ferinus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.ri.nus/, [ˈfɛ.rɪ.n̪ʊs]

Adjective

ferīnus (feminine ferīna, neuter ferīnum, comparative ferīnior, superlative ferinīssimus, adverb ferīnē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or belonging to wild animals
  2. brutish

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ferīnus ferīna ferīnum ferīnī ferīnae ferīna
Genitive ferīnī ferīnae ferīnī ferīnōrum ferīnārum ferīnōrum
Dative ferīnō ferīnō ferīnīs
Accusative ferīnum ferīnam ferīnum ferīnōs ferīnās ferīna
Ablative ferīnō ferīnā ferīnō ferīnīs
Vocative ferīne ferīna ferīnum ferīnī ferīnae ferīna

Descendants
  • Asturian: fieru
  • Catalan: fer
  • English: fierce, feral
  • French: fier
  • Galician: fero
  • Italian: fiero
  • Norman: fiar (Guernsey)
  • Occitan: fèr
  • Spanish: fiero

References
  • ferinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ferinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ferinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
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