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ferus
ferus
See also: férus
Latin
Adjective
ferus m (feminine fera, neuter ferum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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 | |
Descendants
- Asturian: fieru
- Catalan fer
- English: fierce, feral
- French: fier
- Italian: fiero
- Norman: fiar (Guernsey)
- Portuguese: feroz
- Spanish: fiero
Noun
ferus m (genitive ferī); second declension
- wild animal
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ferus | ferī |
| genitive | ferī | ferōrum |
| dative | ferō | ferīs |
| accusative | ferum | ferōs |
| ablative | ferō | ferīs |
| vocative | fere | ferī |
Related terms
References
- 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ferus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to fight like lions: ferarum ritu pugnare
- to fight like lions: ferarum ritu pugnare