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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 4 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• cruelty:
      1. 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. 2. atrōcĭtas (less freq. in this sense; stronger than No. 1). Suet.: v. atrocity, severity.
      3. 3. fĕrĭtas, immānĭtas (cruelty as it were beyond human). v. barbarity, brutality.
      4. 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.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• CRUELNESS, CRUELTY
crudelitas; saevitia; feritas; immanitas; duritas; atrocitas: [SYN. in CRUEL] (The words are found in this connection and order.) diritas et immanitas; feritas et immanitas; immanitas et crudelitas. To treat anybody with cruelty, crudelitatem suam in aliquo exercere; crudelitatem adhibere in aliquem (when other means are of no effect; e.g., of the master against his slave): to exercise or indulge in all manner of cruelties, in omne genus crudelitatis erumpere; nullum genus crudelitatis intermittere: to exercise the greatest cruelty, ultima crudelitate saevire against anybody, crudelitatem suam in aliquo expromere; crudelitatem explere in aliquo: to display a ferocious cruelty, sanguine et caede saevire (by bloodshed and murder): to exhibit unexampled cruelty, ultra humanarum irarum fidem saevire (Liv., 8, 14): Sulla, after the victory, indulged in unexampled cruelty, Sulla post victoriam audito fuit crudelior: to exercise and suffer unheard of cruelty, facere et pati infanda: with the greatest cruelty, crudelissime.