dirus

== Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdirus/ Rhymes: -irus Syllabification: di‧rus === Verb === dirus conditional of diri == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *deiros, from Proto-Indo-European *dwey- (“to fear”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós), Old Armenian երկն (erkn). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdiː.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdiː.rus] === Adjective === dīrus (feminine dīra, neuter dīrum, comparative dīrior, superlative dīrissimus); first/second-declension adjective fearful Senex dirissimus. ― A most fearful old man. ominous (of character) dreadful, detestable dire ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: dire → Italian: diro Sardinian: diru ==== References ==== “dirus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “dirus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “dirus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.