violens

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Latin

Etymology

From vīs (strength), as if from some diminutive *viola.

Pronunciation

Adjective

violēns (genitive violentis, comparative violentior, adverb violenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. violent
    Synonyms: ferōx, trux, atrōx, immānis, efferus, ferus, crūdēlis, barbaricus, silvāticus, ācer
    Antonyms: misericors, mītis, tranquillus, placidus, quietus, clemens

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Derived terms

References

  • violens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • violens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • violens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • violens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • violens”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Swedish

Noun

violens

  1. definite genitive singular of viol