violentus

== Latin == === Etymology === By surface analysis, violō (“to violate, disturb”) + -entus (“full of, abounding in”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wi.ɔˈɫɛn.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vi.oˈlɛn.tus] === Adjective === violentus (feminine violenta, neuter violentum, superlative violentissimus, adverb violenter); first/second-declension adjective forcible, violent, vehement tempestās violenta ― a violent storm impetuous; boisterous ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== violēns violentia ==== 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.