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diro

diro is a Latin form of dirus, meaning “dreadful, fearful, terrible; (Dirae) the Furies”. It is the ablative singular neuter adjective or ablative singular masculine adjective or dative singular neuter adjective or dative singular masculine adjective.

Found 39 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.589: Quid tamen hoc prodest, si diro facta volucris

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.