dirus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *deiros, from Proto-Indo-European *dwey- (“to fear”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós), Old Armenian երկն (erkn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.rus/, [ˈd̪iːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.rus/, [ˈd̪iːrus]
Adjective
dīrus (feminine dīra, neuter dīrum, comparative dīrior, superlative dīrissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- fearful
- Senex dirissimus. ― A most fearful old man.
- ominous
- (of character) dreadful, detestable
- dire
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | dīrus | dīra | dīrum | dīrī | dīrae | dīra | |
| Genitive | dīrī | dīrae | dīrī | dīrōrum | dīrārum | dīrōrum | |
| Dative | dīrō | dīrō | dīrīs | ||||
| Accusative | dīrum | dīram | dīrum | dīrōs | dīrās | dīra | |
| Ablative | dīrō | dīrā | dīrō | dīrīs | |||
| Vocative | dīre | dīra | dīrum | dīrī | dīrae | dīra | |
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
- dirus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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