atrox

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *atro-ek, from *h₂eh₁tro-h₃kʷs (“having the appearance of fire”), from *h₂eh₁tro- (suffixed, metathesized form of *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”)) + *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). The first root also gives the cognates of Avestan 𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱‎ (ātarš, “fire”), Umbrian [script needed] (atru), Oscan [script needed] (Aadíriis), Irish áith (“kiln”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.troːks/

Adjective

atrōx (genitive atrōcis); third declension

Inflection

Third declension.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	atrōx	atrōx	atrōcēs	atrōcia
Genitive	atrōcis	atrōcis	atrōcium	atrōcium
Dative	atrōcī	atrōcī	atrōcibus	atrōcibus
Accusative	atrōcem	atrōx	atrōcēs	atrōcia
Ablative	atrōcī	atrōcī	atrōcibus	atrōcibus
Vocative	atrōx	atrōx	atrōcēs	atrōcia

comparative: atrōcior, superlative: atrōcissimus

Derived terms

Descendants

Catalan: atroç
English: atrocious
French: atroce
Italian: atroce

Romanian: atroce
Portuguese: atroz
Spanish: atroz

References

atrox in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
atrox in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
atrox in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a bloody battle: proelium cruentum, atrox

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