torvus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the same root as Sanskrit तर्जति (tarjati, “to threaten, frighten”), Ancient Greek τάρβος (tárbos, “terror; awe”), Welsh tarfu (“to scare away”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtor.u̯us/, [ˈt̪ɔru̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.vus/, [ˈt̪ɔrvus]
Adjective
[edit]torvus (feminine torva, neuter torvum, adverb torviter); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
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
[edit]References
[edit]- “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.