Latin

Adjective

sevērus m ‎(feminine sevēra, neuter sevērum); first/second declension

1. severe, serious, grave in demeanor

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

• French: sévère
• English: severe
• Italian: severo
• Spanish: severo, severa

References

• severus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• severus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “severus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be brought up under strict discipline: severa disciplina contineri
    
  • a stern critic of morals: severus morum castigator
    
  • to be a strict disciplinarian in one's household: severum imperium in suis exercere, tenere (De Sen. 11. 37)
    
• severus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• severus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• severe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911