violens

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.o.lens/, [ˈu̯iɔɫ̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.o.lens/, [ˈviːolens]

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.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	violēns			violentēs	violentia
Genitive	violentis			violentium
Dative	violentī			violentibus
Accusative	violentem	violēns		violentēs	violentia
Ablative	violentī			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’s 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