ferus

ferus adj.

2 FER-, wild, untamed, uncultivated : beluae: leones, H.: fructūs, V.—As subst m. : hastam in feri alvum contorsit, of the horse , V.: Pectebat ferum, the stag , V.: ut vidit ferum, the lion , Ph.—Meton., of places, waste, wild, desert : montes, V.: silvae, H.—Fig., wild, rude, uncultivated, savage, barbarous, fierce, cruel : hostis: genus hominum, S.: Nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit, H.: Britanni hospitibus, H.: mores: sibi fera sacra parari, death by sacrifice , O.