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Noun

ferio ‎(accusative singular ferion, plural ferioj, accusative plural feriojn)

1. day off, holiday (day of vacation)

   banka ferio‎

   bank holiday

2. (in the plural) vacation, holidays

   someraj ferioj‎

   summer vacation

Derived terms

• feria ‎(“of or related to days off”)
• ferii ‎(“to vacation”)

See also

• festotago ‎(“holiday (day a festival is observed)”)

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- ‎(“to pierce, strike”), perhaps with root-final laryngeal dropped in a prevocalic position. O-grade reflex is attested in forō. Cognate with Albanian bie ‎(“to fall”), Old English gebered ‎(“crushed, kneaded”), English berry ‎(“to beat, thrash”). More at berry.

Verb

feriō ‎(present infinitive ferīre, perfect active ferīvī, supine ferītum); fourth conjugation

1. I hit, I strike, I smite, I beat, I knock.

   Feriri a serpente.‎

   To be stung by a snake.

2. I cut, I thrust.
3. (with accusative) I kill by striking, I slay, I give a deathblow

   Aliquem securi ferire.‎

   To behead someone with an ax.

4. (money) I strike, I stamp, I coin.

   Asses sextantario pondere ferire.‎

   To strike asses only the sixth part of a pound.

   • moneyer; in the Roman Republic, the abbreviation III. VIR. AAAFF. or even III. VIR. A.P.F. (tresviri ad pecuniam feriundum) was written on the coins, but it stood for:

     Tresviri aere argento auro flando feriundo.

     Three men for striking and casting bronze, silver and copper coins.

Inflection

Usage notes

Perfect and passive forms are rare.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‎(“to scrape, to cut”). Compare Middle Irish berna, Old High German berjan, Middle High German berjen, Old English bered, Ancient Greek φάρω ‎(phárō), Avestan [script needed] ‎(tiži-bāra), Old Armenian բերան ‎(beran).

Usage notes

• The verb form feriunt, meaning they strike, had the archaic spelling ferinunt.

Synonyms

• (I hit): īcō, percutiō, pulsō, tundō, verberō

Derived terms

• secūrī feriō (I behead)
• foedus feriō (I make a compact, covenant or treaty)
• amōrum turpissimōrum foedera feriō (I form illicit connections)

Descendants

References

• ferio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ferio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ferio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to beat one's brow: frontem ferire, percutere
    
  • to slaughter victims: victimas (oxen), hostias (smaller animals, especially sheep) immolare, securi ferire, caedere, mactare
    
  • to execute a person, cut off his head: securi percutere, ferire aliquem
    
  • to conclude a treaty, an alliance: foedus facere (cum aliquo), icere, ferire