LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

ferīna

ferīna f (genitive ferīnae)
Classical[fɛˈriː.na]Ecclesiastical[feˈriː.na]

Meaning

  1. 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 1.214–215
    Pōmum ipsum grande, dūrum, horridum et ā cēterīs generibus distāns sapōre quōdam ferīnae in aprīsThe 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

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeferīnaferīnae
genitiveferīnaeferīnārum
dativeferīnaeferīnīs
accusativeferīnamferīnās
ablativeferīnāferīnīs
vocativeferīnaferīnae

Origins

Ellipsis of carō ferīna (“meat of wild animals”).

Quick answers

What does ferīna mean in Latin?
ferīna, a noun, means “game meat, venison”.
What is the genitive of ferīna?
The genitive singular is ferīnae. ferīna is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce ferīna?
In classical Latin, [fɛˈriː.na]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [feˈriː.na].