saevus

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Latin

Alternative forms

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

  1. Furious, ferocious, fierce, violent, barbarous, cruel, savage.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative saevus saeva saevum saevī saevae saeva
Genitive saevī saevae saevī saevōrum saevārum saevōrum
Dative saevō saevō saevīs
Accusative saevum saevam saevum saevōs saevās saeva
Ablative saevō saevā saevō saevīs
Vocative saeve saeva saevum saevī saevae saeva

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: sevo
  • Portuguese: sevo

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.
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