saevus

Latin

Alternative forms

• saevis
• sēvus (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”). Cognate with English sore and possibly with English sea.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsae̯.u̯us/, [ˈs̠äe̯u̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.vus/, [ˈsɛːvus]

Adjective

saevus (feminine saeva, neuter saevum, comparative saevior, superlative saevissimus, adverb saevē); first/second-declension adjective

1. Furious, ferocious, fierce, violent, barbarous, cruel, savage.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	saevus	saeva	saevum		saevī	saevae	saeva
Genitive	saevī	saevae	saevī		saevōrum	saevārum	saevōrum
Dative	saevō		saevō		saevīs
Accusative	saevum	saevam	saevum		saevōs	saevās	saeva
Ablative	saevō	saevā	saevō		saevīs
Vocative	saeve	saeva	saevum		saevī	saevae	saeva

Derived terms

• saevidicus
• saeviter
• saevitia
• saevitās
• saevitūdō
• Saevius
• saeviō
• saevum
• saevē

 

Descendants

• Italian: sevo
• Portuguese: sevo

References

• “saevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “saevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• saevus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.