dirus
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Pronunciation
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Verb
dirus
- conditional of diri
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *deiros, from Proto-Indo-European *dwey- (“to fear”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós), Old Armenian երկն (erkn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.rus/, [ˈd̪iːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.rus/, [ˈd̪iːrus]
Adjective
dīrus (feminine dīra, neuter dīrum, comparative dīrior, superlative dīrissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- fearful
- Senex dirissimus. ― A most fearful old man.
- ominous
- (of character) dreadful, detestable
- dire
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | dīrus | dīra | dīrum | dīrī | dīrae | dīra | |
| genitive | dīrī | dīrae | dīrī | dīrōrum | dīrārum | dīrōrum | |
| dative | dīrō | dīrae | dīrō | dīrīs | |||
| accusative | dīrum | dīram | dīrum | dīrōs | dīrās | dīra | |
| ablative | dīrō | dīrā | dīrō | dīrīs | |||
| vocative | dīre | dīra | dīrum | dīrī | dīrae | dīra | |
Descendants
References
- “dirus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dirus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dirus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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