torvitas

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

torvĭtas, ātis, f. [torvus],

wildness , savageness , severity , sternness of aspect, character, etc. (post-Aug.): torvitas vultūs, Tac. H. 2, 9 fin. : oculorum, Amm. 31, 2, 7: capitis (pantherae), Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62: naturae, id. 7, 19, 18, § 79: M. Agrippa, vir rusticitati propior quam deliciis ... verum eadem illa torvitas tabulas duas Ajacis et Veneris mercata est, etc., id. 35, 4, 9, § 26.

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