ferocitas
Latin
Etymology
From ferōx (“wild, fierce”) + -itās
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /feˈroː.ki.taːs/, [fɛˈroːkɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /feˈro.t͡ʃi.tas/, [feˈrɔːt͡ʃit̪äs]
Noun
ferōcitās f (genitive ferōcitātis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ferōcitās | ferōcitātēs |
Genitive | ferōcitātis | ferōcitātum |
Dative | ferōcitātī | ferōcitātibus |
Accusative | ferōcitātem | ferōcitātēs |
Ablative | ferōcitāte | ferōcitātibus |
Vocative | ferōcitās | ferōcitātēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: ferocitat
- English: ferocity
- French: férocité
- Galician: ferocidade
- Italian: ferocità
- Portuguese: ferocidade
- Spanish: ferocidad
References
- “ferocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ferocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ferocitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.