crudelis (cruelly disposed, acting with cruelty, opposed to clemens): saevus (blood-thirsty, cruel; αἰνός): ferus (wild by nature, opposed to mitis; different from ferox, i. e., untamed, haughty, etc.): immanis (producing terror from its unnatural savageness; hence wild, cruel, opposed to mansuetus. These four, also, of whatever shows or proceeds from cruelty). (The words are found in this connection and order.) dirus (dreadful; as a property of things or persons) et immanis; ferus et immanis; immanis et crudelis: durus (hard, inexorable, of persons, as well as their character, opposed to misericors): atrox (fearful; likely to make an impression of terror on anybody, of things; e.g., deed, act). (The words are found in this connection and order.) saevus et atrox. inhumanus (inhuman): barbarus (cruel by nature; e.g., neque tam barbari lingua et natione illi, quam tu natura et moribus, Cic.). A cruel character or disposition, immanis natura (Cic.): a cruel step-mother, dira noverca: very cruel, crudelissimus (of persons and things): a most cruel punishment, supplicium exempli parum memoris legum humanarum.