"ferus" meaning in Latin

See ferus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfe.rus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈfɛrʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈfe.rus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈfɛːrus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *feros, from earlier *xʷeros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros, from *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|inh|itc-pro>*feros>wild|id=wild}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*feros}} Proto-Italic *feros, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*ǵʰwéros}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros 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: /ˈfe.rus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈfɛrʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈfe.rus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈfɛːrus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *feros, from earlier *xʷeros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros, from *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|inh|itc-pro>*feros>wild|id=wild}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*feros}} Proto-Italic *feros, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*ǵʰwéros}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros 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 entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 29 24 5 43 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 21 12 3 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 21 0 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 13 0 72

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "efferus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "fieru"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: fieru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: fieru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "fer"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: fer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: fer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "fero"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: fero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: fero"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "fiero"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: fiero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: fiero"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "fiar"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: fiar",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Guernsey"
          },
          "expansion": "(Guernsey)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: fiar (Guernsey)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "fèr"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: fèr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: fèr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "fer"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: fer\nMiddle French: fer\nFrench: fer (see there for further descendants)\nNorman: fé (France, Jersey), faer (Guernsey), fer (Sark)\nWalloon: fier",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: fer\nMiddle French: fer\nFrench: fer (see there for further descendants)\nNorman: fé (France, Jersey), faer (Guernsey), fer (Sark)\nWalloon: fier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "fiero"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: fiero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: fiero"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "itc-pro>*feros>wild",
        "id": "wild"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*feros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *feros",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰwéros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *feros, from earlier *xʷeros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros, from *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”).",
  "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"
        }
      ],
      "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": "/ˈfe.rus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɛrʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfe.rus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɛːrus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ferus"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "itc-pro>*feros>wild",
        "id": "wild"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*feros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *feros",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰwéros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *feros, from earlier *xʷeros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros, from *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”).",
  "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ferus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "ferus m (genitive ferī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ferus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 24 5 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 12 3 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 21 0 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 13 0 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wild animal"
      ],
      "id": "en-ferus-la-noun-T7LisjX5",
      "links": [
        [
          "wild animal",
          "wild animal"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "fera"
        },
        {
          "word": "feritās"
        },
        {
          "word": "sēmifer"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfe.rus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "word": "mītis"
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          "word": "tranquillus"
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        {
          "word": "misericors"
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        {
          "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"
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          "word": "ferōx"
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          "word": "atrōx"
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          "word": "violēns"
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          "word": "crūdēlis"
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          "word": "silvāticus"
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          "word": "ācer"
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          "word": "acerbus"
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          "word": "sevērus"
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}

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      "ipa": "[ˈfɛːrus]",
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    }
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}

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