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”), which may be reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *tergʷ- (“to scare, be fierce”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɔr.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɔr.vus] === Adjective === torvus (feminine torva, neuter torvum, adverb torviter); first/second-declension adjective savage, fierce, harsh, stern Synonyms: trux, saevus, truculentus, ferōx, atrōx, violēns, immānis, efferus, ferus, crūdēlis, barbaricus, silvāticus, ācer, acerbus, sevērus pitiless, grim ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== French: torve Italian: torvo Portuguese: torvo Spanish: torvo === References === === Further reading === “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.