feritas

Latin

Etymology

From ferus (savage) + -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

feritās f (genitive feritātis); third declension

  1. wildness
  2. savagery, brutality, ferocity
    Synonyms: crūdēlitās, sevēritās, ferōcitās, asperitās
    Antonyms: misericordia, pietās, lēnitās, eleēmosyna

Declension

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

  • Catalan: feredat
  • English: ferity
  • French: fierté
  • Italian: ferità
  • Spanish: feridad

References

  • 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.
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