ferinus

== Latin == === Etymology === From ferus (“wild, savage; wild animal”) +‎ -īnus (adjective-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɛ.rɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛː.ri.nus] === Adjective === ferīnus (feminine ferīna, neuter ferīnum, comparative ferīnior, superlative ferinīssimus, adverb ferīnē); first/second-declension adjective of or belonging to wild animals brutish ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== ferōx ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ferinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ferinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ferinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.