dirus
Esperanto
Verb
dirus
- conditional of diri
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *deiros, from Proto-Indo-European *dwey- (“to fear”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós), Old Armenian երկն (erkn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.rus/, [ˈdiː.rʊs]
Adjective
dīrus (feminine dīra, neuter dīrum); first/second declension
- fearful
- Senex dirissimus. ― A fearful old man.
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- ominous
- (of character) dreadful, detestable
- (New Latin) Used as a species epithet
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | dīrus | dīra | dīrum | dīrī | dīrae | dīra | |
| genitive | dīrī | dīrae | dīrī | dīrōrum | dīrārum | dīrōrum | |
| dative | dīrō | dīrō | dīrīs | ||||
| accusative | dīrum | dīram | dīrum | dīrōs | dīrās | dīra | |
| ablative | dīrō | dīrā | dīrō | dīrīs | |||
| vocative | dīre | dīra | dīrum | dīrī | dīrae | dīra | |
- comparative: dīrior, superlative: dīrissimus
Derived terms
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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