"ferus" meaning in Latin

See ferus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈfɛ.rʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfɛː.rus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Disputed. Perhaps from Proto-Italic *feros, from earlier *xʷeros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros, from *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”). In contrast to vir (from *wiros), this term retained the final -rus, possibly due to the influence of fera. According to Sihler, the term is a back-formation from fera. Etymology templates: {{etymid|la|id=wild}}, {{etymon|la|:der|ine-pro:*ǵʰwer-<id:wild>|id=wild}}, {{unc|la|Disputed}} Disputed, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*feros}} Proto-Italic *feros, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*ǵʰwéros}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros, {{back-formation|la|fera|nocap=1}} back-formation from fera Head templates: {{la-adj|ferus}} ferus (feminine fera, neuter ferum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|ferus}} Forms: fera [feminine], ferum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], ferus [masculine, nominative, singular], fera [feminine, nominative, singular], ferum [neuter, nominative, singular], ferī [masculine, nominative, plural], ferae [feminine, nominative, plural], fera [neuter, nominative, plural], ferī [genitive, masculine, singular], ferae [feminine, genitive, singular], ferī [genitive, neuter, singular], ferōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], ferārum [feminine, genitive, plural], ferōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], ferō [dative, masculine, singular], ferae [dative, feminine, singular], ferō [dative, neuter, singular], ferīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], ferum [accusative, masculine, singular], feram [accusative, feminine, singular], ferum [accusative, neuter, singular], ferōs [accusative, masculine, plural], ferās [accusative, feminine, plural], fera [accusative, neuter, plural], ferō [ablative, masculine, singular], ferā [ablative, feminine, singular], ferō [ablative, neuter, singular], ferīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], fere [masculine, singular, vocative], fera [feminine, singular, vocative], ferum [neuter, singular, vocative], ferī [masculine, plural, vocative], ferae [feminine, plural, vocative], fera [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. wild, savage, fierce, cruel Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-ferus-la-adj-KPMSiQ6Z Synonyms: trux, ferōx, atrōx, violēns, immānis, efferus, crūdēlis, silvāticus, ācer, acerbus, sevērus
  2. uncivilized, uncultivated Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: barbaricus
    Sense id: en-ferus-la-adj-Ri6ow3Rg
  3. untamed, rough Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-ferus-la-adj-aR~QIO-O
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: efferus Related terms: ferōx

Noun

IPA: [ˈfɛ.rʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfɛː.rus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Disputed. Perhaps from Proto-Italic *feros, from earlier *xʷeros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros, from *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”). In contrast to vir (from *wiros), this term retained the final -rus, possibly due to the influence of fera. According to Sihler, the term is a back-formation from fera. Etymology templates: {{etymid|la|id=wild}}, {{etymon|la|:der|ine-pro:*ǵʰwer-<id:wild>|id=wild}}, {{unc|la|Disputed}} Disputed, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*feros}} Proto-Italic *feros, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*ǵʰwéros}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros, {{back-formation|la|fera|nocap=1}} back-formation from fera Head templates: {{la-noun|ferus<2>}} ferus m (genitive ferī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ferus<2>}} Forms: ferī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ferus [nominative, singular], ferī [nominative, plural], ferī [genitive, singular], ferōrum [genitive, plural], ferō [dative, singular], ferīs [dative, plural], ferum [accusative, singular], ferōs [accusative, plural], ferō [ablative, singular], ferīs [ablative, plural], fere [singular, vocative], ferī [plural, vocative]
  1. wild animal Tags: declension-2, masculine Related terms: fera, feritās, sēmifer
    Sense id: en-ferus-la-noun-T7LisjX5 Categories (other): Latin back-formations, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin back-formations: 22 6 0 72 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 17 14 3 66 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 20 13 3 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 22 0 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 8 0 83

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "efferus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "fieru"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "fer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "fero"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "fiero"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrm",
      "word": "fiar"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "fèr"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
              "word": "fier"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle French",
          "lang_code": "frm",
          "word": "fier"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "word": "fere"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "lang_code": "enm",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "fer"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "word": "fierce"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Yola",
              "lang_code": "yol",
              "word": "fearse"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "lang_code": "enm",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "from the nominative singular fers"
          ],
          "word": "fers"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "fer"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
              "word": "fier"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle French",
          "lang_code": "frm",
          "word": "fier"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "word": "fere"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "enm",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "fer"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "word": "fierce"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Yola",
              "lang_code": "yol",
              "word": "fearse"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "lang_code": "enm",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "from the nominative singular fers"
          ],
          "word": "fers"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "fier"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "fiero"
    }
  ],
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        "id": "wild"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":der",
        "3": "ine-pro:*ǵʰwer-<id:wild>",
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      "name": "etymon"
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        "2": "Disputed"
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      "name": "unc"
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        "1": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰwéros"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "fera",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
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      "name": "back-formation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Disputed. Perhaps from Proto-Italic *feros, from earlier *xʷeros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros, from *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”). In contrast to vir (from *wiros), this term retained the final -rus, possibly due to the influence of fera. According to Sihler, the term is a back-formation from fera.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ferus"
      },
      "expansion": "ferus (feminine fera, neuter ferum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ferus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ferōx"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mītis"
        },
        {
          "word": "tranquillus"
        },
        {
          "word": "misericors"
        },
        {
          "word": "placidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "quietus"
        },
        {
          "word": "clemens"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[Venus] first divested men of savage habits: from her\ncame fancy attire and clean care of oneself.\n(See Venus (mythology).)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.107–108",
          "roman": "vēnērunt cultūs mundaque cūra suī.",
          "text": "prīma ferōs habitūs hominī dētrāxit: ab illā",
          "translation": "[Venus] first divested men of savage habits: from her\ncame fancy attire and clean care of oneself.\n(See Venus (mythology).)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wild, savage, fierce, cruel"
      ],
      "id": "en-ferus-la-adj-KPMSiQ6Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "wild",
          "wild"
        ],
        [
          "savage",
          "savage"
        ],
        [
          "fierce",
          "fierce"
        ],
        [
          "cruel",
          "cruel"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "trux"
        },
        {
          "word": "ferōx"
        },
        {
          "word": "atrōx"
        },
        {
          "word": "violēns"
        },
        {
          "word": "immānis"
        },
        {
          "word": "efferus"
        },
        {
          "word": "crūdēlis"
        },
        {
          "word": "silvāticus"
        },
        {
          "word": "ācer"
        },
        {
          "word": "acerbus"
        },
        {
          "word": "sevērus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "uncivilized, uncultivated"
      ],
      "id": "en-ferus-la-adj-Ri6ow3Rg",
      "links": [
        [
          "uncivilized",
          "uncivilized"
        ],
        [
          "uncultivated",
          "uncultivated"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "barbaricus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "untamed, rough"
      ],
      "id": "en-ferus-la-adj-aR~QIO-O",
      "links": [
        [
          "untamed",
          "untamed"
        ],
        [
          "rough",
          "rough"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɛ.rʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɛː.rus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ferus"
}

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        "1": "la",
        "id": "wild"
      },
      "expansion": "",
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        "2": ":der",
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    },
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        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "back-formation from fera",
      "name": "back-formation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Disputed. Perhaps from Proto-Italic *feros, from earlier *xʷeros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros, from *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”). In contrast to vir (from *wiros), this term retained the final -rus, possibly due to the influence of fera. According to Sihler, the term is a back-formation from fera.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ferī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɛ.rʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɛː.rus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ferus"
}

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