dirus
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Esperanto[edit]
Verb[edit]
dirus
- conditional of diri
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dīrus m (feminine dīra, neuter dīrum); first/second declension
- fearful
- ominous
- (of character) dreadful, detestable
- (New Latin) Used as a species epithet
Inflection[edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | dīrus | dīra | dīrum | dīrī | dīrae | dīra | |
| genitive | dīrī | dīrae | dīrī | dīrōrum | dīrārum | dīrōrum | |
| dative | dīrō | dīrae | dīrō | dīrīs | dīrīs | dīrīs | |
| accusative | dīrum | dīram | dīrum | dīrōs | dīrās | dīra | |
| ablative | dīrō | dīrā | dīrō | dīrīs | dīrīs | dīrīs | |
| vocative | dīre | dīra | dīrum | dīrī | dīrae | dīra | |
- comparative: dīrior, superlative: dīrissimus
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- dirus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
