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

1. fierceness, ferocity

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.