"dirus" meaning in Latin

See dirus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: diră [singular, feminine, nominative], dirum [singular, neuter, nominative], dirī [plural, masculine, nominative], dirae [plural, feminine, nominative], diră [plural, neuter, nominative], dire [singular, masculine, vocative], diră [singular, feminine, vocative], dirum [singular, neuter, vocative], dirī [plural, masculine, vocative], dirae [plural, feminine, vocative], diră [plural, neuter, vocative], dirum [singular, masculine, accusative], dirăm [singular, feminine, accusative], dirum [singular, neuter, accusative], dirōs [plural, masculine, accusative], dirās [plural, feminine, accusative], diră [plural, neuter, accusative], dirī [singular, masculine, genitive], dirae [singular, feminine, genitive], dirī [singular, neuter, genitive], dirōrŭm [plural, masculine, genitive], dirārŭm [plural, feminine, genitive], dirōrŭm [plural, neuter, genitive], dirō [singular, masculine, dative], dirae [singular, feminine, dative], dirō [singular, neuter, dative], dirīs [plural, masculine, dative], dirīs [plural, feminine, dative], dirīs [plural, neuter, dative], dirō [singular, masculine, ablative], dirā [singular, feminine, ablative], dirō [singular, neuter, ablative], dirīs [plural, masculine, ablative], dirīs [plural, feminine, ablative], dirīs [plural, neuter, ablative]
  1. Effrayant, abominable.
    Sense id: fr-dirus-la-adj-DoF~pkAH Categories (other): Exemples en latin
  2. Sinistre, de mauvais augure, néfaste.
    Sense id: fr-dirus-la-adj-4zWH5fAZ Categories (other): Exemples en latin, Exemples en latin à traduire
  3. Cruel.
    Sense id: fr-dirus-la-adj-Uz2JvJu~ Categories (other): Exemples en latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: atrox, saevus, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis Derived forms: dīrae, dīrē, dīritas, dīrum, dire
Categories (other): Adjectifs en latin, Lemmes en latin, Mots en latin issus d’un mot en indo-européen commun, Latin, Étymologies en latin incluant une reconstruction

Inflected forms

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    "De l’indo-européen commun *du̯ei- ^([1]) (« [avoir, faire] peur ») qui donne, en grec ancien δέος, δείδω, δεινός, déos, deídô, deinos (« peur, avoir peur, effrayant »), l'avestique dvaēϑā (« menace »), le védique dvḗṣṭi (« craint, hostile »).",
    "Le suffixe -rus est le même qui relie cla-rus et cla-mo, calo."
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