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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”). Cognate with English sore and possibly with English sea.
Pronunciation
Adjective
saevus (feminine saeva, neuter saevum, comparative saevior, superlative saevissimus, adverb saevē); first/second-declension adjective
- Furious, ferocious, fierce, violent, barbarous, cruel, savage.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “saevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “saevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- saevus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.