truculentus

See also: Truculentus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tru.kuˈlen.tus/, [t̪rʊkʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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

• truculentē
• truculenter
• truculentia

Related terms

• trux

Descendants

• Catalan: truculent
• Middle French: truculent
  • French: truculent
  • → English: truculent
• Galician: truculento
• Italian: truculento
• Portuguese: truculento
• Spanish: truculento

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.