ferusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈfɛ.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈfɛː.rus]

形容詞

ferus (feminine fera, neuter ferum); first/second-declension adjective

1. wild, savage, fierce, cruel

   Synonyms: trux, ferōx, atrōx, violēns, immānis, efferus, crūdēlis, silvāticus, ācer, acerbus, sevērus

   Antonyms: mītis, tranquillus, misericors, placidus, quietus, clemens

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.107–108:

     prīma ferōs habitūs hominī dētrāxit: ab illā
     vēnērunt cultūs mundaque cūra suī.

     [Venus] first divested men of savage habits: from her
     came fancy attire and clean care of oneself.
     (See Venus (mythology).)

2. uncivilized, uncultivated

   Synonym: barbaricus

3. untamed, rough

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

派生語

• efferus

関連する語

• ferōx

派生した語

名詞

ferus m (genitive ferī); second declension

1. wild animal

語形変化

Second-declension noun.

関連する語

参照

• “ferus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ferus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ferus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fight like lions: ferarum ritu pugnare