saevitudo

Latin

Etymology

From saevus (“furious, savage”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sae̯.u̯iˈtuː.doː/, [s̠äe̯u̯ɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.viˈtu.do/, [seviˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

saevitūdō f (genitive saevitūdinis); third declension

1. ferocity, violence

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	saevitūdō	saevitūdinēs
Genitive	saevitūdinis	saevitūdinum
Dative	saevitūdinī	saevitūdinibus
Accusative	saevitūdinem	saevitūdinēs
Ablative	saevitūdine	saevitūdinibus
Vocative	saevitūdō	saevitūdinēs

Synonyms

• (ferocity): saevitia

Related terms

Related terms

• saevē
• saevidicus
• saeviō

• saevitās
• saeviter
• saevitia

• saevum
• saevus

References

• “saevitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• saevitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.