truculenter

truculenter, Adv. (truculentus), finster, grimmig, furchtbar, unfreundlich, griesgrämig, nolite truculenter insequi inania verba populorum, Cassiod. var. 1, 30, 4: inque sacerdotem truculenter acerba redundans, Ven. Fort. vit. S. Mart. 4, 541: quod truculentius se gerebat quam ceteri, eine drohendere Haltung annahm, Cic. de lege agr. 2, 13: quin etiam truculentius sibi instanti (ihm mit furchtbareren Drohungen zusetzenden) Sullae, ›licet‹, inquit, ›mihi agmina militum ostentes‹ etc., Val. Max. 3, 8, 5: quam potuit truculentissime eum aspexit, Quint. 6, 1, 43.

truculenter v. truculente

trŭcŭlentĕr (16) (truculentus), dʼun air farouche, brutalement : Cassiod. Var. 1, 30 ; Fort. Mart. 4, 541 || -tius Cic. Agr. 2, 13 ; Val. Max. 3, 8, 5 || tissime Quint. 6, 1, 43.

(truculenter) adv.

• truculentus, savagely, fiercely, ferociously.—Only comp: truculentius se gerebat.