feriet
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ferio, feriare, feriavi, feriatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Latham (Medieval Word List)
- Age:
- Medieval
rest from work/labor; keep/celebrate holiday; be idle; abstain from;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd - Entry →ferio, ferire, -, -:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
hit, strike; strike a bargain; kill, slay;
sg. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...bacchanti si velis advorsarier, ex insana insaniorem facies, feriet saepius; si obsequare, una resolvas plaga. AMPH..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Oeteninmeritaeque nemus Rhodopes pinusque Mimantis, 450Cassius hoc potius feriet caput? astra Thyestaeintulit et subitis damnauit noctibus Argos..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...latere eliditur ; deinde, ut latius, nubes proximas feriet. Haec plaga cum sono incutitur, qualis in nostris ignibus redditur..." - Q
Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...mens, poscentique grauem persaepe remittit acutum, nec semper feriet quodcumque minabitur arcus. Verum ubi plura nitent in carmine..."