adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
fērālis
fērālis (neuter fērāle, comparative fērālior, superlative fērālissimus)
Classical[feːˈraː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[feˈraː.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationof, belonging to, or pertaining to the dead, corpses, or death; funereal
[...] sōlaque culminibus fērālī carmine būbō
[Dido experiences dire omens:] and from the rooftops a lone owl with funereal song often lamented and drew out its long mournful wails.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.462–463 - two terminationof or belonging to the Feralia
- poetictwo terminationdenoting February
- two terminationdeadly, fatal, dangerous
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fērālis | fērālis | fērāle |
| genitive | fērālis | fērālis | fērālis |
| dative | fērālī | fērālī | fērālī |
| accusative | fērālem | fērālem | fērāle |
| ablative | fērālī | fērālī | fērālī |
| vocative | fērālis | fērālis | fērāle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fērālēs | fērālēs | fērālia |
| genitive | fērālium | fērālium | fērālium |
| dative | fērālibus | fērālibus | fērālibus |
| accusative | fērālīs fērālēs | fērālīs fērālēs | fērālia |
| ablative | fērālibus | fērālibus | fērālibus |
| vocative | fērālēs | fērālēs | fērālia |
fērālis, e, adj. fero, from the carrying of the dead in funeral procession; cf. ferculum; cf. also Fest., Varr., Ov. ll. c. infra and v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 467,
I. of or belonging to the dead or to corpses, funereal (as an adj. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
tu tamen exstincto feralia munera ferto, offerings to the dead, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 81: sacra, Luc. 1, 616: cupressus, Verg. A. 6, 216; Ov. Tr. 3, 13, 21; cf.: ferale decus, i. e. the cypress, Sil. 10, 535: vittae, Ov. Ib. 103: reliquiae, i. e. the ashes of the dead, Tac. A. 2, 75: ferali carmine bubo Visa queri, Verg. A. 4, 462: Enyo, Petr. 120.—B. In partic., of or belonging to the festival of the dead (celebrated annually in the month of February):
tunc, cum ferales praeteriere dies, the days of the festival of the dead, Ov. F. 2, 34: tempus, id. ib. 5, 486: mensis, i. e. February, Col. poet. 10, 191. —2. Subst.: Fĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., the general festival of the dead kept on the 17th or 21st of February, the feast of All Souls (cf.:
inferiae, justa, pompa, exsequiae, funus): hanc, quia justa ferunt, dixere Fĕralia lucem: Ultima placandis Manibus illa dies, Ov. F. 2, 569: feralia ab inferis et ferendo, quod ferunt tum epulas ad sepulcrum, quibus jus ibi parentare, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.; cf.: feralium diem ait Varro a ferendis in sepulcra epulis dici, Macr. S. 1, 4: feralia diis Manibus sacrata festa, a ferendis epulis, vel a feriendis pecudibus appellata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll.: eodem die video Caesarem a Corfinio profectum esse, id est, Feralibus, Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1: diem finiri placuit Feralia, quae proxime fuissent, Liv. 35, 7, 3 Drak. N. cr.—II. Transf., in gen., deadly, fatal, dangerous = funestus:
tune, Licha, dixit, feralia dona tulisti? Ov. M. 9, 214: arma, Luc. 2, 260; 374: bellum, Tac. H. 5, 25: papilio, Ov. M. 15, 374; cf.: papilio pestifer, Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65: Idus Mart. ferales Caesari, Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237: annus, Tac. A. 4, 64: tenebrae, id. ib. 2,31: aula, a term applied to the abode of the great African serpent, Sil. 6, 216.—Comp.: feralior, Pacat. Pan. Theod. 46, 4.—Sup.: nefas feralissimum, Salv. Gub. Dei, 1, p. 23.—In neutr. adv.: ferale gemiscere, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 130.— Hence, adv.: fērālĭter, fatally (late Lat.): ut leo feraliter invadit, Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fērālis e, adj.
1 FER-, of a funeral, of funeral rites, of the dead, funereal : munera, for the dead , O.: cupressus, V.: vittae, O.: carmen, V.: umbra, as of death , Ta.: papilio (often on tombs, as symbol of the soul), O.: dies, of the festival of the dead (celebrated in February), O.— Neut. plur . as subst, the festival of the dead (on the 17th or 21st of February), C., L., O.— Deadly, fatal, dangerous : dona, O.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *fēzo- + -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, sacred place”).
Descendants
- Catalanferal
- Englishferal
- Italianferale
- Portugueseferal
- Spanishferal
In English words that came into English from fērālis
- feralfērālis