"dirus" meaning in Latin

See dirus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdiː.rus/ [Classical], [ˈd̪iːrʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈdi.rus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈd̪iːrus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *deiros, from Proto-Indo-European *dwey- (“to fear”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós), Old Armenian երկն (erkn). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*deiros}} Proto-Italic *deiros, {{der|la|ine-pro|*dwey-||to fear}} Proto-Indo-European *dwey- (“to fear”), {{cog|grc|δεινός}} Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós), {{cog|xcl|երկն|}} Old Armenian երկն (erkn) Head templates: {{la-adj|dīrus|comp=dīrior|sup=dīrissimus}} dīrus (feminine dīra, neuter dīrum, comparative dīrior, superlative dīrissimus); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|dīrus}} Forms: dīrus [canonical], dīra [feminine], dīrum [neuter], dīrior [comparative], dīrissimus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], dīrus [masculine, nominative, singular], dīra [feminine, nominative, singular], dīrum [neuter, nominative, singular], dīrī [masculine, nominative, plural], dīrae [feminine, nominative, plural], dīra [neuter, nominative, plural], dīrī [genitive, masculine, singular], dīrae [feminine, genitive, singular], dīrī [genitive, neuter, singular], dīrōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], dīrārum [feminine, genitive, plural], dīrōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], dīrō [dative, masculine, singular], dīrae [dative, feminine, singular], dīrō [dative, neuter, singular], dīrīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], dīrum [accusative, masculine, singular], dīram [accusative, feminine, singular], dīrum [accusative, neuter, singular], dīrōs [accusative, masculine, plural], dīrās [accusative, feminine, plural], dīra [accusative, neuter, plural], dīrō [ablative, masculine, singular], dīrā [ablative, feminine, singular], dīrō [ablative, neuter, singular], dīrīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], dīre [masculine, singular, vocative], dīra [feminine, singular, vocative], dīrum [neuter, singular, vocative], dīrī [masculine, plural, vocative], dīrae [feminine, plural, vocative], dīra [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. fearful Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-dirus-la-adj-MxsEnnL7
  2. ominous Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-dirus-la-adj-WwM8ityv
  3. (of character) dreadful, detestable Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-dirus-la-adj-pLZQLcvM Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 93 2
  4. dire Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-dirus-la-adj-SQJfL49U

Inflected forms

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        "plural"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dīrus",
        "comp": "dīrior",
        "sup": "dīrissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "dīrus (feminine dīra, neuter dīrum, comparative dīrior, superlative dīrissimus); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dīrus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A most fearful old man.",
          "text": "Senex dirissimus.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fearful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fearful",
          "fearful"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ominous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ominous",
          "ominous"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dreadful, detestable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dreadful",
          "dreadful"
        ],
        [
          "detestable",
          "detestable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of character) dreadful, detestable"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of character"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dire",
          "dire"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdiː.rus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪iːrʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdi.rus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪iːrus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dirus"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: dirus/Latin 'Number' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "dirus"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "dirus",
  "trace": ""
}

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