saevus
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”). Cognate with English sore and possibly with English sea.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsae̯.u̯us/, [ˈs̠äe̯u̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.vus/, [ˈsɛːvus]
Adjective
[edit]saevus (feminine saeva, neuter saevum, comparative saevior, superlative saevissimus, adverb saevē); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | saevus | saeva | saevum | saevī | saevae | saeva | |
| genitive | saevī | saevae | saevī | saevōrum | saevārum | saevōrum | |
| dative | saevō | saevae | saevō | saevīs | |||
| accusative | saevum | saevam | saevum | saevōs | saevās | saeva | |
| ablative | saevō | saevā | saevō | saevīs | |||
| vocative | saeve | saeva | saevum | saevī | saevae | saeva | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “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.