trŭcŭlentus, a, um, adj. [trux],
I savage , fierce , ferocious , stern , grim , harsh , cruel , fell (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: saevus, crudelis, trux).
1 Lit.: agrestis, saevus, tristis, parcus, truculentus, tenax, Ter. Ad. 866; cf.: quam taeter incedebat! quam truculentus! quam terribilis aspectu, Cic. Sest. 8, 19: truculentus atque saevus, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 3; id. Truc. 2, 2, 10 sq.; 3, 2, 6; Quint. 11, 3, 73; Ov. M. 13, 558: tigris etiam feris ceteris truculenta, Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 10.— Hence, subst.: Trŭcŭlentus , i, m., a play by Plautus , Cic. Sen. 14, 50; Varr. L. L. 7, 3.— Comp. : nulla Getis gens est truculentior, Ov. P. 2, 7, 31: quo truculentior visu foret, Tac. H. 4, 22: feta truculentior ursa, Ov. M. 13, 803: Armeniam invasit truculentior quam antea, Tac. A. 12, 50.—
2 Of things: truculentis oculis, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21: aequor, wild , stormy , Cat. 64, 179: vocibus truculentis strepere, wild , tumultuous , mutinous , Tac. A. 1, 25.—Subst.: trŭcŭlenta , ōrum, fierce conduct or language : truculenta pelagi tulistis, Cat. 63, 16; cf. caeli, Tac. A. 2, 24: truculenta loquens, Ov. M. 13, 558.— Sup. : truculentissimum ac nefarium facinus, Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12.—Adv.: trŭcŭlentē or trŭcŭ-lenter , savagely , fiercely , ferociously : nolite truculenter insequi inania verba populorum, Cassiod. Var. 1, 13; Ven. Fort. Vit. S. Mart. 4, 541.— Comp. : quod truculentius se gereret quam ceteri, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13: instans, Val. Max. 3, 8, 5.— Sup. : quam potuit truculentissime eum aspexit, Quint. 6, 1, 43.