severus

== Latin == === Etymology === According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *seɣwēros, from a collective derivation of the noun Proto-Indo-European *séǵʰwr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold”). Other etymologists, such as Meiser, posit this word to be from se- + verus, but De Vaan notes a heavy semantic mismatch. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛˈweː.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [seˈvɛː.rus] === Adjective === sevērus (feminine sevēra, neuter sevērum, comparative sevērior, superlative sevērissimus); first/second-declension adjective severe, serious, strict, stern, stringent, austere, harsh, grave (in demeanor) Synonyms: trux, ferōx, atrōx, violēns, immānis, efferus, ferus, crūdēlis, barbaricus, silvāticus, acerbus, ācer Antonyms: mītis, tranquillus, misericors, placidus, quietus, clemens ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== sevēritās sevēritūdō assevērō ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “severus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “severus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “severus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “severus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “severus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “severe”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.