trŭcŭlentus — Lewis & Short
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. 5, 4, 12; 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.