LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

ferīnus

ferīnus (feminine ferīna, neuter ferīnum, comparative ferīnior, superlative ferinīssimus, adverb ferīnē)
Classical[ˈfɛ.rɪ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfɛː.ri.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveof or belonging to wild animals
  2. adjectivebrutish

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeferīnusferīnaferīnum
genitiveferīnīferīnaeferīnī
dativeferīnōferīnaeferīnō
accusativeferīnumferīnamferīnum
ablativeferīnōferīnāferīnō
vocativeferīneferīnaferīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeferīnīferīnaeferīna
genitiveferīnōrumferīnārumferīnōrum
dativeferīnīsferīnīsferīnīs
accusativeferīnōsferīnāsferīna
ablativeferīnīsferīnīsferīnīs
vocativeferīnīferīnaeferīna

fĕrīnus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to wild animals (mostly poet.; not in Cic., for Inv. 1, 2, 2, is to be read victu fero): vultus, Ov. M. 2, 523: vox, id. Tr. 5, 12, 55: caedes, id. M. 7, 675: caro, venison, game, Sall. J. 18, 1; 89, 7; Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 161: lac, Verg. A. 11, 571: vestis, of the skins of wild beasts, Lucr. 5, 1418: voluptates, brutal sensuality, Gell. 19, 2 init.— Transf.: vita, low, Amm. 26, 6; 15, 3.—
II. Subst.: fĕrīna, ae, f., the flesh of wild animals, game, Verg. A. 1, 215; Val. Fl. 3, 569: pomum a ceteris distans sapore quodam ferinae, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 43.

Origins

From ferus (“wild, savage; wild animal”) + -īnus (adjective-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”).

Descendants
  • Catalanferí
  • Frenchférin
  • Italianferino
  • Portugueseferino
  • Spanishferino
  • Galicianferino

Quick answers

What does ferīnus mean in Latin?
ferīnus, a adjective, means “of or belonging to wild animals; brutish”.
How do you pronounce ferīnus?
In classical Latin, [ˈfɛ.rɪ.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfɛː.ri.nus].