saevio

saevĭo, ii, ītum, 4 (old form of the imperf. saevibat, Lucr. 5, 1003; fut. saevibo, Mar. Vict. from Macr. 20, p. 443), v. n. [saevus], to be fierce or furious, to rage, to vent one's rage (very freq. since the Aug. per.; once in Cæs.; not in Cic.; but saevus and saevitia several times in Cic.).

I.

Lit., of animals:

ubi equus saevit,

Lucr. 5, 1075:

(lupus) rabieque fameque,

Ov. M. 11, 369:

anguis,

Verg. G. 3, 434:

panthera,

Phaedr. 3, 2, 14:

leo,

Val. Fl. 6, 613 al.:

aper in pecudes,

Ov. M. 8, 296:

accipiter in omnes aves,

id. ib. 11, 345:

canes in alios saevientes,

Gell. 7, 1, 6.—

B.

Esp., of the cries of enraged animals:

hinc exaudiri gemitus iraeque leonum,... atque in praesepibus ursi Saevire,

Verg. A. 7, 17 Forbig. ad loc. (cf. Rib. ad loc., who conjectures mugire):

agni balant, porcelli gruniunt, ursi saeviunt,

Spart. Get. 5.—

II.

Transf., of any strong, passionate excitement, to rage, rave; to be furious, mad, violent, angry, etc. (cf.: furo, bacchor).

A.

Of persons:

here mi, nimium saevis,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 20; id. Truc. 5, 4; cf. id. Ps. 5, 1, 4:

ah, ne saevi tantopere,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 27:

ne saevi, magna sacerdos,

Verg. A. 6, 544:

si quid saeviunt senes,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 51:

leniter qui saeviunt sapiunt magis,

who control their anger, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:

saevire Fortuna ac miscere omnia coepit,

Sall. C. 10, 1:

saeviens turba,

Liv. 8, 24:

seditionibus saevire,

id. 2, 44:

in delectibus saevire solitos,

id. 2, 44 Drak.:

(paedagogi) imperiosi atque interim saevientes,

Quint. 1, 1, 8:

saevire securibus,

Plin. Pan. 52, 4:

saevit animis ignobile vulgus,

Verg. A. 1, 149:

animis acerbis (with procedere longius iras),

id. ib. 5, 462:

pater ardens Saevit, quod, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 49:

saeviat atque novos moveat Fortuna tumultus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 126:

saevire in tergum et in cervices,

Liv. 3, 45:

in obsides innoxios,

id. 28, 34:

in delubra,

id. 31, 30:

in se ipsum,

id. 1, 53:

in conjuges ac liberos,

Tac. Agr. 38; id. A. 3, 31 fin.; Suet. Aug. 13; Ov. M. 4, 712 al.; cf.:

flagellis in aliquem,

Juv. 10, 180; and:

in se (corresp. to manus sibi inferre),

Dig. 29, 5, 1, § 22.— Poet., with dat.:

qui mihi nunc saevit,

Ov. H. 4, 148; Tib. 1, 2, 88.— Poet., with inf. (cf. saevus, II. A.):

cum manus impia saevit Sanguine Caesareo Romanum exstinguere nomen,

Ov. M. 1, 200.— Impers. pass.:

clade saevitum est,

Suet. Ner. 38:

constat Trojā captā in ceteros saevitum esse Trojanos,

Liv. 1, 1:

in aliquid (aliquem),

id. 34, 14; 41, 6; Vell. 2, 74, 44; Tac. Agr. 2; id. A. 1, 49; 4, 20; id. H. 2, 62 al.—

B.

Of things:

saevit minaci murmure ventus,

Lucr. 1, 276; cf.:

frustra mare saepe coortum Saevibat,

id. 5, 1003:

dum longus inter saeviat Ilion Romamque pontus,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 37:

pelagus,

Tac. A. 15, 46:

mare ventis,

Sall. J. 78, 3: ventus, * Caes. B. G. 3, 13 fin.; cf.

Aufidus,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 27:

medius dies solstitio,

Sen. Hippol. 766:

venenum in praecordiis,

Hor. Epod. 3, 5:

gula,

Juv. 5, 94; cf.

venter (sc. fame),

App. M. 4, p. 145:

arbor stridoribus,

Sil. 13, 600:

cum tibi flagrans amor... Saeviet circa jecur ulcerosum,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 15:

saevit amor ferri,

Verg. A. 7, 461; 4, 532:

dolor in erepto amore,

Prop. 2, 8, 36 (8 b, 20):

dolor in praecordiis,

Petr. 17, 8:

ira in aliquem,

Ov. M. 14, 193:

quo fortuna magis saevit,

id. P. 2, 3, 51:

fames,

Val. Fl. 4, 499:

morbus,

Gell. 12, 5, 4: acerbus odor. Val. Fl. 4, 493:

acer hinnitus equorum,

Sil. 4, 97: oratio ferociens saeviensque (opp. demissa jacensque), Gell 1, 11, 15.