dira

dira is a Latin form of dirus, meaning “dreadful, fearful, terrible; (Dirae) the Furies”. It is the nominative plural neuter adjective or vocative plural neuter adjective or accusative plural neuter adjective or ablative singular feminine adjective.

Found 161 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Vergil, Georgics 1.37: nec tibi regnandi veniat tam dira cupido,

Ovid, Heroides 6.84: Diraque cantata pabula falce metit.

All forms of dirus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.