dirus

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dirus

1. 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 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

1. fearful

   Senex dirissimus. ― A most fearful old man.

2. ominous
3. (of character) dreadful, detestable
4. 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

• → English: dire
• Sardinian: diru

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.