vĭŏlenter, adv. [violens], impetuously, vehemently, violently: solennia ludorum violenter dirimere. Liv. 5, 1, 4: quaestio exercita aspere violenterque, furiously, Sall. J. 40, 5; cf.: aliquid tolerare, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 4: vidimus flavum Tiberim retortis Litore Etrusco violenter undis Ire dejectum monumenta regis, Hor. C. 1, 2, 14: invadunt appropinquantem (canes), Col. 7, 12, 7: proconsulatum violenter gerere, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 1: aliquem ad supplicium poscere, Tac. H. 3, 11: increpare aliquem, id. A. 6, 3.
Comp., Suet. Aug. 51 fin.; id. Tib. 37; id. Tit. 6; Just. 11, 7, 16.
Sup., Col. 7, 3, 4; Just. 25, 5, 1.