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vĭŏlens, entis, adj. [vis], impetuous, vehement, furious, violent (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose, whereas violentus is class.): Aufidus, Hor. C. 3, 30, 10: victor equus, id. Ep. 1, 10, 37; so (with ferus), Pers. 5, 171.
vĭŏlenter, adv. [violens], impetuously, vehemently, violently: solennia ludorum violenter dirimere. Liv. 5, 1, 4: quaestio exercita aspere violenterque, furiously, Sall. J. 40, 5; cf.: aliquid tolerare, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 4: vidimus flavum Tiberim retortis Litore Etrusco violenter undis Ire dejectum monumenta regis, Hor. C. 1, 2, 14: invadunt appropinquantem (canes), Col. 7, 12, 7: proconsulatum violenter gerere, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 1: aliquem ad supplicium poscere, Tac. H. 3, 11: increpare aliquem, id. A. 6, 3.
Comp., Suet. Aug. 51 fin.; id. Tib. 37; id. Tit. 6; Just. 11, 7, 16.
Sup., Col. 7, 3, 4; Just. 25, 5, 1.
vĭŏlentĭa, ae, f. [violentus], violence, vehemence, impetuosity, ferocity (class.): illi hanc vim appellant, quae est potius violentia, Quint. 2, 12, 11: novi hominis furorem, novi effrenatam violentiam, Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 26: vinolentorum, id. Tusc. 5, 41, 118: minis ejus ac violentiā territus, Suet. Ner. 34: gentium, ferocity, Tac. A. 2, 63: acris leonum, Lucr. 3, 741.
Of things, concr. and abstr.: vehemens vini, Lucr. 3, 482: saepe fortunae violentiam toleravisse, Sall. C. 53, 3: assidua hiemis, Col. 1, 1, 5: radii solis, Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 70: vultūs, fierceness, Ov. M. 1, 238: si dolo nihil profecerit, vi et violentiā deicere eos conatur, Lact. 3, 29, 15.
vĭŏlentus, a, um, adj. [vis], forcible, violent, vehement, impetuous, boisterous (class.): ubi id rescivit factum frater violentissimus, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 32: homo vehemens et violentus, Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19: quamvis sis, ut es, violentus et furens, id. ib. 2, 28, 68: tyrannus saevissimus et violentissimus in suos, Liv. 34, 32, 3: censores, id. 9, 34, 3: ingenium, id. 1, 46, 5; cf.: Piso ingenio violentus, Tac. A. 2, 43: faciē violenta Corinna est, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 7: violentus in armis, id. P. 4, 6, 35: viri vis, Lucr. 5, 964: vis leonum, id. 3, 296: Lucania bellum Incuteret violenta, Hor. S. 2, 1, 39: ventus, Lucr. 5, 1226: turbo, id. 5, 217; 5, 368; 5, 1231: violentior Eurus, Verg. G. 2, 107: violentior amnis, id. ib. 4, 373: violentissimae tempestates, Cic. Clu. 49, 138: violentissimus caeli status, Col. 5, 5, 17: duae res violentissimae, ferrum et ignis, Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 59: opes, Cic. Phil. 1, 12, 29: verba, Ov. M. 3, 717: imperium, Liv. 45, 12, 6: mors infantibus, Sen. Troad. 1172: nimis violentum est, nulla esse dicere, i. e. it is unreasonable, it is going too far, Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 72.
Adv. does not occur.
vĭŏlĕus, a, um, adj. [viola], violet, of a violet color: nectar, Cassiod. Var. 12, 4.