saevitia

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From saevus (“furious, savage”) +‎ -itia.

Pronunciation

Noun

saevitia f (genitive saevitiae); first declension

  1. A raging; rage, ferocity, fierceness, fury.
  2. Violence, savageness, savagery, cruelty, severity.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative saevitia saevitiae
genitive saevitiae saevitiārum
dative saevitiae saevitiīs
accusative saevitiam saevitiās
ablative saevitiā saevitiīs
vocative saevitia saevitiae

Synonyms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: sevícia
  • → French: sévices
  • → Galician: sevicia
  • → Italian: sevizia
  • → Portuguese: sevícia
  • → Spanish: sevicia

References

  • “saevitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “saevitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • saevitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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