saevitia
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From saevus (“furious, savage”) + -itia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sae̯ˈu̯i.ti.a/, [s̠äe̯ˈu̯ɪt̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈvit.t͡si.a/, [seˈvit̪ː͡s̪iä]
Noun
[edit]saevitia f (genitive saevitiae); first declension
- A raging; rage, ferocity, fierceness, fury.
- Violence, savageness, savagery, cruelty, severity.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | saevitia | saevitiae |
Genitive | saevitiae | saevitiārum |
Dative | saevitiae | saevitiīs |
Accusative | saevitiam | saevitiās |
Ablative | saevitiā | saevitiīs |
Vocative | saevitia | saevitiae |
Synonyms
[edit]- (ferocity; violence): saevitūdō
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: sevícia
- → French: sévices
- → Galician: sevicia
- → Italian: sevizia
- → Portuguese: sevícia
- → Spanish: sevicia
References
[edit]- “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.