I.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.
vĭŏlentus , a, um, adj. vis,