ferocitas

Latin

Etymology

From ferōx (“wild, fierce”) +‎ -itās

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /feˈroː.ki.taːs/, [fɛˈroː.kɪ.taːs]

Noun

ferōcitās f (genitive ferōcitātis); third declension

fierceness, ferocity

Declension

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ferōcitās	ferōcitātēs
Genitive	ferōcitātis	ferōcitātum
Dative	ferōcitātī	ferōcitātibus
Accusative	ferōcitātem	ferōcitātēs
Ablative	ferōcitāte	ferōcitātibus
Vocative	ferōcitās	ferōcitātēs

Descendants

English: ferocity
French: férocité
Italian: ferocità
Spanish: ferocidad

References

ferocitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ferocitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ferocitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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