ferocis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ferox, (gen.), ferocis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
wild, bold; warlike; cruel; defiant, arrogant;
acc. pl. (m./f.)gen. sg. (all) - Entry →ferocio, ferocire, -, -:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rampage, act in a fierce/violent/savage manner;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...dixit hominis pro corporis longitudine: "aetate" inquit "integra, feroci ingenio, facie procera virum". IV. Non solum autem..."Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...currus aeneus, alti quadriiuges in uestibulis, atque ipse feroci bellatore sedens curuatum hastile minatur eminus et statua meditatur..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...rasum cavea latus visontis, nec dens iam senior ferocis apri. Res una est tamen: ipse non negabit, culus..."Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...trahens Zethi iuuencus, qua per horrentes rubos Tauri ferocis sanguis ostentat fugas; Vel qua alta maria uertice immenso..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...impetus et quanta temptes cogita: uictor uenit Asiae ferocis, ultor Europae, trahit captiua Pergama et diu uictos Phrygas..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...amore captus ad leues sedit colos, tenerum feroci stamen intorquens manu. nempe illa ceruix spolia deposuit ferae crinemque..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...inops nouit Garamans uacuisue uagus Sarmata campis, siue ferocis iuga Pyrenes siue Hyrcani celant saltus, arcus metuit, Diana..."Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Apollo: nunc equos iunctos iubes capere me indomitos, ferocis, atque in currum inscendere, ut ego hunc proteram leonem..."