ferinus Latin · revision 9527

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *ǵʰwer-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfɛ.rɪ.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfɛː.ri.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ferīnus''' (feminine ferīna, neuter ferīnum, comparative ferīnior, superlative ferinīssimus, adverb ferīnē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[fera]] “wild beast” or [[ferus]] “wild” with the suffix [[-īnus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨ferus⟩ to [[ine-pro|*ǵʰweh₁r-|t=wild animal]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Lucretius.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of wild beasts, as in Lucretius and Sallust, with ''carō ferīna'' “game”; of beasts as against humans, as in Virgil; beastlike, as in Apuleius; and in Valerius Flaccus made of hide.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short call it mostly poetic and not in Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879) As a feminine noun, ''ferīna'' was game, venison.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for wild, untamed, savage, brutal.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''ferino'' and French ''férin''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of wild beasts, ''carō ferīna'' [[m|en|game]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Beastly, [[m|en|bestial]]; savage.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)

+ # Made of hide.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ferīna]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ferōx]]

+ * [[fera]]

+ * [[feritās]]

+ * [[sēmifer]]

+ * [[ferus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}