saevitia

saevitia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin saevus
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin -itia
Latin saevitia

    From saevus (“furious, savage”) + -itia.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    saevitia f (genitive saevitiae); first declension

    1. A raging; rage, ferocity, fierceness, fury.
    2. 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

    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.
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