violentus

Latin

Etymology

    By surface analysis, violō (“to violate, disturb”) + -entus (“full of, abounding in”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    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

    Descendants

    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.
    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 680
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