dirus: all forms
dirus means “dreadful, fearful, terrible; (Dirae) the Furies”. Below is its full declension in Latin.
Positive
Positive, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | dirus | dira | dirum | |
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| Genitive | diri | dirae | diri | |
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| Dative | diro | dirae | diro | |
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| Accusative | dirum | diram | dirum | |
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| Ablative | diro | dira | diro | |
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| Vocative | dire | dira | dirum | |
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Positive, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | diri | dirae | dira | |
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| Genitive | dirorum | dirarum | dirorum | |
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| Dative | | | | diris |
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| Accusative | diros | diras | dira | |
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| Ablative | | | | diris |
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| Vocative | diri | dirae | dira | |
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Comparative
Comparative, singular | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | dirius | dirior |
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| Genitive | dirioris | dirioris |
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| Dative | | diriori |
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| Accusative | dirius | diriorem |
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| Ablative | | diriore · diriori |
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| Vocative | dirius | dirior |
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Comparative, plural | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | diriora | diriores |
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| Genitive | | diriorum |
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| Dative | | dirioribus |
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| Accusative | diriora | diriores |
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| Ablative | | dirioribus |
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| Vocative | diriora | diriores |
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Superlative
Superlative, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | dirissimus | dirissima | dirissimum | |
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| Genitive | dirissimi | dirissimae | dirissimi | |
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| Dative | dirissimo | dirissimae | dirissimo | |
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| Accusative | dirissimum | dirissimam | dirissimum | |
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| Ablative | dirissimo | dirissima | dirissimo | |
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| Vocative | dirissime | dirissima | dirissimum | |
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Superlative, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | dirissimi | dirissimae | dirissima | |
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| Genitive | dirissimorum | dirissimarum | dirissimorum | |
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| Dative | | | | dirissimis |
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| Accusative | dirissimos | dirissimas | dirissima | |
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| Ablative | | | | dirissimis |
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| Vocative | dirissimi | dirissimae | dirissima | |
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Meaning and examples of dirus
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.