violently Copy link Outline 1. viŏlenter2. vĕhĕmenter3. vi s. per vim4. ācrĭter5. grăvĭter6. contentē7. fĕrōcĭter8. ardenter, ăvĭdē, cŭpĭdē, etc. • violently: 1. viŏlenter: with waves v. driven back on the shore, retortis litore v. undis, Hor. Od. 1, 2, 14: dogs attack v. one who comes near, v. invadunt appropinquantem (canes), Col. 7. 12, 7: the trial conducted roughly and v., quaestio exercita aspere v.que, Sall. J. 40, ad fin. 2. vĕhĕmenter: to behave v., v. se agere, Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 16. v. angry, v. irata, Pl. Truc. 2, 6, 64: to harass one very v., insectari aliquem vehementius, Cic. Am. 16, 57. to fight very v., vehementissime contendere, Caes. B. C. 3, 17, fin.: v. also furiously, vehemently. 3. vi s. per vim: to proceed v., vi grassari, Liv.: to wrest v., per vim extorquere, id. Cf. impetu: to rush v., i. ferri, Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63: to strike one v., i. aliquem percellere, Cic. Dom. 40, 106. 4. ācrĭter: v. strongly (II., 4). 5. grăvĭter: v. grievously, seriously. 6. contentē: v. vehemently. 7. fĕrōcĭter: after many v. expressed opinions, multis f. dictis sententiis, Liv. 2, 55, fin.: v. also fiercely. 8. ardenter, ăvĭdē, cŭpĭdē, etc.: v. ardently, eagerly. Phr.: to pursue v. (may sometimes be expr. by), comps. of sector (v. to pursue, II., 2): v. to outrage a girl, (puellae) indigne per vim vitium offerre, cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 10. to be v. in love, v. to smite (II.), passionately.