SAVAGE Copy link • SAVAGE 1. adj., Wild, ferus: ferus incultusque: agrestis. Savage nations, ferae incultaeque gentes [Vid: WILD]. Ferocious, barbarus: ferox: ferus: saevus: natura asper: atrox. (The words are found in this connection and order.) saevus et atrox. A savage disposition, feri mores (plur., Cic.); immansuetum ingenium (Ov.): he is so savage that, asperitate ea est et immanitate naturae, ut (Cic.). SYN. in CRUEL. 2. s. homo ferus incultusque. Savages, ferae incultaeque gentes.