efferus
Latin
Etymology
ex- + ferus (“wild”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈef.fe.rus/, [ˈɛfːɛrʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈef.fe.rus/, [ˈɛfːɛrus]
Adjective
efferus (feminine effera, neuter efferum); first/second-declension adjective
- very wild, fierce, savage
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | efferus | effera | efferum | efferī | efferae | effera | |
| Genitive | efferī | efferae | efferī | efferōrum | efferārum | efferōrum | |
| Dative | efferō | efferō | efferīs | ||||
| Accusative | efferum | efferam | efferum | efferōs | efferās | effera | |
| Ablative | efferō | efferā | efferō | efferīs | |||
| Vocative | effere | effera | efferum | efferī | efferae | effera | |
Derived terms
- efferitās
References
- efferus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- efferus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers