I.wild, rough, hard, harsh, savage, fierce, ferocious, grim, stern (mostly poet.; cf.; truculentus, torvus).
I. Of living beings: “horridus ac trux tribunus plebis,” Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 65: “M. Catonem oratorem non solum gravem sed interdum etiam trucem esse scimus,” Liv. 34, 5, 6: “insectator,” id. 3, 33, 7: “puer,” i. e. Achilles, Sen. Troad. 832: “puellae,” i. e. Amazons, id. Oedip. 479: “tyrannus,” id. Herc. Fur. 937: “arietes,” Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 29: “ferae,” Tib. 1, 9, 76: “aper,” Ov. M. 10, 715: “taurus,” id. ib. 7, 111; 8, 297; “9, 81: Theron,” id. ib. 3, 211: “blattae,” ravaging, Mart. 14, 37, 2 et saep.—*
II. Of things concrete and abstract: (testudo) aspectu truci, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133 (Trag. Rel. v. 3 Rib.): “oculi (draconis), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 107: vultus,” Hor. Epod. 5, 4: “quemque vocant aliae vultum rigidumque trucemque,” Ov. H. 4, 73: “voltu truci,” Liv. 45, 10, 8: “faciesque truces oculique minaces,” Luc. 7, 291: “pelagus,” Hor. C. 1, 3, 10: “venti,” Plin. 2, 36, 36, § 100: “Eurus, Ov M. 15, 603: classicum,” Hor. Epod. 2, 5: “truci cantu,” Liv. 5, 37, 8: “sonor,” Tac. A. 1, 65: “vox,” Sil. 1, 67: “herbae tactu,” Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 17: “per lucos vetustā religione truces,” Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 229: “animus,” Ov. A. A. 2, 477: “sententia,” Liv. 29, 19, 4: “genus dicendi trux atque violentum,” Quint. 11, 1, 3: “inimicitiae,” Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 49: “eloquentia,” Tac. A. 6, 48: “oratio,” id. H 4, 42.—Comp. and sup. given without examples in Rhemn. Palaem. p. 1369 P.— Hence, trŭcĭter , adv., fiercely (late Lat.), Aldh. Laud. Virg. 35.
