Saevius

From saevus (“fierce, savage”) +‎ -ius.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsae̯.u̯i.us/, [ˈs̠äe̯u̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.vi.us/, [ˈsɛːvius]

Saevius m sg (genitive Saeviī or Saevī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Saevius Nicanor, a Roman grammarian mentioned by Suetonius

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• “Nicanor, Saevius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray