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Verb

dirus

1. conditional of diri

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dwey-ros, from Proto-Indo-European *dwey- ‎(“to fear”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεινός ‎(deinós), Old Armenian երկն ‎(erkn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.rus/, [ˈdiː.rʊs]

Adjective

dīrus m ‎(feminine dīra, neuter dīrum); first/second declension

1. fearful
2. ominous
3. (of character) dreadful, detestable
4. (New Latin) Used as a species epithet

Inflection

First/second declension.

• comparative: dīrior, superlative: dīrissimus

Derived terms

• dīra
• dīrae

Descendants

• English: dire
• Sardinian: diru

References

• dirus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dirus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dirus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.