saevitia

Latin

Alternative forms

• sēvitia (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From saevus (“furious, savage”) +‎ -itia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sae̯ˈu̯i.ti.a/, [s̠äe̯ˈu̯ɪt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈvit.t͡si.a/, [seˈvit̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

saevitia f (genitive saevitiae); first declension

1. A raging; rage, ferocity, fierceness, fury.
2. Violence, savageness, savagery, cruelty, severity.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	saevitia	saevitiae
genitive	saevitiae	saevitiārum
dative	saevitiae	saevitiīs
accusative	saevitiam	saevitiās
ablative	saevitiā	saevitiīs
vocative	saevitia	saevitiae

Synonyms

• (ferocity; violence): saevitūdō

Related terms

Related terms

• saevē
• saevidicus
• saeviō
• saevitās
• saeviter
• saevitūdō
• saevum
• saevus

Descendants

• → Catalan: sevícia
• → French: sévices
• → Galician: sevicia
• → Italian: sevizia
• → Portuguese: sevícia
• → Spanish: sevicia

References

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