Sĕvērus Copy link Outline I. a proper name.A. Of several men.1. Cornelius Severus, a poet in the Augustan age ...2. Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor, A.D. 193-211.— ...3. Alexander Severus, a Roman emperor, A. D. 222-235, ...4. T. Cassius Severus, a Roman orator, ...5. Sulpicius Severus, a bishop in Gaul ...B. Mons Severus, a mountain in the country of the Sabines ... • Sĕvērus, i, m. [1. severus], I. a proper name. A. Of several men. 1. Cornelius Severus, a poet in the Augustan age, Quint. 10, 1, 89; Ov. P. 4, 2, 2 sqq.; 4, 16, 9.— 2. Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor, A.D. 193-211.— 3. Alexander Severus, a Roman emperor, A. D. 222-235, Eutr. 8, 10; Spart. Sev. 1 sqq.— 4. T. Cassius Severus, a Roman orator, in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, Quint. 10, 1, 116; Tac. Or. 19.— 5. Sulpicius Severus, a bishop in Gaul, author of a Historia Sacra, and of the Vita S. Martini, and several smaller works.— B. Mons Severus, a mountain in the country of the Sabines, Verg. A. 7, 713.