noun · femininefirst declension
fera
fera f (genitive ferae)
Classical[ˈfɛ.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈfɛː.ra]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- femininewild animal; beast
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
bēstia silvārum; ferae in montibus habitant.fera -ae f — in Mille Verba, Animālia
animal ferumfera -ae (f) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 9
bēstia agrestisfera -ae (f) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 6
bēstia silvestrisfera -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, †
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fera | ferae |
| genitive | ferae | ferārum |
| dative | ferae | ferīs |
| accusative | feram | ferās |
| ablative | ferā | ferīs |
| vocative | fera | ferae |
fĕra, ae, f., v. ferus.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fera ae, f
ferus, a wild beast, wild animal : leo atque aliae ferae, S.: multa genera ferarun, Cs.: formidulosae, H.: fera saevit, the sea-monster , O.: laqueis captare feras, wild birds , V.
Origins
From ferus (“wild”) + -a (feminine suffix). For the gender, perhaps compare the semantically similar bēstia f, bēlua f, and pecus f.
Descendants
- Catalanfera
- Italianfiera
- Portuguesefera
- Romanianfiară
- Spanishfiera