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                    "description": "saevĭtĭa (noun F) : (collat. form acc. saevitiem, App. M. 6, p. 181 med.),  saevus\n* A raging, rage, fierceness, ferocity.\n* Lit., of animals: sicut aves ad volatum, equi ad cursum, ad saevitiam ferae gignuntur,Quint. 1, 1, 1: canum,Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 146.\n* Transf., for any violent, passionate excitement, fierceness, violence, harshness, savageness, cruelty, barbarity, severity, etc. (freq. and class.).\n* Of persons: num meam saevitiam veritus?Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 15: in judicio aut saevitiam aut clementiam judicis (sibi proponet),Cic. Part. 4, 11; so (with immanitas) Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 2: feneratorum (shortly before: violentia atque crudelitas),Sall. C. 33, 1: Iasidos,Prop. 1, 1, 10; cf. creditorum,Tac. A. 11, 13: ingenii,Suet. Calig. 27: hostium,Sall. J. 7, 2; Tac. A. 1, 67; 2, 11; Liv. 2, 58: secandi urendique,Plin. 29, 1, 6, § 13; Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24: saevitiam reprimere,Suet. Calig. 6: quantum saevitia glisceret,Tac. A. 6, 19.—In plur.: quibus saevitiis et maxime faenoris onere oppressa plebs,Sall. H. 1, 9 Dietsch; cf. id. id. 2, 40 ib.\n* Of things: maris,Vell. 1, 2, 7; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 100: Scyllae,id. 3, 8, 14, § 87: undae,Ov. H. 19, 23: hiemis,Col. 8, 17, 11; Plin. 19, 8, 51, § 166; for which, temporis,Sall. J. 37, 4: tempestatum,Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 125: caeli,Curt. 8, 4, 13: maris,id. 4, 3, 7: ignea (i. e. sacri ignis),Col. 7, 5, 16: amoris,id. 6, 37, 1: annonae,i. e. dearness,Tac. A. 2, 87."
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