fierceness Copy link Outline 1. atrōcĭtas (for syn. v. FIERCE)2. saevĭtia3. fĕrōcĭtas, fĕrōcia (often in good sense; high spirit4. aspĕrĭtas5. impĕtus, ūs (vehemence)6. vīs, f. • fierceness: 1. atrōcĭtas (for syn. v. fierce): f. of temper, a. animi, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11: v. cruelty. 2. saevĭtia: f. of dogs, s. canum, Plin. N. H. 8, 40, 61, ad med.: f. of the enemy, s. hostium, Sall. Jug. 7: f. of the sea, maris s., Vell. 1, 2, 5: v. cruelty. 3. fĕrōcĭtas, fĕrōcia (often in good sense; high spirit: the weakness of boys and the fierce [high] spirit of youth, infirmitas puerorum et ferocitas juvenum, Cic. Sen. 10, 33): often overbearing spirit, arrogance: to curb any one's f., ferocitatem alicujus comprimere, Cic. Vat. 1, 2. 4. aspĕrĭtas: f. and cruelty of nature, asperitas, immanitasque naturae, Cic. Am. 23, 87. 5. impĕtus, ūs (vehemence): a young man of great f. for battle, adolescens i. ad bella maximi, Vell. 2, 55, 2: to withstand such f. of the winds, tantos i. ventorum sustinere, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: to attack others with a blind f., in alios caeco i. incurrere, Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 44. 6. vīs, f.: f. of the tempest, v. tempestatis, Caes.: v. violence.