fĕrīnus, a, um, adj. [ferus],
I of or belonging to wild animals (mostly poet.; not in Cic., for Inv. 1, 2, 2, is to be read victu fero): vultus, Ov. M. 2, 523: vox, id. Tr. 5, 12, 55: caedes, id. M. 7, 675: caro, venison , game , Sall. J. 18, 1; 89, 7; Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 161: lac, Verg. A. 11, 571: vestis, of the skins of wild beasts , Lucr. 5, 1418: voluptates, brutal sensuality , Gell. 19, 2 init. — Transf.: vita, low , Amm. 26, 6; 15, 3.—
II Subst.: fĕrīna , ae, f., the flesh of wild animals , game , Verg. A. 1, 215; Val. Fl. 3, 569: pomum a ceteris distans sapore quodam ferinae, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 43.