violentus

Latin

Etymology

From violō (“to violate, disturb”) +‎ -entus (“full of, abounding in”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wi.ɔˈɫɛn.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [vi.oˈlɛn̪.t̪us]

Adjective

violentus (feminine violenta, neuter violentum, superlative violentissimus, adverb violenter); first/second-declension adjective

1. forcible, violent, vehement

   tempestās violenta ― a violent storm

2. impetuous; boisterous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	violentus	violenta	violentum		violentī	violentae	violenta
genitive	violentī	violentae	violentī		violentōrum	violentārum	violentōrum
dative	violentō	violentae	violentō		violentīs
accusative	violentum	violentam	violentum		violentōs	violentās	violenta
ablative	violentō	violentā	violentō		violentīs
vocative	violente	violenta	violentum		violentī	violentae	violenta

Related terms

• violens
• violentia

Descendants

• Catalan: violent
• Galician: violento
• Italian: violento
• Occitan: violent
• → Old French: violent
  • → Middle English: violent, vyolent, wyolent, vilent
    • English: violent
  • French: violent
• Portuguese: violento
• Romanian: violent
• → Spanish: violento

References

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