I.wildness, savageness, severity, sternness of aspect, character, etc. (post-Aug.): “torvitas vultūs,” Tac. H. 2, 9 fin.: “oculorum,” Amm. 31, 2, 7: “capitis (pantherae),” Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62: “naturae,” id. 7, 19, 18, § 79: “M. Agrippa, vir rusticitati propior quam deliciis ... verum eadem illa torvitas tabulas duas Ajacis et Veneris mercata est, etc.,” id. 35, 4, 9, § 26.
torvĭtas , ātis, f. id.,