ferinus

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Latin

Etymology

From ferus (“wild, savage; wild animal”) +‎ -īnus (adjective-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”).

Pronunciation

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.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ferīnus ferīna ferīnum ferīnī ferīnae ferīna
genitive ferīnī ferīnae ferīnī ferīnōrum ferīnārum ferīnōrum
dative ferīnō ferīnae ferīnō ferīnīs
accusative ferīnum ferīnam ferīnum ferīnōs ferīnās ferīna
ablative ferīnō ferīnā ferīnō ferīnīs
vocative ferīne ferīna ferīnum ferīnī ferīnae ferīna

Descendants

  • Catalan: ferí
  • French: férin
  • Galician: ferino
  • Italian: ferino
  • Portuguese: ferino
  • Spanish: ferino

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.
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