feritas

Latin

Etymology

From ferus (“savage”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ri.taːs/, [ˈfɛrɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ri.tas/, [ˈfɛːrit̪äs]

Noun

feritās f (genitive feritātis); third declension

1. wildness
2. savagery, brutality, ferocity

   Synonyms: crūdēlitās, sevēritās, ferōcitās, asperitās

   Antonyms: misericordia, pietās, lēnitās, eleēmosyna

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	feritās	feritātēs
Genitive	feritātis	feritātum
Dative	feritātī	feritātibus
Accusative	feritātem	feritātēs
Ablative	feritāte	feritātibus
Vocative	feritās	feritātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: feredat
• English: ferity
• French: fierté
• Italian: ferità
• Spanish: feridad

References

• “feritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “feritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• feritas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• feritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.