cruelty Copy link Outline 1. crūdēlĭtas2. atrōcĭtas (less freq. in this sense; stronger than No. 1). Suet.3. fĕrĭtas, immānĭtas (cruelty as it were beyond human). v. BARBARITY, BRUTALITY.4. saevĭtia (used by Cic. for severity in good sense • cruelty: 1. crūdēlĭtas : which Sen. defines as the propensity to severe measures, c. est inclinatio animi ad asperiora, Clem. 2, 4, 3: bloodthirstiness and c., carnificina atque c., Cic.: to act with c., c. adhibere in aliquem, c. exercere in aliquo, id.; c. uti, Nep. 2. atrōcĭtas (less freq. in this sense; stronger than No. 1). Suet.: v. atrocity, severity. 3. fĕrĭtas, immānĭtas (cruelty as it were beyond human). v. barbarity, brutality. 4. saevĭtia (used by Cic. for severity in good sense: Off. 2, 7, 24): the c. of usurers, s. feneratorum, Sall.: of enemies, s. hostium, Tac.: v. savageness, fierceness.