ferus

See also: férus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *feros, from earlier *xʷeros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros, from *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ferus (feminine fera, neuter ferum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. wild, savage, fierce, cruel
    Synonyms: trux, ferōx, atrōx, violēns, immānis, efferus, crūdēlis, silvāticus, ācer, acerbus, sevērus
    Antonyms: mītis, tranquillus, misericors, placidus, quietus, clemens
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.107–108:
      prīma ferōs habitūs hominī dētrāxit: ab illā
      vēnērunt cultūs mundaque cūra suī.
      [Venus] first divested men of savage habits: from her
      came fancy attire and clean care of oneself.
      (See Venus (mythology).)
  2. uncivilized, uncultivated
    Synonym: barbaricus
  3. untamed, rough

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Asturian: fieru
  • Catalan: fer
  • Galician: fero
  • Italian: fiero
  • Norman: fiar (Guernsey)
  • Occitan: fèr
  • Old French: fer
  • Spanish: fiero

Noun

ferus m (genitive ferī); second declension

  1. wild animal

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ferus ferī
Genitive ferī ferōrum
Dative ferō ferīs
Accusative ferum ferōs
Ablative ferō ferīs
Vocative fere ferī

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
  • ferus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to fight like lions: ferarum ritu pugnare
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