LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Fĕrētrĭus

Meaning

  1. a surname of Jupiter

Fĕrētrĭus, ii, m. ferio; cf. in the foll., Prop. 4 (5), 10, 45. acc. to Liv. 1, 10, 6, from fero,
I. a surname of Jupiter, the subduer of enemies, and to whom the spolia opima were consequently offered.
I. Prop.: nunc spolia in templo tria condita causa Feretri, Omine quod certo dux ferit ense ducem, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 45. cf. id. ib. 1 sq.; Liv. 1, 10, 6; 1, 33 fin.; 4, 20 sq.; Nep. Att. 20, 3; Flor. 1, 1, 11; Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 1 Müll. al.— *
II. Transf., of Amor: opima apposui senex Amori arma Feretrio, Poët. ap. Ter. Maur. p. 2442 P.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyFeretriusFeretrius. a surname of Jupiter, which is probably derived from ferire, to strike; for persons who took an oath called upon Jupiter, if they swore fal…

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What does Fĕrētrĭus mean in Latin?
Fĕrētrĭus, a proper noun, means “a surname of Jupiter”.