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                    "description": "(adjective) : torvus, a, um, perh. for torg-vus; Sanscr. root targ-, to threaten, orig. of the eyes\n* Staring, keen, piercing, wild, stern; hence, in gen., wild, fierce, grim, gloomy, savage, in aspect or character (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: trux, truculentus, ferus): ille tuens oculis immitem Phinea  torvis, Ov. M. 5, 92: oculi,Quint. 11, 3, 75; Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 6: cernimus astantes lumine torvo Aetnaeos fratres,Verg. A. 3, 677; so, lumine,Ov. M. 9, 27; and absol.: aspicit hanc torvis (sc. oculis),id. ib. 6, 34: vultus,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 12; Sen. Ira, 2, 35, 3; Val. Max. 3, 8, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 43; 11, 3, 160: facies,Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 3: forma minantis,Ov. P. 2, 8, 22: aspectus (equi),Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 optima torvae Forma bovis, Verg. G. 3, 51: frons (Polyphemi),Verg. A. 3, 636: torvi cymba senis,Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 24: feroci ingenio torvus praegrandi gradu, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 355: torvu' draco serpit, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106: angues,Verg. A. 6, 571: leaena,id. E. 2, 63: aper,Prop. 2, 3, 6: taurus,Ov. M. 8, 132: juvencus,id. ib. 6, 115; 10, 237: Medusa,Ov. A. A. 2, 309: Mars,Hor. C. 1, 28, 17: Ister (as a horned river-god),Val. Fl. 8, 218 et saep.: ferox et torva confidentia, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 355 Müll.; cf. proclia,Cat. 66, 20: vina,i. e. harsh, sharp, tart,Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 213.—Comp.: voce hominis et tuba rudore torvior,App. Flor 3, p. 357.—Sup.: leonis torvissima facies,Arn. 6, p. 196.\n* Torvum and torva, adverb., fiercely, sternly, sharply, etc.: torvumque repente Clamat,Verg. A. 7, 399: torvum lacrimans,Stat. Th. 12, 127: torva tuens,Verg. A. 6, 467; Val. Fl. 2, 255. — Adv.: torvĭter, sharply, severely, sternly (ante-class.): aliquem increpare, Enn. ap. Non. 516, 16 (Ann. v. 79 Vahl.); Pomp. ap. Non. 516, 15 (Com. Fragm. v. 18 Rib.)."
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