ferox

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ferōx. === Adjective === ferox m or f or n (taxonomy) ferocious == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *ferōks, from earlier *xʷerōks, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweroh₃kʷs (“having the appearance of a wild animal”), from *ǵʰwero- (early Proto-Italic *xʷeros, suffixed form *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”)) + *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɛ.roːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛː.roks] === Adjective === ferōx (genitive ferōcis, comparative ferōcior, superlative ferōcissimus, adverb ferōciter); third-declension one-termination adjective wild, bold, fierce Synonyms: trux, atrōx, immānis, efferus, ferus, violēns, crūdēlis, barbaricus, silvāticus, ācer Antonyms: misericors, mītis, tranquillus, placidus, quietus, clemens defiant, arrogant Synonyms: superbus, īnsolēns, arrogāns, impudēns Antonym: pudēns ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ferox”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ferox”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ferox”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.