ferrum – Latin noun declension

Noun: ferrum
Hyphenation:

Gender: Neuter Declension: Second

Nominative

Singular	ferrum
Plural	ferra

Genitive

Singular	ferrī
Plural	ferrōrum

Dative

Singular	ferrō
Plural	ferrīs

Accusative

Singular	ferrum
Plural	ferra

Ablative

Singular	ferrō
Plural	ferrīs

Vocative

Singular	ferrum
Plural	ferra

Sample Sentences

Urbi ferrō flammāque minitātus est. (He threatened the city with fire and sword.)
Ferro incumbere. (To fall on his sword.)
Hōs ego videō cōnsul et dē rē pūblicā sententiam rogō, et quōs ferrō trucīdārī oportēbat, eōs nōndum vōce volnerō! (I, as consul, see these [men], and I ask their opinion about the republic, and those whom it was proper to slaughter with the sword, I don’t yet wound them even with a word!

(Ablative of means; exemplifies synecdoche: a part, “iron,” refers to a whole, “sword.”)) [63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.9]
Non est miscix. ferrum optimum daturus est, sine fuga, carnarium in medio, ut amphitheater videat. (He is no flibbertigibbet, he will give the best fight, without flight, a carnage in the middle, so that the whole amphitheater will see it.) [c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 45.6]
c. 161, Dig. XXVIII.I.8.4 Gaius libro septimo decimo ad edictum provinciale
Hi vero, qui ad ferrum aut ad bestias aut in metallum damnantur, libertatem perdunt bonaque eorum publicantur: unde apparet amittere eos testamenti factionem. (But those sentenced to fight in the arena or with the beasts or to work in the mines lose freedom and their assets are forfeited: hence one sees that the efficacy of their last will must be denied.)

Nouns inflected like ferrum

palmētum, miliardum, rēctangulum, bactērium, frūctum, melimēlum, scītum, scūtum, lanthanum, sertum, sacrum, pentaptōtum, dēcrēmentum, sorbum, fundibulum, alphabētum, siglum, signum, flābrum, nūtrīmentum, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. Inherited from Old Latin *fersom, borrowed from substrate language, of an unknown source.
2. According to De Vaan, possibly from a Phoenician dialect; see 𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋 (brzl /⁠barzel⁠/, “iron”), akin to Hebrew בַּרְזֶל (barzél), Aramaic פַּרְזְלָא, ܦܪܙܠܐ (parzəlā, “iron”), Akkadian 𒀭𒁇 (parzillum, “iron”), Ugaritic 𐎁𐎗𐎏𐎍 (brḏl, “iron”), considered of Anatolian origin. The word could have entered Latin through Etruscan.
3. Compare typologically ornus (“rowan tree; lance”).

Verbs referencing "ferrum"

Romanian Nouns fier, French Nouns fer, Catalan Nouns ferro, Galician Nouns ferro, Italian Nouns ferro, Old Portuguese Nouns ferro, Portuguese Nouns ferro, Spanish Nouns hierro, English Nouns ferrule, English Nouns ferrite, English Nouns ferroequinologist, Ancient Greek Nouns χαλκός, Spanish Nouns herradura, English Nouns ferretto, Latin Nouns porrum, Asturian Nouns fierro, Old Spanish Nouns fierro, Spanish Nouns fierro, Romanian Nouns fierătaie, English Nouns ferrandine, Spanish Nouns ferrete, Spanish Nouns ferretero, Asturian Nouns fierru.