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) 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

savage, fierce, harsh, stern
pitiless, grim

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	torvus	torva	torvum	torvī	torvae	torva
Genitive	torvī	torvae	torvī	torvōrum	torvārum	torvōrum
Dative	torvō	torvae	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.

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