ferus
See also: férus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Italic *feros, from earlier *xʷeros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros, from *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfe.rus/, [ˈfɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.rus/, [ˈfɛːrus]
Adjective
editferus (feminine fera, neuter ferum); first/second-declension adjective
- wild, savage, fierce, cruel
- Synonyms: trux, ferōx, atrōx, violēns, immānis, efferus, crūdēlis, silvāticus, ācer, acerbus, sevērus
- Antonyms: mītis, tranquillus, misericors, placidus, quietus, clemens
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.107–108:
- prīma ferōs habitūs hominī dētrāxit: ab illā
vēnērunt cultūs mundaque cūra suī.- [Venus] first divested men of savage habits: from her
came fancy attire and clean care of oneself.
(See Venus (mythology).)
- [Venus] first divested men of savage habits: from her
- prīma ferōs habitūs hominī dētrāxit: ab illā
- uncivilized, uncultivated
- Synonym: barbaricus
- untamed, rough
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ferus | fera | ferum | ferī | ferae | fera | |
Genitive | ferī | ferae | ferī | ferōrum | ferārum | ferōrum | |
Dative | ferō | ferō | ferīs | ||||
Accusative | ferum | feram | ferum | ferōs | ferās | fera | |
Ablative | ferō | ferā | ferō | ferīs | |||
Vocative | fere | fera | ferum | ferī | ferae | fera |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editNomen
editferus m (genitive ferī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ferus | ferī |
Genitive | ferī | ferōrum |
Dative | ferō | ferīs |
Accusative | ferum | ferōs |
Ablative | ferō | ferīs |
Vocative | fere | ferī |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “ferus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ferus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ferus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to fight like lions: ferarum ritu pugnare
- to fight like lions: ferarum ritu pugnare
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