fierce Copy link Outline 1. atrox, ōcis (dark, unrelentingly violent or cruel)2. saevus (raging, cruel)3. fĕrox, ōcis (implying untutored or impetuous courage4. fĕrus5. trux, trŭcŭlentus (both having chief reference to appearance)6. torvus7. asper, ĕra, ĕrum (lit. rough; hence, actively hostile, pugnacious) • fierce: 1. atrox, ōcis (dark, unrelentingly violent or cruel): f. hatred, a. odium, Ov. Met. 9, 274: a f. (obstinate and sanguinary) engagement, a. certamen, Liv. 3, 1: very f. wild bulls, atrocissimi tauri silvestres, Plin. 8, 21, 30. Fig.: the f. hour of the blazing dog-star, a. hora caniculae flagrantis, Hor. Od. 3, 13, 9. 2. saevus (raging, cruel): f. lions, s. leones, Lucr.: Cic.: v. cruel. 3. fĕrox, ōcis (implying untutored or impetuous courage: often in good sense: cf. ferocitas juvenum, Cic. Sen. 10, 33: v. high-spirited): a f. boar, f. aper, Virg. Aen. 10, 711: a serpent f. with pain, serpens dolore f., Ov. Met. 3, 68. Often in sense of overbearing, presumptuous: q. v. 4. fĕrus: v. wild. 5. trux, trŭcŭlentus (both having chief reference to appearance): v. ferocious. 6. torvus: v. stern, grim. 7. asper, ĕra, ĕrum (lit. rough; hence, actively hostile, pugnacious): f. (implacably hostile) Juno, a. Juno, Virg. Aen. 1, 279: very f. and warlike (Carthage), studiis asperrima belli, Virg. Aen. 1, 14: f. hatred, a. odia, Virg. Aen. 2, 96.