torvus adj., staring, keen, piercing, wild, stern, fierce, grim, savage (esp. in look or expression): oculi, O.: astantes lumine torvo fratres, V.: voltus, H.: forma minantis, O.: optima torvae Forma bovis, V.: leaena, V.: Medusa, O.: Mars, H.

—Neut. As adv., fiercely, sternly, grimly: torvumque repente Clamat, V.: torva tuens, V.