"saevus" meaning in Latin

See saevus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsae̯.u̯us/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈs̠äe̯u̯ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈse.vus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈsɛːvus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y-wo-, from *sh₂ey- (“to be fierce, afflict”). Cognate with English sore and possibly with English sea. Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*seh₂y-wo-}} Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y-wo-, {{cog|en|sore}} English sore, {{cog|en|sea}} English sea Head templates: {{la-adj|saevus|adv=saevē|comp=saevior|sup=saevissimus}} saevus (feminine saeva, neuter saevum, comparative saevior, superlative saevissimus, adverb saevē); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|saevus}} Forms: saeva [feminine], saevum [neuter], saevior [comparative], saevissimus [superlative], saevē [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], saevus [masculine, nominative, singular], saeva [feminine, nominative, singular], saevum [neuter, nominative, singular], saevī [masculine, nominative, singular], saevae [feminine, nominative, plural], saeva [neuter, nominative, plural], saevī [genitive, masculine, singular], saevae [feminine, genitive, singular], saevī [genitive, neuter, singular], saevōrum [genitive, masculine, singular], saevārum [feminine, genitive, plural], saevōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], saevō [dative, masculine, singular], saevae [dative, feminine, singular], saevō [dative, neuter, singular], saevīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter], saevum [accusative, masculine, singular], saevam [accusative, feminine, singular], saevum [accusative, neuter, singular], saevōs [accusative, masculine, singular], saevās [accusative, feminine, plural], saeva [accusative, neuter, plural], saevō [ablative, masculine, singular], saevā [ablative, feminine, singular], saevō [ablative, neuter, singular], saevīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter], saeve [masculine, singular, vocative], saeva [feminine, singular, vocative], saevum [neuter, singular, vocative], saevī [masculine, singular, vocative], saevae [feminine, plural, vocative], saeva [neuter, plural, vocative], saevis [alternative], sēvus [alternative]
  1. Furious, ferocious, fierce, violent, barbarous, cruel, savage. Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Derived forms: saevē, saevidicus, saeviō, saevitās, saeviter, saevitia, saevitūdō, Saevius, saevum
    Sense id: en-saevus-la-adj-EZeQx0od Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "sevo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: sevo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: sevo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "sevo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: sevo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: sevo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*seh₂y-wo-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y-wo-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sore"
      },
      "expansion": "English sore",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sea"
      },
      "expansion": "English sea",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y-wo-, from *sh₂ey- (“to be fierce, afflict”). Cognate with English sore and possibly with English sea.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saeva",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevē",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevis",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sēvus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saevus",
        "adv": "saevē",
        "comp": "saevior",
        "sup": "saevissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "saevus (feminine saeva, neuter saevum, comparative saevior, superlative saevissimus, adverb saevē); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saevus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "saevē"
        },
        {
          "word": "saevidicus"
        },
        {
          "word": "saeviō"
        },
        {
          "word": "saevitās"
        },
        {
          "word": "saeviter"
        },
        {
          "word": "saevitia"
        },
        {
          "word": "saevitūdō"
        },
        {
          "word": "Saevius"
        },
        {
          "word": "saevum"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Furious, ferocious, fierce, violent, barbarous, cruel, savage."
      ],
      "id": "en-saevus-la-adj-EZeQx0od",
      "links": [
        [
          "Furious",
          "furious"
        ],
        [
          "ferocious",
          "ferocious"
        ],
        [
          "fierce",
          "fierce"
        ],
        [
          "violent",
          "violent"
        ],
        [
          "barbarous",
          "barbarous"
        ],
        [
          "cruel",
          "cruel"
        ],
        [
          "savage",
          "savage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsae̯.u̯us/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠äe̯u̯ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.vus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛːvus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saevus"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "saevē"
    },
    {
      "word": "saevidicus"
    },
    {
      "word": "saeviō"
    },
    {
      "word": "saevitās"
    },
    {
      "word": "saeviter"
    },
    {
      "word": "saevitia"
    },
    {
      "word": "saevitūdō"
    },
    {
      "word": "Saevius"
    },
    {
      "word": "saevum"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "sevo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: sevo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: sevo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "sevo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: sevo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: sevo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*seh₂y-wo-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y-wo-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sore"
      },
      "expansion": "English sore",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sea"
      },
      "expansion": "English sea",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y-wo-, from *sh₂ey- (“to be fierce, afflict”). Cognate with English sore and possibly with English sea.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saeva",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevē",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saevis",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sēvus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saevus",
        "adv": "saevē",
        "comp": "saevior",
        "sup": "saevissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "saevus (feminine saeva, neuter saevum, comparative saevior, superlative saevissimus, adverb saevē); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saevus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Furious, ferocious, fierce, violent, barbarous, cruel, savage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Furious",
          "furious"
        ],
        [
          "ferocious",
          "ferocious"
        ],
        [
          "fierce",
          "fierce"
        ],
        [
          "violent",
          "violent"
        ],
        [
          "barbarous",
          "barbarous"
        ],
        [
          "cruel",
          "cruel"
        ],
        [
          "savage",
          "savage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsae̯.u̯us/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠äe̯u̯ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.vus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛːvus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saevus"
}

Download raw JSONL data for saevus meaning in Latin (5.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.