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|lshtext=<b>fĕrus</b>: a, um, adj. cf. Gr. θήρ, Aeol. φήρ; Lat. [[ferox]], etc.; v. [[ferio]],<br /><b>I</b> [[wild]], [[untamed]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., of animals and plants.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; fĕrus, i, m., a [[wild]] [[animal]], [[wild]] [[beast]] ([[poet]].); a [[lion]], Phaedr. 1, 21, 8; a [[boar]], id. 4, 4, 3; a [[horse]], Verg. A. 2, 51; 5, 818; a [[stag]], id. ib. 7, 489; a [[serpent]], Sil. 6, 268.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.—<br /><b>III</b> 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; id. 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]].
|lshtext=<b>fĕrus</b>: a, um, adj. cf. Gr. θήρ, Aeol. φήρ; Lat. [[ferox]], etc.; v. [[ferio]],<br /><b>I</b> [[wild]], [[untamed]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., of animals and plants.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; fĕrus, i, m., a [[wild]] [[animal]], [[wild]] [[beast]] ([[poet]].); a [[lion]], Phaedr. 1, 21, 8; a [[boar]], id. 4, 4, 3; a [[horse]], Verg. A. 2, 51; 5, 818; a [[stag]], id. ib. 7, 489; a [[serpent]], Sil. 6, 268.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.—<br /><b>III</b> 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; id. 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]].
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|georg=ferus, a, um ([[verwandt]] [[mit]] [[θήρ]], äolisch [[φήρ]]), [[wild]] (Ggstz. [[cicur]], [[mansuetus]], [[domesticus]]), I) eig. = [[ungezähmt]], [[unbearbeitet]], in der [[Wildnis]] wachsend, -[[lebend]], [[bestia]], [[belua]], Cic.: [[equus]], Iustin.: [[mons]], Verg.: silvae, [[öde]], Hor.: [[fructus]], Verg.: [[victus]], Cic.: [[arbor]], Plin. – subst., a) [[fera]], ae, f. (sc. [[bestia]]), das wilde [[Tier]], das [[Wild]] (Ggstz. [[cicur]], das zahme T.), [[multa]] genera ferarum, Caes.: ferae [[morsus]], Cels.: ferae [[rabies]], Curt.: ferarum ritu, Liv. u.a.: pecudum ferarumque ritu, Liv.: feras agitare, Cic. u. Liv.: feras venari, Sen. u. Gell.: ferae [[nullo]] insequente [[saepe]] incĭdunt (in plagas), Cic.: attrib., [[fera]] [[castor]], Apul. [[met]]. 1, 9. – dah. übtr., [[ein]] [[Gestirn]], der [[Wolf]], Caes. German. phaen. 675: magna minorque ferae, die beiden Bären, Ov. trist. 4, 3, 1: v. einem Seeungeheuer, Ov. [[met]]. 4, 719: v. Schlangen, Hyg. astr. 2, 42: v. der [[Ameise]], Mart. 6, 15. – b) [[ferus]], ī, m., das wilde [[Tier]], das wilde [[Schwein]], Ov.: der Ochse, Ov.: das [[Pferd]] ([[auch]] das hölzerne trojanische), Verg.: der ([[auch]] zahme) [[Hirsch]], Verg.: die [[Schlange]], Sil. – II) übtr.: A) der [[Bildung]] [[nach]] [[wild]], [[ungeschlacht]], adeon me ferum putas, Ter.: homines feri ac [[barbari]], Caes.: [[fera]] agrestisque [[vita]], Cic. – B) dem [[Charakter]] [[nach]] [[wild]] = [[hart]], [[grausam]], [[hostis]], Cic.: [[Iuppiter]], Verg.: [[nemo]] [[tam]] [[ferus]] fuerit, [[hart]], [[gefühllos]], Nep.: übtr., [[ensis]], Ov.: [[bellum]], [[caedes]], dolores, Ov.: [[facinus]] foedum ac ferum, aus einem wilden [[Charakter]] hervorgegangene, Liv.: [[sacra]], v. einem [[Menschenopfer]], Ov.: [[hiems]], Ov. – [[mit]] folg. 2. Supin., ferum visu dictuque (griech. δεινον ἰδειν καὶ λέγειν), [[schrecklich]], Sil. 1, 175. – / [[faerus]] geschr., faerae ac leones, [[Fronto]] epist. 4, 1. p. 59, 12 N. – [[ferus]] [[ohne]] Kompar. u. Superl., [[für]] die ferocior u. ferocissimus [[eintreten]], s. Wölfflin zu Liv. 21, 60, 4.
|georg=ferus, a, um ([[verwandt]] [[mit]] [[θήρ]], äolisch [[φήρ]]), [[wild]] (Ggstz. [[cicur]], [[mansuetus]], [[domesticus]]), I) eig. = [[ungezähmt]], [[unbearbeitet]], in der [[Wildnis]] wachsend, -[[lebend]], [[bestia]], [[belua]], Cic.: [[equus]], Iustin.: [[mons]], Verg.: silvae, [[öde]], Hor.: [[fructus]], Verg.: [[victus]], Cic.: [[arbor]], Plin. – subst., a) [[fera]], ae, f. (sc. [[bestia]]), das wilde [[Tier]], das [[Wild]] (Ggstz. [[cicur]], das zahme T.), [[multa]] genera ferarum, Caes.: ferae [[morsus]], Cels.: ferae [[rabies]], Curt.: ferarum ritu, Liv. u.a.: pecudum ferarumque ritu, Liv.: feras agitare, Cic. u. Liv.: feras venari, Sen. u. Gell.: ferae [[nullo]] insequente [[saepe]] incĭdunt (in plagas), Cic.: attrib., [[fera]] [[castor]], Apul. [[met]]. 1, 9. – dah. übtr., [[ein]] [[Gestirn]], der [[Wolf]], Caes. German. phaen. 675: magna minorque ferae, die beiden Bären, Ov. trist. 4, 3, 1: v. einem Seeungeheuer, Ov. [[met]]. 4, 719: v. Schlangen, Hyg. astr. 2, 42: v. der [[Ameise]], Mart. 6, 15. – b) [[ferus]], ī, m., das wilde [[Tier]], das wilde [[Schwein]], Ov.: der Ochse, Ov.: das [[Pferd]] ([[auch]] das hölzerne trojanische), Verg.: der ([[auch]] zahme) [[Hirsch]], Verg.: die [[Schlange]], Sil. – II) übtr.: A) der [[Bildung]] [[nach]] [[wild]], [[ungeschlacht]], adeon me ferum putas, Ter.: homines feri ac [[barbari]], Caes.: [[fera]] agrestisque [[vita]], Cic. – B) dem [[Charakter]] [[nach]] [[wild]] = [[hart]], [[grausam]], [[hostis]], Cic.: [[Iuppiter]], Verg.: [[nemo]] [[tam]] [[ferus]] fuerit, [[hart]], [[gefühllos]], Nep.: übtr., [[ensis]], Ov.: [[bellum]], [[caedes]], dolores, Ov.: [[facinus]] foedum ac ferum, aus einem wilden [[Charakter]] hervorgegangene, Liv.: [[sacra]], v. einem [[Menschenopfer]], Ov.: [[hiems]], Ov. – [[mit]] folg. 2. Supin., ferum visu dictuque (griech. δεινον ἰδειν καὶ λέγειν), [[schrecklich]], Sil. 1, 175. – / [[faerus]] geschr., faerae ac leones, [[Fronto]] epist. 4, 1. p. 59, 12 N. – [[ferus]] [[ohne]] Kompar. u. Superl., [[für]] die ferocior u. ferocissimus [[eintreten]], s. Wölfflin zu Liv. 21, 60, 4.
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{{LaZh
|lnetxt=ferus fera, ferum ADJ :: wild, savage; uncivilized; untamed; fierce<br />ferus ferus feri N C :: wild beast/animal; wild/untamed horse/boar
|lnztxt=ferus, a, um. ''adj''. :: 野者。兇者。— ager 缺耕之田。Fera ulcera 不可治之瘡。<br />ferus, i. m. :: [[野獸]]。[[畜牲]]
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|trtx=Afrikaans: wild; Albanian: egër; Arabic: مُتَوَحِّش‎; Egyptian Arabic: شموس‎; Armenian: վայրի; Aromanian: ayru, aghru; Assamese: বনৰীয়া, জংঘলী, বনজ; Azerbaijani: vəhşi; Belarusian: дзі́кі; Bikol Central: maulam; Bulgarian: див; Catalan: salvatge; Chickasaw: imilhlha; Chinese Mandarin: 野生的, 野的; Czech: divoký; Danish: vild; Dutch: [[wild]]; Estonian: metsik; Finnish: villi, kesytön, villi-; French: [[sauvage]]; Friulian: salvadi; Galician: salvaxe, fero, bravo; Georgian: ველური; German: [[wild]]; Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃; Greek: [[άγριος]]; Ancient Greek: [[ἄγριος]]; Guaraní: ñarõ; Hebrew: בַּר‎, פֶּרֶא‎; Hungarian: vad; Icelandic: villtur; Ido: sovaja; Italian: [[selvaggio]], [[selvatico]]; Japanese: 野生の; Kazakh: жабайы; Korean: 야생의, 길들여지지 않은; Lao: ປ່າ; Latin: [[ferox]], [[ferus]], [[silvestris]]; Latvian: mežonīgs, meža; Lithuanian: laukinis; Livonian: mõtsāli, mõtsā-; Luxembourgish: wëll; Macedonian: див; Malay: liar; Malayalam: വന്യ, കാട്ട്; Maore Comorian: nyeha; Maori: kuwao, taewao, mohoao, tūwā, pāwhara; Mon: ဂြိုပ်; Mongolian: зэрлэг; Norwegian: vill; Occitan: salvatge, sauvatge; Old English: wilde; Persian: وحشی‎; Polish: dziki; Portuguese: [[selvagem]], [[silvestre]], [[bravio]]; Quechua: sallqa, purun, k'ita; Romanian: sălbatic; Romansch: selvadi, salvadi, salvatg, sulvedi, sulvadi; Russian: [[дикий]]; Sardinian: eremidu, spédriu, spérdiu; Scottish Gaelic: allaidh, fiadhaich; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: дивљи, дивљачки, диваљ, необуздан; Roman: divlji, divljački, divalj, neobuzdan; Sicilian: sarvaggiu, sarbaggiu; Slovak: divoký, divý; Slovene: divji; Spanish: [[salvaje]], [[montaraz]]; Swedish: vild; Tagalog: mailap, ligaw, maliyap; Telugu: పిచ్చి; Thai: ป่า; Tocharian B: col; Turkish: vahşi, yabani; Ukrainian: дикий; Venetian: salvadego, salbego; Vietnamese: hoang dã; Welsh: gwyllt
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Latest revision as of 08:43, 13 June 2024

Latin > English

ferus fera, ferum ADJ :: wild, savage; uncivilized; untamed; fierce
ferus ferus feri N C :: wild beast/animal; wild/untamed horse/boar

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fĕrus: a, um, adj. cf. Gr. θήρ, Aeol. φήρ; Lat. ferox, etc.; v. ferio,
I wild, untamed.
I Lit., of animals and plants.
   A 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.—
   B Subst.
   1    fĕrus, i, m., a wild animal, wild beast (poet.); a lion, Phaedr. 1, 21, 8; a boar, id. 4, 4, 3; a horse, Verg. A. 2, 51; 5, 818; a stag, id. ib. 7, 489; a serpent, Sil. 6, 268.—
   2    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.—
II 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.—
III 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; id. 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) fĕrus,⁸ a, um (cf. θήρ),
1 sauvage, non apprivoisé ou non cultivé : Cic. Læl. 81 ; Nat. 2, 99 ; feræ silvæ Hor. S. 2, 6, 92, forêts sauvages
2 [fig.] sauvage, grossier, farouche, cruel, insensible : gens fera Cic. Leg. 1, 24, race féroce ; hostis ferus Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, ennemi cruel || fera hiems Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 42, hiver rigoureux ; fera diluvies Hor. O. 3, 29, 40, inondation sauvage.
(2) fĕrus,¹⁴ ī, m., animal : Virg. En. 2, 51 ; 7, 489.

Latin > German (Georges)

ferus, a, um (verwandt mit θήρ, äolisch φήρ), wild (Ggstz. cicur, mansuetus, domesticus), I) eig. = ungezähmt, unbearbeitet, in der Wildnis wachsend, -lebend, bestia, belua, Cic.: equus, Iustin.: mons, Verg.: silvae, öde, Hor.: fructus, Verg.: victus, Cic.: arbor, Plin. – subst., a) fera, ae, f. (sc. bestia), das wilde Tier, das Wild (Ggstz. cicur, das zahme T.), multa genera ferarum, Caes.: ferae morsus, Cels.: ferae rabies, Curt.: ferarum ritu, Liv. u.a.: pecudum ferarumque ritu, Liv.: feras agitare, Cic. u. Liv.: feras venari, Sen. u. Gell.: ferae nullo insequente saepe incĭdunt (in plagas), Cic.: attrib., fera castor, Apul. met. 1, 9. – dah. übtr., ein Gestirn, der Wolf, Caes. German. phaen. 675: magna minorque ferae, die beiden Bären, Ov. trist. 4, 3, 1: v. einem Seeungeheuer, Ov. met. 4, 719: v. Schlangen, Hyg. astr. 2, 42: v. der Ameise, Mart. 6, 15. – b) ferus, ī, m., das wilde Tier, das wilde Schwein, Ov.: der Ochse, Ov.: das Pferd (auch das hölzerne trojanische), Verg.: der (auch zahme) Hirsch, Verg.: die Schlange, Sil. – II) übtr.: A) der Bildung nach wild, ungeschlacht, adeon me ferum putas, Ter.: homines feri ac barbari, Caes.: fera agrestisque vita, Cic. – B) dem Charakter nach wild = hart, grausam, hostis, Cic.: Iuppiter, Verg.: nemo tam ferus fuerit, hart, gefühllos, Nep.: übtr., ensis, Ov.: bellum, caedes, dolores, Ov.: facinus foedum ac ferum, aus einem wilden Charakter hervorgegangene, Liv.: sacra, v. einem Menschenopfer, Ov.: hiems, Ov. – mit folg. 2. Supin., ferum visu dictuque (griech. δεινον ἰδειν καὶ λέγειν), schrecklich, Sil. 1, 175. – / faerus geschr., faerae ac leones, Fronto epist. 4, 1. p. 59, 12 N. – ferus ohne Kompar. u. Superl., für die ferocior u. ferocissimus eintreten, s. Wölfflin zu Liv. 21, 60, 4.

Latin > Chinese

ferus, a, um. adj. :: 野者。兇者。— ager 缺耕之田。Fera ulcera 不可治之瘡。
ferus, i. m. :: 野獸畜牲

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