violens

Latin

Etymology

From vīs (“strength”), as if from some diminutive *viola.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwi.ɔ.ɫẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈviː.o.lens]

Adjective

violēns (genitive violentis, comparative violentior, adverb violenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. violent

   Synonyms: ferōx, trux, atrōx, immānis, efferus, ferus, crūdēlis, barbaricus, silvāticus, ācer

   Antonyms: misericors, mītis, tranquillus, placidus, quietus, clemens

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	violēns			violentēs	violentia
genitive	violentis			violentium
dative	violentī			violentibus
accusative	violentem	violēns		violentīs violentēs	violentia
ablative	violentī violente			violentibus
vocative	violēns			violentēs	violentia

Derived terms

• violentia

References

• “violens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “violens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "violens", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “violens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “violens”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Swedish

Noun

violens

1. definite genitive singular of viol