saevitia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From saevus (“furious, savage”) + -itia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sae̯ˈwɪ.ti.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [seˈvit̪.t̪͡s̪i.a]
Noun
saevitia f (genitive saevitiae); first declension
- A raging; rage, ferocity, fierceness, fury.
- 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
- (ferocity; violence): saevitūdō
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.