noun · femininefirst declension
ferīna
ferīna f (genitive ferīnae)
Classical[fɛˈriː.na]Ecclesiastical[feˈriː.na]
Meaning
- game meat, venison
Tum vīctū revocant vīrēs, fūsīque per herbamimplentur veteris Bacchī pinguisque ferīnae.
Then they restore their strength with the provisions, and, stretched on the grass, they fill up on old wine and fat venison.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.214–215Pōmum ipsum grande, dūrum, horridum et ā cēterīs generibus distāns sapōre quōdam ferīnae in aprīs
The fruit [of the syagrus tree] itself is large, hard, rough, and different in taste from every other kind, with a certain something of the meat in wild boars.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 13.9
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
carō ferārumferīna -ae (f) — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 6
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ferīna | ferīnae |
| genitive | ferīnae | ferīnārum |
| dative | ferīnae | ferīnīs |
| accusative | ferīnam | ferīnās |
| ablative | ferīnā | ferīnīs |
| vocative | ferīna | ferīnae |
Origins
Ellipsis of carō ferīna (“meat of wild animals”).