ferreus

Latin

Etymology

ferrum (“iron”) +‎ -eus (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.re.us/, [ˈfɛrːeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.re.us/, [ˈfɛrːeus]

Adjective

ferreus (feminine ferrea, neuter ferreum); first/second-declension adjective

1. iron, made of iron
2. like or pertaining to iron
3. hard, cruel
4. firm, immovable, rigid

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ferreus	ferrea	ferreum		ferreī	ferreae	ferrea
genitive	ferreī	ferreae	ferreī		ferreōrum	ferreārum	ferreōrum
dative	ferreō	ferreae	ferreō		ferreīs
accusative	ferreum	ferream	ferreum		ferreōs	ferreās	ferrea
ablative	ferreō	ferreā	ferreō		ferreīs
vocative	ferree	ferrea	ferreum		ferreī	ferreae	ferrea

Synonyms

• (made of iron): chalybēius

Related terms

• ferrāmentārius
• ferrāmentum
• ferrāria
• ferrārius
• ferrātus
• ferrūgināns
• ferrūgineus
• ferrūgo
• ferrum
• ferrūmen

Descendants

• Catalan: ferri
• Galician: férreo
• Italian: ferreo
• Portuguese: férreo
• Spanish: férreo

References

• “ferreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ferreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ferreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to throw grappling irons on board; to board: copulas, manus ferreas (in navem) inicere