saevissimus

Latin

Adjective

saevissimus (feminine saevissima, neuter saevissimum); first/second declension

1. superlative degree of saevus
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.612–614:

     “‘[...] Hīc Iūnō Scaeās saevissima portās
     prīma tenet; sociumque furēns ā nāvibus agmen
     ferrō accīnctā vocat.’”

     “‘Here fiercest Juno, leading [the assault], controls the Scaean gates; girt with steel and raging, she summons her allied army from the ships.’”
     (Juno holds the western gates of Troy, which face the shore, and she is calling the Greek soldiers to invade the city.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	saevissimus	saevissima	saevissimum		saevissimī	saevissimae	saevissima
Genitive	saevissimī	saevissimae	saevissimī		saevissimōrum	saevissimārum	saevissimōrum
Dative	saevissimō		saevissimō		saevissimīs
Accusative	saevissimum	saevissimam	saevissimum		saevissimōs	saevissimās	saevissima
Ablative	saevissimō	saevissimā	saevissimō		saevissimīs
Vocative	saevissime	saevissima	saevissimum		saevissimī	saevissimae	saevissima