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ferarum

ferarum is a Latin form of ferus, meaning “wild, savage; (fera, f.) wild animal, beast”. It is the genitive plural feminine adjective.

It can also be a form of fera, “wild animal, beast”.

Found 220 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 6.25.5: Multaque in ea genera ferarum nasci constat, quae reliquis in locis visa non sint; ex quibus quae maxime differant ab ceteris et memoriae prodenda videantur haec sunt.

Curtius Rufus, Historiarum Alexandri Magni 9.10.10: Tuguria conchis et ceteris purgamentis maris instruunt. Ferarum pellibus tecti piscibus sole duratis et maiorum quoque beluarum, quas fluctus eiecit, carne vescuntur.

All forms of ferus (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.