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“fierceness” in Latin
ferōcitāsfierceness, ferocityferōxwild, bold, fierce; defiant, arrogantfūrorto steal, plunder; to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdrawsaevitiaA raging; rage, ferocity, fierceness, fury.; Violence, savageness, savagery, cruelty, severity.morbusa disease, illness, malady, sickness, disorder, distemper, ailment; a fault, vice, failing; sorrow, grief, distress
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fierceness
ferocitas: ferocia (mostly of natural and wild courage: ferocia, as a habit; ferocitas, as showing itself in action, Döderlein; but also used of vehemence of character, sometimes in a good, but mostly in a bad sense): furor (fury): saevitia (cruelty): saeva vis alicujus rei (the violence of anything; e.g., of an illness, morbi). To tame, etc., anybody’s fierceness, ferocitatem alicujus comprimere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fierceness?
- The usual Latin words for “fierceness” are ferōcitās, ferōx, fūror; also saevitia, morbus. 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.