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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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|gf=(1) <b>fĕrus</b>,⁸ a, um (cf. θήρ),<br /><b>1</b> sauvage, [[non]] apprivoisé ou [[non]] cultivé : Cic. Læl. 81 ; Nat. 2, 99 ; feræ silvæ Hor. S. 2, 6, 92, forêts sauvages<br /><b>2</b> [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.<br />(2) <b>fĕrus</b>,¹⁴ ī, m., [[animal]] : Virg. En. 2, 51 ; 7, 489.
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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