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violens

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Latin

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Etymology

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From vīs (strength), as if from some diminutive *viola.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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violēns (genitive violentis, comparative violentior, adverb violenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. violent
    Synonyms: ferōx, trux, atrōx, immānis, efferus, ferus, crūdēlis, barbaricus, silvāticus, ācer
    Antonyms: misericors, mītis, tranquillus, placidus, quietus, clemens

Declension

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Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative violēns violentēs violentia
genitive violentis violentium
dative violentī violentibus
accusative violentem violēns violentēs violentia
ablative violentī violentibus
vocative violēns violentēs violentia

Derived terms

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References

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  • violens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • violens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • violens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • violens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • violens”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Swedish

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Noun

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violens

  1. definite genitive singular of viol