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|lshtext=<b>fĕrōcĭtas</b>: ātis, f. id.,<br /><b>I</b> [[wild]] or [[untamed]] [[courage]], [[fierceness]], in a [[good]] or [[bad]] [[sense]]; cf. [[ferocia]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]], [[courage]], [[spirit]]: corporis viribus et animi ferocitate ceteris praestare, Cic. Rep. 2, 2: equi ferocitate exsultantes, id. Off. 1, 26, 90.—<br /><b>II</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[fierceness]], [[savageness]], [[ferocity]]: ferocitate [[atque]] [[ferocia]], Pac. ap. Non. 490, 19: quae haec, [[malum]], [[ferocia]] est? Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 44: ut ferocitatem tuam istam comprimerem et audaciam frangerem, Cic. Vat. 1, 2: ferocitatem reprimere, id. Off. 2, 11, 40: tanta, ut, etc., id. Deiot. 5, 15: [[Ajax]] [[apud]] Achillem querens de ferocitate Trojanorum, id. Div. 2, 39, 82: nimia [[contumacia]] et [[ferocitas]], Suet. Vit. 12: bestiarum, Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 21.
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|gf=<b>fĕrōcĭtās</b>,¹³ ātis, f. ([[ferox]]), fougue : Cic. CM 33 ; Off. 1, 90 || noble fierté, vaillance : animi ferocitate Cic. Rep. 2, 4, par la noble fierté de son âme || violence, arrogance, insolence : Cic. Vat. 2 ; Off. 2, 40 ; Dej. 15.
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