ferreus
Latin
Etymology
ferrum (“iron”) + -eus (adjective-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfer.re.us/, [ˈfɛrːeʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfer.re.us/, [ˈfɛrːeus]
Adjective
ferreus (feminine ferrea, neuter ferreum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ferreus | ferrea | ferreum | ferreī | ferreae | ferrea | |
Genitive | ferreī | ferreae | ferreī | ferreōrum | ferreārum | ferreōrum | |
Dative | ferreō | ferreō | ferreīs | ||||
Accusative | ferreum | ferream | ferreum | ferreōs | ferreās | ferrea | |
Ablative | ferreō | ferreā | ferreō | ferreīs | |||
Vocative | ferree | ferrea | ferreum | ferreī | ferreae | ferrea |
Synonyms
- (made of iron): chalybēius
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “ferreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ferreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ferreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to throw grappling irons on board; to board: copulas, manus ferreas (in navem) inicere
- to throw grappling irons on board; to board: copulas, manus ferreas (in navem) inicere