ferocio

Latin

Etymology

ferōx (“fierce”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /feˈroː.ki.oː/, [fɛˈroːkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈro.t͡ʃi.o/, [feˈrɔːt͡ʃio]

Verb

ferōciō (present infinitive ferōcīre, perfect active ferōcīvī or ferōciī, supine ferōcītum); fourth conjugation

1. to be fierce, unruly, ungovernable
2. to rage, to be furious

Conjugation

Conjugation of ferōciō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ferōciō	ferōcīs	ferōcit	ferōcīmus	ferōcītis	ferōciunt
	imperfect	ferōciēbam	ferōciēbās	ferōciēbat	ferōciēbāmus	ferōciēbātis	ferōciēbant
	future	ferōciam	ferōciēs	ferōciet	ferōciēmus	ferōciētis	ferōcient
	perfect	ferōcīvī, ferōciī	ferōcīvistī, ferōciistī	ferōcīvit, ferōciit	ferōcīvimus, ferōciimus	ferōcīvistis, ferōciistis	ferōcīvērunt, ferōcīvēre, ferōciērunt, ferōciēre
	pluperfect	ferōcīveram, ferōcieram	ferōcīverās, ferōcierās	ferōcīverat, ferōcierat	ferōcīverāmus, ferōcierāmus	ferōcīverātis, ferōcierātis	ferōcīverant, ferōcierant
	future perfect	ferōcīverō, ferōcierō	ferōcīveris, ferōcieris	ferōcīverit, ferōcierit	ferōcīverimus, ferōcierimus	ferōcīveritis, ferōcieritis	ferōcīverint, ferōcierint
passive	present	ferōcior	ferōcīris, ferōcīre	ferōcītur	ferōcīmur	ferōcīminī	ferōciuntur
	imperfect	ferōciēbar	ferōciēbāris, ferōciēbāre	ferōciēbātur	ferōciēbāmur	ferōciēbāminī	ferōciēbantur
	future	ferōciar	ferōciēris, ferōciēre	ferōciētur	ferōciēmur	ferōciēminī	ferōcientur
	perfect	ferōcītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ferōcītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ferōcītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ferōciam	ferōciās	ferōciat	ferōciāmus	ferōciātis	ferōciant
	imperfect	ferōcīrem	ferōcīrēs	ferōcīret	ferōcīrēmus	ferōcīrētis	ferōcīrent
	perfect	ferōcīverim, ferōcierim	ferōcīverīs, ferōcierīs	ferōcīverit, ferōcierit	ferōcīverīmus, ferōcierīmus	ferōcīverītis, ferōcierītis	ferōcīverint, ferōcierint
	pluperfect	ferōcīvissem, ferōciissem	ferōcīvissēs, ferōciissēs	ferōcīvisset, ferōciisset	ferōcīvissēmus, ferōciissēmus	ferōcīvissētis, ferōciissētis	ferōcīvissent, ferōciissent
passive	present	ferōciar	ferōciāris, ferōciāre	ferōciātur	ferōciāmur	ferōciāminī	ferōciantur
	imperfect	ferōcīrer	ferōcīrēris, ferōcīrēre	ferōcīrētur	ferōcīrēmur	ferōcīrēminī	ferōcīrentur
	perfect	ferōcītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ferōcītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ferōcī	—	—	ferōcīte	—
	future	—	ferōcītō	ferōcītō	—	ferōcītōte	ferōciuntō
passive	present	—	ferōcīre	—	—	ferōcīminī	—
	future	—	ferōcītor	ferōcītor	—	—	ferōciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ferōcīre	ferōcīvisse, ferōciisse	ferōcītūrum esse	ferōcīrī	ferōcītum esse	ferōcītum īrī
participles		ferōciēns	—	ferōcītūrus	—	ferōcītus	ferōciendus, ferōciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ferōciendī	ferōciendō	ferōciendum	ferōciendō	ferōcītum	ferōcītū

References

• “ferocio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ferocio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.