Adjective: ferus
Hyphenation:
Declension: First, Second
Nominative
| Singular masc. | ferus |
| Singular fem. | fera |
| Singular neut. | ferum |
| Plural masc. | ferī |
| Plural fem. | ferae |
| Plural neut. | fera |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | ferī |
| Singular fem. | ferae |
| Singular neut. | ferī |
| Plural masc. | ferōrum |
| Plural fem. | ferārum |
| Plural neut. | ferōrum |
Dative
| Singular masc. | ferō |
| Singular fem. | ferae |
| Singular neut. | ferō |
| Plural masc. | ferīs |
| Plural fem. | ferīs |
| Plural neut. | ferīs |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | ferum |
| Singular fem. | feram |
| Singular neut. | ferum |
| Plural masc. | ferōs |
| Plural fem. | ferās |
| Plural neut. | fera |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | ferō |
| Singular fem. | ferā |
| Singular neut. | ferō |
| Plural masc. | ferīs |
| Plural fem. | ferīs |
| Plural neut. | ferīs |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | fere |
| Singular fem. | fera |
| Singular neut. | ferum |
| Plural masc. | ferī |
| Plural fem. | ferae |
| Plural neut. | fera |
Comparison
Sample Sentences
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prīma ferōs habitūs hominī dētrāxit: ab illā ([Venus] first divested men of savage habits: from her
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came fancy attire and clean care of oneself.) [8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.107–108]
Adjectives inflected like ferus
palmātus,
rēctangulus,
ursīnus,
palmōsus,
negātōrius,
Cimmerius,
fēlīnus,
deltoīdeus,
flūctifragus,
Colōnēus,
recordātīvus,
erēmīticus,
nūnciātōrius,
idōneus,
carcinophagus,
servus,
sentus,
imāginōsus,
chelīdonius,
foetulentus, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweh₁r- or *ǵʰwē̆r- (“wild animal”). The intermediate steps are uncertain:
2. *Possibly from Proto-Italic *xʷeros, from earlier *ǵʰweh₁rós, with PIE *-ē- becoming Proto-Italic *-e- because of a shortening of PIE unaccented long vowels before a resonant (a version of a sound change called "Dybo's Law"). This change is also supposed to explain the short vowel in vir. In contrast to vir (from *wiros), this term retained the final -rus, possibly due to analogical influence from the form fera.
3. *Alternatively, Sihler considers the adjective a back-formation from the feminine noun fera (“wild animal, wild beast”), and treats it as possible that Latin continues an original short e-grade of the PIE root.
Verbs referencing "ferus"
English Adjectives
fere, Galician Adjectives
fero, French Adjectives
fier, Spanish Adjectives
feral, Catalan Adjectives
fer, English Adjectives
fierce, Italian Adjectives
fiero, Spanish Adjectives
fiero, French Adjectives
féral, Catalan Adjectives
ferotge, Catalan Adjectives
feréstec.
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