English → Latin
“fierce” in Latin
ferōxwild, bold, fierce; defiant, arrogantfurōto rave, rage, or seethe; to be crazed, mad, or franticfuriōsusfull of madness or rage, furious, ragingfuribundusfrantic, frenzied; maddened, raving; inspiredsaevusfurious, ferocious, fierce, violent, barbarous, cruel, savagetorvussavage, fierce, harsh, stern; pitiless, grimtruxwild, rough, harsh, savage, fierce, ferocious; grim, stern
The English word fierce itself goes back to Latin ferus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fierce
ferox (fierce, with reference to character): furens (in a state of fury or passion): furiosus (full of rage; raging, in a physical sense): furibundus (uttering or displaying signs of rage): saevus (cruel, savage): torvus: trux (of the looks of him who is in a passion, then of the person himself who has a fierce look). The fierce lioness, leaena torva: a fierce face, vultus torvus, trux: a fierce look, oculi truces: to cast around menacing and fierce looks at, etc., circumferre truces minaciter oculos ad, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fierce?
- The usual Latin words for “fierce” are ferōx, furō, furiōsus; also furibundus, saevus, torvus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.