truculentus

See also: Truculentus

Latin

Etymology

From trux (“harsh; savage”) +‎ -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /tru.kuˈlen.tus/, [t̪rʊkʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tru.kuˈlen.tus/, [t̪rukuˈlɛn̪t̪us]

Adjective

truculentus (feminine truculenta, neuter truculentum, comparative truculentior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. savage, ferocious
  2. harsh, stern, cruel
  3. stormy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative truculentus truculenta truculentum truculentī truculentae truculenta
Genitive truculentī truculentae truculentī truculentōrum truculentārum truculentōrum
Dative truculentō truculentō truculentīs
Accusative truculentum truculentam truculentum truculentōs truculentās truculenta
Ablative truculentō truculentā truculentō truculentīs
Vocative truculente truculenta truculentum truculentī truculentae truculenta

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • “truculentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “truculentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • truculentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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