violentus

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Latin

Etymology

From violō (to violate, disturb) +‎ -entus (full of, abounding in).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

violentus (feminine violenta, neuter violentum, superlative violentissimus, adverb violenter); first/second-declension adjective

  1. forcible, violent, vehement
    tempestās violentaa violent storm
  2. impetuous; boisterous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

References

  • violentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • violentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • violentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 680