torvus

Latin

Etymology

From the same root as Sanskrit तर्जति (tarjati, “to threaten, frighten”), Ancient Greek τάρβος (tárbos, “terror; awe”), Welsh tarfu (“to scare away”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.u̯us/, [ˈt̪ɔru̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.vus/, [ˈt̪ɔrvus]

Adjective

torvus (feminine torva, neuter torvum, adverb torviter); first/second-declension adjective

1. savage, fierce, harsh, stern
2. pitiless, grim

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	torvus	torva	torvum		torvī	torvae	torva
Genitive	torvī	torvae	torvī		torvōrum	torvārum	torvōrum
Dative	torvō		torvō		torvīs
Accusative	torvum	torvam	torvum		torvōs	torvās	torva
Ablative	torvō	torvā	torvō		torvīs
Vocative	torve	torva	torvum		torvī	torvae	torva

Descendants

• French: torve
• Italian: torvo
• Portuguese: torvo
• Spanish: torvo

References

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