torvitas

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.

torvitās, ātis, f. (torvus), das Wilde, Finstere, Grimmige im Blicke, im Aussehen, im Charakter, vultus, Tac.: oculorum, Amm.: oris, Solin.: aspectus, Solin.: capitis (pantherae), Plin. – naturae, Plin.: eadem illa turvitas (Agrippae), Plin.: torvitas (leonum) mitigata, Sen.

torvitas [CL], grimness, harshness, cruelty. nec terreri ‥ nisi sola oris ~ate [Solin. Polyhist. 18 (17)] Aldh. PR 122; hinc timiditas, inde tumiditas / hinc tarditas, inde torvitas Hon. Spec. Eccl. 1092A; scelus et torvitas et injusticia Walt. Wimb. Sim. 31.

torvĭtās, (14) ātis, f. (torvus), expression farouche, caractère menaçant de qqn, de qqch. : Tac. H. 2, 9 ; Plin. 8, 62 ; 35, 26.

torvitās ātis, f

• torvus, savageness, sternness: voltūs, Ta.