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

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Contents (3 entries · 12 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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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• savage:
    1. I. Wild, untamed, fierce:
      1. 1. fĕrus (opp. to cicur, not tame): how various are the kinds of beasts, whether tame or s., quam varia genera bestiarum vel cicurum vel f., Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99: huge and s. beasts, immanes et f. beluae, Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161.
      2. 2. silvestris (inhabiting the woods, the orig. meaning of savage): the s. tribes of wild beasts, s. secla ferarum, Lucr. 5, 965. when he was nourished by the paps of the s. brute (she-wolf), quum s. belluae uberibus sustentus esset, Cic. Rep. 2, 2, med.
      3. 3. atrox (naturally fierce): Plin. 8, 21, 30 (a. tauri silvestres).
    2. II. Totally uncivilized, rude, unpolished:
      1. 1. immānis: no race so wild and s., nulla gens tam fera et i., Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 30: nothing could be more s. than that beast, nihil ista immanius belua est, Cic. Rep. 3, 33, fin. (N.B.--Ferus and immanis are very often coupled.)
      2. 2. effĕrātus: nations so wholly s. as ..., gentes immanitate e., Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 3, init.
      3. 3. incultus: Tib. 4, 1, 59 (Laestrygones i.): v. uncivilized.
    3. III. Infuriated, exasperated: effĕrātus: s. cruelty, saevitia e., Val. M. 1, 1, 14: made s. with hatred and anger, odio, iraque e., Liv. 5, 27, med.: see also enraged.
    4. IV. Naturally cruel:
      1. 1. atrox (dark and unrelenting): Agrippina was always of a gloomy and s. temper, Agrippina semper a., Tac. Ann. 4, 52.
      2. 2. saevus: v. cruel. (N.B.--Trux and truculentus have more reference to outward appearance, cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 65, horridus ac trux tribunus plebis.)
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• savage (subs.): no single equivalent: *homo incuitus, ferus, immanis, rudis.
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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• SAVAGE
1.
  • adj.,
  • Wild, ferus: ferus incultusque: agrestis. Savage nations, ferae incultaeque gentes [Vid: WILD].
  • Ferocious, barbarus: ferox: ferus: saevus: natura asper: atrox. (The words are found in this connection and order.) saevus et atrox. A savage disposition, feri mores (plur., Cic.); immansuetum ingenium (Ov.): he is so savage that, asperitate ea est et immanitate naturae, ut (Cic.). SYN. in CRUEL.
2. s. homo ferus incultusque. Savages, ferae incultaeque gentes.