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ferocem

ferocem is a Latin form of ferox, meaning “fierce, bold, warlike; defiant”. It is the accusative singular masculine adjective or accusative singular feminine adjective.

Found 33 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Republica 2.36: … secundis additis ∞ ⅰↄ ⅽⅽⅽ fecit equites numerumque duplicavit. Postea bello subegit Aequorum magnam gentem et ferocem et rebus populi Romani imminentem, idemque Sabinos cum a moenibus urbis reppulisset, equitatu fudit belloque …

Plautus, Mostellaria 4.2.890: Ferócem facís, quia te érus amat.

All forms of ferox (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.