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(adj.Adj.Subst.) : fĕrus, a, um, adj.cf. Gr. θήρ, Aeol. φήρ; Lat. ferox, etc.; v. ferio
* Wild, untamed.
* Lit., of animals and plants.
* Adj. (syn. immanis, opp. cicur): quae vero et quam varia genera bestiarum vel cicurum vel ferarum!Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99; cf.: si hoc apparet in bestiis, volucribus, nantibus, agrestibus, cicuribus, feris,id. Lael. 21, 81: apes (opp. cicures),Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 19: immanes et ferae beluae,Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161: fera et immanis belua,id. Ac. 2, 34, 108; Nep. Dat. 3, 2; Curt. 5, 4, 19; Suet. Aug. 67: leones,Hor. Epod. 7, 12: equus,id. S. 1, 5, 57: caprae,Verg. A. 4, 152: palumbus,Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 60 et saep.: arbores,Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 127: oliva,Stat. Th. 6, 7: fructus,Verg. G. 2, 36: odor (with solitudinem redolens),disagreeable,Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 76.
* Transf., of places (syn. incultus): in locis feris arbores plura ferunt, in his, quae sunt culta, meliora,wild, uncultivated,Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 7; cf.: ferus, ager incultus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 86 Müll.: montes,Verg. E. 5, 28: silvae,Hor. S. 2, 6, 92.
* Trop., wild, rude, uncultivated; savage, barbarous, fierce, cruel (syn.: immanis, agrestis, inhumanus; opp. mansuetus, humanus): ipsis in hominibus nulla gens est neque tam mansueta neque tam fera, quae non, etc.,Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 24; cf.: nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam immanis, cujus, etc.,id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30; id. Phil. 3, 9, 23: ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,id. Inv. 1, 2, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51: ferus atque agrestis,id. Rosc. Am. 27, 74: inhumani ac feri testes,id. Rep. 1, 37 fin.; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 43: ferus et ferreus,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 3: quam ferus et vere ferreus ille fuit!Tib. 1, 10, 2; v. ferreus: nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 39: Britanni hospitibus feri,id. C. 3, 4, 33: Numantia,id. ib. 2, 12, 1: Iberia,id. ib. 4, 5, 27: animi hominum, studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feri,Cic. Rep. 2, 14; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 342, 33 (Rep. 2, 23 ed. Mos.): ingenium immansuetum ferumque,Ov. M. 15, 85; cf.: (ostendere ejus) mores feros immanemque naturam,Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37: homines a fera agrestique vita ad hunc humanum cultum civilemque deducere,id. de Or. 1, 8, 33: victus,id. Inv. 1, 2, 2: moenera militiaï,Lucr. 1, 29: munera belli,id. 1, 32: hiems,Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 42; cf.: diluvies,Hor. C. 3, 29, 40: sacra (of death by sacrifice),Ov. M. 13, 454: dolores lenire requie,id. ib. 13, 317.—With supine: ferum visu dictuque (= δεινὸν ἰδεῖν καὶ λέγειν), Sil. 1, 175.—No comp. or sup.
* Fĕra, ae (sc. bestia), f., a wild animal, wild beast (class.): immani et vastae insidens beluae, quocumque vult, inflectit illam feram,Cic. Rep. 2, 40; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71: neque ulla re longius absumus a natura ferarum,id. Off. 1, 16, 50: ipsae ferae nullo insequente saepe incidunt (in plagas),id. ib. 3, 17, 68: multa in ea (silva Hercynia) genera ferarum nasci constat,Caes. B. G. 6, 25 fin.: neque homini neque ferae parcunt,id. ib. 6, 28, 2: formidolosae dum latent silvis ferae,Hor. Epod. 5, 55: more ferarum,id. S. 1, 3, 109: Romulea fera,the she-wolf that suckled Romulus,Juv. 11, 104; a sea-monster, Ov. M. 4, 713; 719; a serpent, Hyg. Astr. 2, 42; the ant, Mart. 6, 15, 2; the constellations of the Great and Little Bear: magna minorque ferae,id. Tr. 4, 3, 1; Vulg. Gen. 37, 20.— Prov.: ferae inter se placidae sunt, morsuque similium abstinent, Sen. de lra, 2, 8, 3.
* Wild, untamed.
* Lit., of animals and plants.
* Adj. (syn. immanis, opp. cicur): quae vero et quam varia genera bestiarum vel cicurum vel ferarum!Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99; cf.: si hoc apparet in bestiis, volucribus, nantibus, agrestibus, cicuribus, feris,id. Lael. 21, 81: apes (opp. cicures),Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 19: immanes et ferae beluae,Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161: fera et immanis belua,id. Ac. 2, 34, 108; Nep. Dat. 3, 2; Curt. 5, 4, 19; Suet. Aug. 67: leones,Hor. Epod. 7, 12: equus,id. S. 1, 5, 57: caprae,Verg. A. 4, 152: palumbus,Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 60 et saep.: arbores,Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 127: oliva,Stat. Th. 6, 7: fructus,Verg. G. 2, 36: odor (with solitudinem redolens),disagreeable,Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 76.
* Transf., of places (syn. incultus): in locis feris arbores plura ferunt, in his, quae sunt culta, meliora,wild, uncultivated,Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 7; cf.: ferus, ager incultus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 86 Müll.: montes,Verg. E. 5, 28: silvae,Hor. S. 2, 6, 92.
* Trop., wild, rude, uncultivated; savage, barbarous, fierce, cruel (syn.: immanis, agrestis, inhumanus; opp. mansuetus, humanus): ipsis in hominibus nulla gens est neque tam mansueta neque tam fera, quae non, etc.,Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 24; cf.: nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam immanis, cujus, etc.,id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30; id. Phil. 3, 9, 23: ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,id. Inv. 1, 2, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51: ferus atque agrestis,id. Rosc. Am. 27, 74: inhumani ac feri testes,id. Rep. 1, 37 fin.; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 43: ferus et ferreus,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 3: quam ferus et vere ferreus ille fuit!Tib. 1, 10, 2; v. ferreus: nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 39: Britanni hospitibus feri,id. C. 3, 4, 33: Numantia,id. ib. 2, 12, 1: Iberia,id. ib. 4, 5, 27: animi hominum, studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feri,Cic. Rep. 2, 14; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 342, 33 (Rep. 2, 23 ed. Mos.): ingenium immansuetum ferumque,Ov. M. 15, 85; cf.: (ostendere ejus) mores feros immanemque naturam,Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37: homines a fera agrestique vita ad hunc humanum cultum civilemque deducere,id. de Or. 1, 8, 33: victus,id. Inv. 1, 2, 2: moenera militiaï,Lucr. 1, 29: munera belli,id. 1, 32: hiems,Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 42; cf.: diluvies,Hor. C. 3, 29, 40: sacra (of death by sacrifice),Ov. M. 13, 454: dolores lenire requie,id. ib. 13, 317.—With supine: ferum visu dictuque (= δεινὸν ἰδεῖν καὶ λέγειν), Sil. 1, 175.—No comp. or sup.
* Fĕra, ae (sc. bestia), f., a wild animal, wild beast (class.): immani et vastae insidens beluae, quocumque vult, inflectit illam feram,Cic. Rep. 2, 40; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71: neque ulla re longius absumus a natura ferarum,id. Off. 1, 16, 50: ipsae ferae nullo insequente saepe incidunt (in plagas),id. ib. 3, 17, 68: multa in ea (silva Hercynia) genera ferarum nasci constat,Caes. B. G. 6, 25 fin.: neque homini neque ferae parcunt,id. ib. 6, 28, 2: formidolosae dum latent silvis ferae,Hor. Epod. 5, 55: more ferarum,id. S. 1, 3, 109: Romulea fera,the she-wolf that suckled Romulus,Juv. 11, 104; a sea-monster, Ov. M. 4, 713; 719; a serpent, Hyg. Astr. 2, 42; the ant, Mart. 6, 15, 2; the constellations of the Great and Little Bear: magna minorque ferae,id. Tr. 4, 3, 1; Vulg. Gen. 37, 20.— Prov.: ferae inter se placidae sunt, morsuque similium abstinent, Sen. de lra, 2, 8, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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