ferocio

Latin

Etymology

ferōx (“fierce”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /feˈroː.ki.oː/, [fɛˈroːkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈro.t͡ʃi.o/, [feˈrɔːt͡ʃio]

Verb

ferōciō (present infinitive ferōcīre, perfect active ferōcīvī or ferōciī, supine ferōcītum); fourth conjugation

1. to be fierce, unruly, ungovernable
2. to rage, to be furious

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ferōciō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ferōciō		ferōcīs		ferōcit		ferōcīmus		ferōcītis		ferōciunt
	imperfect	ferōciēbam		ferōciēbās		ferōciēbat		ferōciēbāmus		ferōciēbātis		ferōciēbant
	future	ferōciam		ferōciēs		ferōciet		ferōciēmus		ferōciētis		ferōcient
	perfect	ferōcīvī, ferōciī		ferōcīvistī, ferōciistī		ferōcīvit, ferōciit		ferōcīvimus, ferōciimus		ferōcīvistis, ferōciistis		ferōcīvērunt, ferōcīvēre, ferōciērunt, ferōciēre
	pluperfect	ferōcīveram, ferōcieram		ferōcīverās, ferōcierās		ferōcīverat, ferōcierat		ferōcīverāmus, ferōcierāmus		ferōcīverātis, ferōcierātis		ferōcīverant, ferōcierant
	future perfect	ferōcīverō, ferōcierō		ferōcīveris, ferōcieris		ferōcīverit, ferōcierit		ferōcīverimus, ferōcierimus		ferōcīveritis, ferōcieritis		ferōcīverint, ferōcierint
passive	present	ferōcior		ferōcīris, ferōcīre		ferōcītur		ferōcīmur		ferōcīminī		ferōciuntur
	imperfect	ferōciēbar		ferōciēbāris, ferōciēbāre		ferōciēbātur		ferōciēbāmur		ferōciēbāminī		ferōciēbantur
	future	ferōciar		ferōciēris, ferōciēre		ferōciētur		ferōciēmur		ferōciēminī		ferōcientur
	perfect	ferōcītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ferōcītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ferōcītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ferōciam		ferōciās		ferōciat		ferōciāmus		ferōciātis		ferōciant
	imperfect	ferōcīrem		ferōcīrēs		ferōcīret		ferōcīrēmus		ferōcīrētis		ferōcīrent
	perfect	ferōcīverim, ferōcierim		ferōcīverīs, ferōcierīs		ferōcīverit, ferōcierit		ferōcīverīmus, ferōcierīmus		ferōcīverītis, ferōcierītis		ferōcīverint, ferōcierint
	pluperfect	ferōcīvissem, ferōciissem		ferōcīvissēs, ferōciissēs		ferōcīvisset, ferōciisset		ferōcīvissēmus, ferōciissēmus		ferōcīvissētis, ferōciissētis		ferōcīvissent, ferōciissent
passive	present	ferōciar		ferōciāris, ferōciāre		ferōciātur		ferōciāmur		ferōciāminī		ferōciantur
	imperfect	ferōcīrer		ferōcīrēris, ferōcīrēre		ferōcīrētur		ferōcīrēmur		ferōcīrēminī		ferōcīrentur
	perfect	ferōcītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ferōcītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ferōcī		—		—		ferōcīte		—
	future	—		ferōcītō		ferōcītō		—		ferōcītōte		ferōciuntō
passive	present	—		ferōcīre		—		—		ferōcīminī		—
	future	—		ferōcītor		ferōcītor		—		—		ferōciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ferōcīre			ferōcīrī			ferōciēns			—
future		ferōcītūrum esse			ferōcītum īrī			ferōcītūrus			ferōciendus, ferōciundus
perfect		ferōcīvisse, ferōciisse			ferōcītum esse			—			ferōcītus
future perfect		—			ferōcītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		ferōcītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ferōciendī		ferōciendō		ferōciendum		ferōciendō		ferōcītum		ferōcītū

References

• “ferocio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ferocio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.