efferus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈef.fe.rus/, [ˈɛfːɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈef.fe.rus/, [ˈɛfːerus]
Adjective[edit]
efferus (feminine effera, neuter efferum); first/second-declension adjective
- very wild, fierce, savage
- Synonyms: ferus, trux, ferōx, atrōx, violēns, immānis, crūdēlis, barbaricus, silvāticus, ācer
- Antonyms: misericors, mītis, tranquillus, placidus, quietus, clemens
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | efferus | effera | efferum | efferī | efferae | effera | |
| Genitive | efferī | efferae | efferī | efferōrum | efferārum | efferōrum | |
| Dative | efferō | efferō | efferīs | ||||
| Accusative | efferum | efferam | efferum | efferōs | efferās | effera | |
| Ablative | efferō | efferā | efferō | efferīs | |||
| Vocative | effere | effera | efferum | efferī | efferae | effera | |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “efferus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “efferus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers