grim, fierce, wild
Latin word, found 167 times in the texts on Socratos.
Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.106: … onvertitur orbe. Et quo sit earum stellarum admirabilior aspectus, has inter veluti rapido cum gurgite flumen torvus Draco serpit supter supraque revolvens sese conficiensque sinus e corpore flexos.
Vergil, Eclogues 2.63: Torva leaena lupum sequitur; lupus ipse capellam;
Vergil, Georgics 3.51: corpora praecipue matrum legat. Optuma torvae
All forms of torvus