ferinus

Latin

Etymology

From ferus (“wild, savage; wild animal”) +‎ -īnus (adjective-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ri.nus/, [ˈfɛrɪnʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ri.nus/, [ˈfɛːrinus]

Adjective

ferīnus (feminine ferīna, neuter ferīnum, comparative ferīnior, superlative ferinīssimus, adverb ferīnē); first/second-declension adjective

of or belonging to wild animals
brutish

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	ferīnus	ferīna	ferīnum	ferīnī	ferīnae	ferīna
Genitive	ferīnī	ferīnae	ferīnī	ferīnōrum	ferīnārum	ferīnōrum
Dative	ferīnō	ferīnae	ferīnō	ferīnīs
Accusative	ferīnum	ferīnam	ferīnum	ferīnōs	ferīnās	ferīna
Ablative	ferīnō	ferīnā	ferīnō	ferīnīs
Vocative	ferīne	ferīna	ferīnum	ferīnī	ferīnae	ferīna

Related terms

ferōx

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: ferí
French: férin
Galician: ferino
Italian: ferino
Portuguese: ferino
Spanish: ferino

References

“ferinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ferinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ferinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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