feritas
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ferus (“savage”) + -tās.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.ri.taːs/, [ˈfɛrɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.ri.tas/, [ˈfɛːrit̪äs]
Noun edit
feritās f (genitive feritātis); third declension
- wildness
- savagery, brutality, ferocity
- Synonyms: crūdēlitās, sevēritās, ferōcitās, asperitās
- Antonyms: misericordia, pietās, lēnitās, eleēmosyna
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | feritās | feritātēs |
| Genitive | feritātis | feritātum |
| Dative | feritātī | feritātibus |
| Accusative | feritātem | feritātēs |
| Ablative | feritāte | feritātibus |
| Vocative | feritās | feritātēs |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “feritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “feritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- feritas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- feritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.