ferior
English
Adjective
ferior (comparative more ferior, superlative most ferior)
- (slang) From inferior by dropping prefix in-, meaning the opposite of inferior, or excellent, superior.
Anagrams
- Fierro
Latin
Etymology 1
From fēriae. Rare use for the classical fēriās habeō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeː.ri.or/, [ˈfeː.ri.ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.ri.or/, [ˈfeː.ri.or]
Verb
fērior (present infinitive fērī, perfect active fēriātus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to rest from work, to keep holiday
Inflection
| Conjugation of ferior (first conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | fērior | fēriāris, fēriāre | fēriātur | fēriāmur | fēriāminī | fēriantur |
| imperfect | fēriābar | fēriābāris, fēriābāre | fēriābātur | fēriābāmur | fēriābāminī | fēriābantur | |
| future | fēriābor | fēriāberis, fēriābere | fēriābitur | fēriābimur | fēriābiminī | fēriābuntur | |
| perfect | fēriātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | fēriātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | fēriātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | fērier | fēriēris, fēriēre | fēriētur | fēriēmur | fēriēminī | fērientur |
| imperfect | fēriārer | fēriārēris, fēriārēre | fēriārētur | fēriārēmur | fēriārēminī | fēriārentur | |
| perfect | fēriātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | fēriātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | fēriāre | — | — | fēriāminī | — |
| future | — | fēriātor | fēriātor | — | — | fēriantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | fēriārī | fēriātus esse | fēriātūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | fēriāns | fēriātus | fēriātūrus | — | — | fēriandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| fēriārī | fēriandī | fēriandō | fēriandum | fēriātum | fēriātū | ||
Derived terms
- fēriātus
Verb
ferior
- first-person singular present passive indicative of feriō
References
- ferior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ferior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette