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|lshtext=<b>fĕrox</b>: ōcis (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. ferocum, Albin. 1, 275; abl. [[sing]]. feroci, Neue, Formenl. 2, 67 sq.), adj. [[root]] in Gr. θήρ, Aeol. φήρ, [[θηρίον]]>; cf.: [[ferus]], [[fera]]; cf. also Zend. dvar, to [[run]], Gr. [[θρώσκω]], [[θορεῖν]]>, Lat. furere, [[wild]], [[bold]], [[courageous]], [[warlike]], [[spirited]], [[brave]], [[gallant]], [[savage]], [[headstrong]], [[untamable]], [[fierce]], [[insolent]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[dirus]], [[ferus]], [[durus]], [[saevus]], [[crudelis]]; [[immanis]], [[immitis]], [[barbarus]], etc.).<br /><b>I</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]]: [[moechus]] qui formest [[ferox]], Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 13: naturā [[ferox]], [[vehemens]], manu [[promptus]] erat, Sall. C. 43 fin.; cf.: [[nimium]] es [[vehemens]] feroxque naturā, Cic. Vat. 2, 4: [[ferox]] naturā, Sall. J. 11, 3: vicimus vi feroces, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 82: Aequorum magna [[gens]] et [[ferox]], [[warlike]], Cic. Rep. 2, 20: [[Latium]], Hor. C. 1, 35, 10: [[Roma]], id. ib. 3, 3, 44: [[Parthi]], id. ib. 3, 2, 3: [[Sygambri]], id. ib. 4, 2, 34: [[miles]], id. ib. 1, 6, 3: [[Hector]], id. ib. 4, 9, 21: [[virgo]] (i. e. [[Minerva]]), Mart. 14, 179; cf. Sil. 9, 457: loca amoena, voluptaria [[facile]] in otio feroces militum animos molliverat, Sall. C. 11, 5; cf. id. J. 106, 3: [[ferox]] [[bello]], Hor. C. 1, 32, 6; cf.: feroces ad bellandum, Liv. 38, 13, 11: [[adversus]] pericula [[ferox]], Tac. H. 3, 69 fin.: Triaria [[ultra]] feminam [[ferox]], id. ib. 2, 63: vir [[nobilis]] ac [[ferox]], id. A. 4, 21.—With gen.: animi, Tac. A. 1, 32. —Sup.: [[globus]] ferocissimorum juvenum, Liv. 1, 12, 9: auxiliarii, Tac. H. 2, 24: nullo adversante, cum ferocissimi cecidissent, id. A. 1, 2.<br /><b>II</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]]: equi indomiti, feroces, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 110: leones, Lucr. 4, 717: [[aper]], Verg. A. 10, 711: [[indulgentia]] ferocem [[fortasse]] [[atque]] arrogantem et infestum facit, Cic. Att. 10, 11, 3: [[dote]] fretae, feroces, i. e. [[arrogant]], Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 17; cf.: [[ferox]] formā, id. Mil. 4, 9, 13; Titin. ap. Non. 305, 6: Numidae secundis rebus feroces, Sall. J. 94, 4; cf.: [[ferox]] viribus, Liv. 1, 7, 5; 7, 5, 6: robore corporis [[stolide]] [[ferox]], Tac. A. 1, 3: [[nequicquam]] Veneris praesidio [[ferox]], Hor. C. 1, 15, 13: [[sit]] [[Medea]] [[ferox]] invictaque, id. A. P. 123: [[animus]] [[ferox]] inopiā rei [[familiaris]], Sall. C. 5, 7; cf.: quibus [[aetas]] animusque [[ferox]] erat, id. ib. 38, 1: oculi, Luc. 5, 211: patribus [[ferox]], [[haughty]] toward the senators, Liv. 7, 40, 8.—Comp.: in [[bellis]] civilibus, [[victoria]], [[etiamsi]] ad meliores venit, [[tamen]] eos ipsos ferociores impotentioresque reddit, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 3; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 305, 10: et [[quia]] [[tecum]] eram, [[propterea]] [[animo]] eram ferocior, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 13; id. Rud. 3, 1, 14; Quint. 2, 2, 3. —Sup.: duas ferocissimas affectiones amoris [[atque]] odii coërcere, Gell. 1, 3 fin.: bestiae, Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: linguae feroces, Tac. H. 1, 35: [[ferox]] scelerum, [[eager]] for, [[prone]] to crimes, id. A. 4, 12: deorum Spretor erat mentisque [[ferox]] Ixione [[natus]], Ov. M. 8, 614: scelerum, Tac. A. 4, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in and acc.: [[ferox]] in suos erat [[miles]], [[ignavus]] in hostes, Amm. 22, 4, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf.: [[ferox]] est, [[viginti]] minas meas tractare [[sese]], Plaut. As. 2, 4, 62: [[odium]] renovare [[ferox]], Sil. 11, 8.—Hence, adv.: fĕrōcĭter.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to I.) Courageously, [[valorously]], [[bravely]]: [[strenue]] et [[ferociter]] facta in [[bello]] plura memorari possunt, Liv. 3, 47, 2: adequitare, id. 9, 22, 4: mandata edere, Tac. A. 15, 5.—Comp.: [[pauci]] ferocius decernunt, Sall. J. 104, 2.—Sup.: cum quo ferocissime pro Romana societate [[adversus]] Punicum [[foedus]] steterat, Liv. 23, 8, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to II.) Fiercely, [[savagely]], [[insolently]]: [[aspere]] et [[ferociter]] et [[libere]] dicta, Cic. Planc. 13, 33: increpare, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 58: dictae sententiae, Liv. 2, 55, 11.— Comp.: [[paulo]] ferocius (exagitatus), Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.—Sup.: obloqui, Curt. 10, 2 fin.>