truculentus

== Latin == === Etymology === From trux (“harsh; savage”) + -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trʊ.kʊˈɫɛn.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tru.kuˈlɛn.tus] === Adjective === truculentus (feminine truculenta, neuter truculentum, comparative truculentior); first/second-declension adjective savage, ferocious harsh, stern, cruel stormy ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== truculentē truculenter truculentia ==== Related terms ==== trux ==== Descendants ==== === References === “truculentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “truculentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “truculentus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.