, Cic.: stolida militum, Liv. fr.: Sullana, Sen.: ultima (äußerste, ärgste), Liv. – importuna in me cr., Cic.: ista in nostros homines cr., Cic.: immoderata civium suorum licentia crudelitasque erga nobiles, Nep. – cr. in supplicio, Caes. – exercere suam insatiabilem crudelitatem non solum in vivo, sed etiam in mortuo, Cic.: necari excogitatā (ausgesuchter) crudelitate, Cic. fr.
