dirus, dira -um, dirior -or -us, dirissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
awful/dire/dreadful (omen); ominous/frightful/terrible/horrible; skillful (L+S);
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | dirus | diri |
| Gen. | diri | dirorum |
| Dat. | diro | — |
| Acc. | dirum | diros |
| Voc. | dire | diri |
| Abl. | diro | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | dira | dirae |
| Gen. | dirae | dirarum |
| Dat. | dirae | — |
| Acc. | diram | diras |
| Voc. | dira | dirae |
| Abl. | dira | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | dirum | dira |
| Gen. | diri | dirorum |
| Dat. | diro | — |
| Acc. | dirum | dira |
| Voc. | dirum | dira |
| Abl. | diro | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | dirius | diriora |
| Gen. | dirioris | — |
| Acc. | dirius | diriora |
| Voc. | dirius | diriora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | dirissimus | dirissimi |
| Gen. | dirissimi | dirissimorum |
| Dat. | dirissimo | — |
| Acc. | dirissimum | dirissimos |
| Voc. | dirissime | dirissimi |
| Abl. | dirissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | dirissima | dirissimae |
| Gen. | dirissimae | dirissimarum |
| Dat. | dirissimae | — |
| Acc. | dirissimam | dirissimas |
| Voc. | dirissima | dirissimae |
| Abl. | dirissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | dirissimum | dirissima |
| Gen. | dirissimi | dirissimorum |
| Dat. | dirissimo | — |
| Acc. | dirissimum | dirissima |
| Voc. | dirissimum | dirissima |
| Abl. | dirissimo | — |
Examples
- D
Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Arcadico iuueni, cuius mihi sexta quaque die miserum dirus caput Hannibal inplet, quidquid id est de quo deliberat..." - L
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...atque extendatur dolor, delectatur malis hominum; tunc illi dirus animi morbus ad insaniam pervenit ultimam, cum crudelitas versa..." - L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...pati poenas decet, non esse poenam. Mittor ut dirus uapor tellure rupta uel grauem populis luem sparsura pestis..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...peremptae Sphingis haec merces datur. ille, ille dirus callidi monstri cinis in nos rebellat, illa nunc Thebas lues..." - L
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Chorvs] Heu quam dulce malum mortalibus additum uitae dirus amor, cum pateat malis effugium et miseros libera mors..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...cuncta tellus, Herculis uestri placet mortem perire? dirus o nobis pudor, o turpe fatum: femina Herculeae necis auctor..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...horreo fugio execror. sit ratio, sit natura, sit dirus furor: odisse placuit. ignibus iunges aquas et amica ratibus..." 
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...digitos inter sua fila trementes. proturbat mensas dirus liquor: undique manant sanguine permixti latices, et Bacchus in altos..."