adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
violēns
violēns (genitive violentis, comparative violentior, adverb violenter)
Classical[ˈwi.ɔ.ɫẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈviː.o.lens]
Meaning
- alsoone terminationpoeticraresynonym of violentus
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | violēns | violēns | violēns |
| genitive | violentis | violentis | violentis |
| dative | violentī | violentī | violentī |
| accusative | violentem | violentem | violēns |
| ablative | violentī violente | violentī violente | violentī violente |
| vocative | violēns | violēns | violēns |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | violentēs | violentēs | violentia |
| genitive | violentium | violentium | violentium |
| dative | violentibus | violentibus | violentibus |
| accusative | violentīs violentēs | violentīs violentēs | violentia |
| ablative | violentibus | violentibus | violentibus |
| vocative | violentēs | violentēs | violentia |
vĭŏlens, entis, adj. vis,
I. impetuous, vehement, furious, violent (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose, whereas violentus is class.):
Aufidus, Hor. C. 3, 30, 10: victor equus, id. Ep. 1, 10, 37; so (with ferus), Pers. 5, 171.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
violēns entis, adj.
cf. vis, impetuous, furious, violent: Aufidus, H.: victor (equus), H.
Origins
Likely a rebracketing of violentus, compare cruenter.