ferox

Borrowed from Latin ferōx.

ferox m or f or n

1. (taxonomy) ferocious

From Proto-Italic *ferōks, from earlier *xʷerōks, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweroh₃kʷs (“having the appearance of a wild animal”), from *ǵʰwero- (early Proto-Italic *xʷeros, suffixed form *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”)) + *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛ.roːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛː.roks]

ferōx (genitive ferōcis, superlative ferōcissimus, adverb ferōciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. wild, bold, fierce

   Synonyms: trux, atrōx, immānis, efferus, ferus, violēns, crūdēlis, barbaricus, silvāticus, ācer

   Antonyms: misericors, mītis, tranquillus, placidus, quietus, clemens

2. defiant, arrogant

   Synonyms: superbus, īnsolēns, arrogāns, impudēns

   Antonym: pudēns

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

• ferōcia
• ferōciō
• ferōcitās
• ferōciter
• ferōculus

• “ferox”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ferox”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ferox in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.