trux — Lewis & Short
trux, ŭcis (adj.perh. tru/c, new, unfermented wine; hence, trop.,
abl. usually truci, but truce in Cic. Agr. 2, 25; Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 14),I wild, rough, hard, harsh, savage, fierce, ferocious, grim, stern (mostly poet.; cf.; truculentus, torvus).
I Of living beings:
horridus ac trux tribunus plebis,Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 65:
M. Catonem oratorem non solum gravem sed interdum etiam trucem esse scimus,Liv. 34, 5, 6:
insectator,id. 3, 33, 7:
puer,i. e. Achilles, Sen. Troad. 832:
puellae,i. e. Amazons, id. Oedip. 479:
tyrannus,id. Herc. Fur. 937:
arietes,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 29:
ferae,Tib. 1, 9, 76:
aper,Ov. M. 10, 715:
taurus,id. ib. 7, 111; 8, 297;
9, 81: Theron,id. ib. 3, 211:
blattae,ravaging, Mart. 14, 37, 2 et saep.—*
(b) With inf.:
trux audere,bold, daring, Sil. 13, 220. —
II Of things concrete and abstract: (testudo) aspectu truci, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133 (Trag. Rel. v. 3 Rib.):
oculi (draconis), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 107: vultus,Hor. Epod. 5, 4:
quemque vocant aliae vultum rigidumque trucemque,Ov. H. 4, 73:
voltu truci,Liv. 45, 10, 8:
faciesque truces oculique minaces,Luc. 7, 291:
pelagus,Hor. C. 1, 3, 10:
venti,Plin. 2, 36, 36, § 100:
Eurus, Ov M. 15, 603: classicum,Hor. Epod. 2, 5:
truci cantu,Liv. 5, 37, 8:
sonor,Tac. A. 1, 65:
vox,Sil. 1, 67:
herbae tactu,Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 17:
per lucos vetustā religione truces,Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 229:
animus,Ov. A. A. 2, 477:
sententia,Liv. 29, 19, 4:
genus dicendi trux atque violentum,Quint. 11, 1, 3:
inimicitiae,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 49:
eloquentia,Tac. A. 6, 48:
oratio,id. H 4, 42.—Comp. and sup. given without examples in Rhemn. Palaem. p. 1369 P.— Hence, trŭcĭter, adv., fiercely (late Lat.), Aldh. Laud. Virg. 35.