severe
severe
adj.
P. and V. τρᾱχύ̆ς, πικρός, σκληρός, σχέτλιος, ἀγνώμων, βᾰρύς, Ar. and P. χᾰλεπός ; see cruel.
Take severe measures against: P. νεώτερόν τι ποιεῖν (εἰς, acc.); see violent.
Of looks: P. and V. σκυθρωπός, V. στυγνός.
Solemn: P. and V. σεμνός.
Stubbornly contested: P. καρτερός, ἰσχυρός.
Of natural phenomena: use P. and V. μέγᾰς.
Of weather: Ar. and P. χᾰλεπός.
A severe season: P. χαλεπὴ ὥρα (Plat. Prot. 344d).
Hard to bear: P. and V. οὐκ ἀ̆νεκτός, P. ἀφόρητος, V. δύ̆σοιστος, δύσφορος, ἄ̆φερτος ; see intolerable.
Terrible: P. and V. δεινός.
Grievous: P. and V. βᾰρύς ; grievous.
adj.
P. and V. τρᾱχύ̆ς, πικρός, σκληρός, σχέτλιος, ἀγνώμων, βᾰρύς, Ar. and P. χᾰλεπός ; see cruel.
Take severe measures against: P. νεώτερόν τι ποιεῖν (εἰς, acc.); see violent.
Of looks: P. and V. σκυθρωπός, V. στυγνός.
Solemn: P. and V. σεμνός.
Stubbornly contested: P. καρτερός, ἰσχυρός.
Of natural phenomena: use P. and V. μέγᾰς.
Of weather: Ar. and P. χᾰλεπός.
A severe season: P. χαλεπὴ ὥρα (Plat. Prot. 344d).
Hard to bear: P. and V. οὐκ ἀ̆νεκτός, P. ἀφόρητος, V. δύ̆σοιστος, δύσφορος, ἄ̆φερτος ; see intolerable.
Terrible: P. and V. δεινός.
Grievous: P. and V. βᾰρύς ; grievous.
SEVERE
durus; molestus (troublesome): gravis (oppressive): acer (violent severe): acerbus (sour peevish): iniquus (unjust; hence oppressive hard): austerus (grave): severus (rigid strict harsh): very severe atrox (fierce); saevus (cruel). A severe battle proelium durum (Liv. 40 16); certamen acre; pugna or proelium atrox (very severe): there was a severe battle acriter or acerrimo concursu pugnabatur: severe toil labor gravis or molestus: a severe disease morbus durus gravis or periculosus: to have a severe complaint or disease gravi morbo laborare or conflictari; graviter aegrotare or jacere: a severe winter hiems gravis or acris: very severe hiems atrox or saeva: a severe government imperium grave iniquum or acerbum; imperii acerbitas: if I should experience a severe stroke (of misfortune etc.) si mihi aliquid acerbitatis accident; si durior acciderit casus. Vid: also HARSH STRICT
durus; molestus (troublesome): gravis (oppressive): acer (violent severe): acerbus (sour peevish): iniquus (unjust; hence oppressive hard): austerus (grave): severus (rigid strict harsh): very severe atrox (fierce); saevus (cruel). A severe battle proelium durum (Liv. 40 16); certamen acre; pugna or proelium atrox (very severe): there was a severe battle acriter or acerrimo concursu pugnabatur: severe toil labor gravis or molestus: a severe disease morbus durus gravis or periculosus: to have a severe complaint or disease gravi morbo laborare or conflictari; graviter aegrotare or jacere: a severe winter hiems gravis or acris: very severe hiems atrox or saeva: a severe government imperium grave iniquum or acerbum; imperii acerbitas: if I should experience a severe stroke (of misfortune etc.) si mihi aliquid acerbitatis accident; si durior acciderit casus. Vid: also HARSH STRICT
severe:
I. Characterized by harshness, giving no indulgence:
1. dūrus (harsh and inflexible): a s. father, d. pater, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 30: a somewhat s. judge, judex durior, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 62. Join durus atque inexorabilis, Ter.
2. ācer, cris, cre (denoting an active and energetic quality, as durus denotes rather a passive one); s. masters, domini acres, Lucr. 6, 63: to punish a pernicious citizen with s.r punishments than the bitterest enemy, acrioribus suppliciis civem perniciosum quam acerbissimum hostem coercere, Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3.
3. grăvis (in this sense only of things): we have a decree of the Senate against thee, Catiline, urgent and s., habemus Senatus consultum in te, Catilina, vehemens et grave, ib. 1, 1, 3: to inflict a very s. punishment, gravissimum supplicium sumere, Caes. B. G. 1, 31, fin.
4. sĕvērus (rigorous, strict: also in present sense only of things): a very s. discipline, disciplina maxime s., Quint. 1, 2, 5: Lycurgus the author of very s. and just laws, Lycurgus severissimarum justissimarumque legum auctor, Vell. 1, 6: a rather s. punishment, paulo severior poena, Sall. C. 51, med.
5. inclēmens (unmerciful): Liv. 8, 32, med. (de Papirio dictatore).
II. Grave, sober, sedate to an extreme:
1. sĕvērus: a s. and grave citizen, civis s. et gravis, Cic. Am. 25, 95: the gravest and s.st of all men, omnium gravissimus et severissimus, id. de Or. 2, 56, 228. the most s. school of the Stoics, Stoicorum secta severissima, Quint. 1, 10, 15.
2. austērus: v.AUSTERE , STERN .
3. horrĭdus (stern, austere): Hor. Od. 3, 21, 10. Join: [vir] paulo horridior et durior, Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 5.
III. Rigidly exact; as a s. style:
1. sĕvērus: a harsh and s. style of oratory, triste et s. genus dicendi, Cic. Brut. 30, 113: the muse of s. tragedy, s. musa tragoediae, Hor. Od. 2, 1, 9.
2. austērus (lit. sour, harsh-flavoured: hence, as opp. to exuberance and lusciousness of style, etc.): a s. style of oratory, oratio a., Quint. 9, 4, 128: that he may have a s. and solid not a luscious and effeminate sweetness of expression, ut suavitatem habeat a. et solidam, non dulcem atque decoctam, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103.
3. grăvis: v.GRAVE , DIGNIFIED .
IV. Sharp, of a season; distressing, as pain:
1. grăvis (bad, dangerous): a s. wound, vulnus g., Caes. B. G. 1, 48.
2. ācer (acute, painful): a s. disease, a. morbus, Pl. Men. 5, 2, 121: s. winter, a. hiems, Hor. Od. 1, 4, 1.
3. dūrus s. pains, d. dolores, Virg. Aen. 5, 5: s. cold, d. frigus, Pl. Men. 5, 6, 10: s. hunger, fames d., Hor. S. 1, 2, 6.
4. ăcerbus (extremely painful): a very s. punishment, supplicium acerbissimum, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12: the s. cold, frigus a., Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 53.
5. atrox, ōcis (violent and deadly): a s. storm, a. tempestas, Tac. A. 11, 31, fin.
I. Characterized by harshness, giving no indulgence:
1. dūrus (harsh and inflexible): a s. father, d. pater, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 30: a somewhat s. judge, judex durior, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 62. Join durus atque inexorabilis, Ter.
2. ācer, cris, cre (denoting an active and energetic quality, as durus denotes rather a passive one); s. masters, domini acres, Lucr. 6, 63: to punish a pernicious citizen with s.r punishments than the bitterest enemy, acrioribus suppliciis civem perniciosum quam acerbissimum hostem coercere, Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3.
3. grăvis (in this sense only of things): we have a decree of the Senate against thee, Catiline, urgent and s., habemus Senatus consultum in te, Catilina, vehemens et grave, ib. 1, 1, 3: to inflict a very s. punishment, gravissimum supplicium sumere, Caes. B. G. 1, 31, fin.
4. sĕvērus (rigorous, strict: also in present sense only of things): a very s. discipline, disciplina maxime s., Quint. 1, 2, 5: Lycurgus the author of very s. and just laws, Lycurgus severissimarum justissimarumque legum auctor, Vell. 1, 6: a rather s. punishment, paulo severior poena, Sall. C. 51, med.
5. inclēmens (unmerciful): Liv. 8, 32, med. (de Papirio dictatore).
II. Grave, sober, sedate to an extreme:
1. sĕvērus: a s. and grave citizen, civis s. et gravis, Cic. Am. 25, 95: the gravest and s.st of all men, omnium gravissimus et severissimus, id. de Or. 2, 56, 228. the most s. school of the Stoics, Stoicorum secta severissima, Quint. 1, 10, 15.
2. austērus: v.
3. horrĭdus (stern, austere): Hor. Od. 3, 21, 10. Join: [vir] paulo horridior et durior, Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 5.
III. Rigidly exact; as a s. style:
1. sĕvērus: a harsh and s. style of oratory, triste et s. genus dicendi, Cic. Brut. 30, 113: the muse of s. tragedy, s. musa tragoediae, Hor. Od. 2, 1, 9.
2. austērus (lit. sour, harsh-flavoured: hence, as opp. to exuberance and lusciousness of style, etc.): a s. style of oratory, oratio a., Quint. 9, 4, 128: that he may have a s. and solid not a luscious and effeminate sweetness of expression, ut suavitatem habeat a. et solidam, non dulcem atque decoctam, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103.
3. grăvis: v.
IV. Sharp, of a season; distressing, as pain:
1. grăvis (bad, dangerous): a s. wound, vulnus g., Caes. B. G. 1, 48.
2. ācer (acute, painful): a s. disease, a. morbus, Pl. Men. 5, 2, 121: s. winter, a. hiems, Hor. Od. 1, 4, 1.
3. dūrus s. pains, d. dolores, Virg. Aen. 5, 5: s. cold, d. frigus, Pl. Men. 5, 6, 10: s. hunger, fames d., Hor. S. 1, 2, 6.
4. ăcerbus (extremely painful): a very s. punishment, supplicium acerbissimum, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12: the s. cold, frigus a., Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 53.
5. atrox, ōcis (violent and deadly): a s. storm, a. tempestas, Tac. A. 11, 31, fin.
crudelis
rude, unfeeling, hard, unmerciful, hard - hearted, cruel, severe, fierce
severus
serious, sober, grave, strict, austere, stern, severe
atrox
savage, fierce, wild, cruel, harsh, severe
iniustus
unreasonable, unsuitable, oppressive, excessive, improper, severe, burdensome
austerus
severe, rigid, morose
like Archilochus. Hence, severe
adductus
strict, severe
destrictus
severe, rigid
inclemens
unmerciful, rigorous, harsh, rough, severe
tetricus
forbidding, gloomy, crabbed, harsh, severe
rude, unfeeling, hard, unmerciful, hard - hearted, cruel, severe, fierce
severus
serious, sober, grave, strict, austere, stern, severe
atrox
savage, fierce, wild, cruel, harsh, severe
iniustus
unreasonable, unsuitable, oppressive, excessive, improper, severe, burdensome
austerus
severe, rigid, morose
appearing fewer than 50 times
Archilochiuslike Archilochus. Hence, severe
adductus
strict, severe
destrictus
severe, rigid
inclemens
unmerciful, rigorous, harsh, rough, severe
tetricus
forbidding, gloomy, crabbed, harsh, severe