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Latin
Etymology
From saevus (“savage, furious”) + -tās. Rare variant of saevitia.
Pronunciation
Noun
saevitās f (genitive saevitātis); third declension
- (rare) rage, violence, fury
- Synonym: saevitia
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “saevitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- saevitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.