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adject. somewhat fierce, surly. A act. R. 
Afrtc. and Turpi!, ap. J\Tou. 
FeRoNiA, a:, f. the goddess of fretdmen. 
Liv. ^ 
FERoX (fero), ocis, adject, fast, rapid. 
Horat. Currit enim ferox ®tas. - 
IT Also, courageous, hraee, warlike. 
Plaut.. equus, mettled. Nep. Ferocior 
civitas. Lie. Juvenis ferocissimus. 
Nep. Elephantus ferocissimus. -- 
IT Also, insolent, impudent., wild, head¬ 
strong, untamable, unrestrained. Cic. 
Victoria ferociores reddit. Sallust, ani¬ 
mus. Liv. Ferox viribus. Also, with 
an infinit. Plaut. and Sil. Also, with 
a genit. Ovid, mentis. Tacit, lingu®. 
- IT Also, cruel, ferocious, savage, 
wild. Ovid. Scopulis undaque ferocior. 
Virg. Infremuit ferox. - IF A net. 
Consol, ad Liv. Ferocum, for ferocium. 
FeRRaMeNTUM (ferrum),i, n. an instru¬ 
ment of iron, or shod with iron ; an edged 
or pointed weapon, otSfipiov. Cic., Ccbs., 
Horat., Lie. and Colum. 
FeRRaRIQS (Id.), a, urn, pertaining to 
2 iron, occupied with iron. Plaut. faber, 
a blaclcsmith. Plin. metalla, an. iron 
mine. Id. aqua, h. e. in. which the hot 
iron is quenched. Id. olncina, an iron- 
foundry; also, a smithy — Hence, Cats. 
and Liv. Ferraria, sc. fodina, an iron- 
mine. -IT Ferraria, an herb called ver¬ 
vain, or vervine. A pal. 
FeRRaTILIS (Id.), adj. relating to iron. 
3 Plaut. genus, slaves in chains. 
FeRRaTOS (Id.), adj. a, uin, provided, 
2 furnished, done, covered, shod with iron. 
Virg. orbes, h. e. rot®, covered with iron. 
Liv. hasta, shod with iron. Plant, servus, 
fettered, shackled, or laid in irons. Senec. 
aqu®, impregnated with iron. Tacit. 
Ferrati, sc. milites, harnessed in armor. 
So, also, Horat. Agmina ferrata. - 
FT Also, of iron, iron. Tacit, obices por- 
tarum. Val. Flacc. Ferrata forma su- 
um. Enn. ap. Horat. postes belli. 
FeRREOS (Id.), a, um, adj. of iron. 
Cxs. Ferreus clavus.-IT Figur. of 
iron, iron. Hence, cruel, hard-hearted, 
unfeeling, barbarous. Cic. Ferreus es- 
sein. Id. os, impudent. Ovid, bella. 
Cic. scriptor, li. e. crabbed, hard, difficult 
to be understood. Vetus Poeta ap. Cic. 
proles, h. e. ferre® mtatis homines. — 
Also, strong. Virg. vox, Stentorian 
lungs. Liv. corpus et animus Catonis. 
— Also, hard, heavy, grievous. Ovid. 
sors. Virg. somnus, iron sleep, h. e. 
death. -IT Also, resembling iron. Plin. 
color.-IT Also, for ferrarius. Plin. 
7, 57. Ed. Hard. Fabrica ferrea. But 
Ed. Eli. reads Ferraria. 
FERRTCREP1N0S (ferrtim & crepo), a, 
3 um, adj. clanking with irons. Plant. 
Ferricrepin® insul®. 
FeRRIFODINa (ferrum & fodina), ®, f. 
an iron mine. Varr. 
FeRRITERIUM (ferriterus), ii, n. aprison, 
place where fetters clink. Plaut. 
FeRRITEROS (ferrum & tero),a, um, adj. 
3 that rubs iron ; a slave in chains. Plaut. 
FeRRITRIBaX (ferrum & rpiftro), acis, 
3 adj. same as Ferriterus. Plaut. 
FeRROGINaNS (ferrugo), tis, adj. tasting 
of iron. Tertull. gutts. 
FeRRuGTNEOS (Id.), a, um,adj. properly, 
2 of the color of iron, iron-colored. —- Hence, 
dark blue. Plaut. pallium. Virg. hya- 
cinthus. -’ITIn general, dark-colored, 
dusky. Virg. cymba.-IT Also, resem¬ 
bling iron. PUn. sapor, taste of iron. 
FeRROGINOS (Id.), a, um, adj. same as 
Ferrugineus. Lucret. 
FeRROGS (ferrum), Tnis, f. properly, the 
2 color of iron. — Hence, a dark-blue color. 
Virg. of the Iberian purple. Ovid, of 
sea-gods. Claudian. of violets. - 
IT In general, a dark color, darkness. 
Virg. of the lower regions. Id. of the 
sun surrounded with a mist. - 
If Also, rust of iron. Plin. -IT Figur. 
envy. A net. Pan eg. ad P'ison. 
FERRUM (unc.), i, n .iron, oiSypog. Cic. 
— Figur. hardness of heart, &c. Ovid. 
-- IT Any iron instrument. Horat. an 
axe. Senec. a chain, or fetters. Ovid. 
scissors, or a razor. Virg. and Ovid. 
a curling-iron. Ovid, a javelin. Virg. 
a dart. Ovid, a stylus, an iron pencil 
used for writing. Virg. iEquor ferro 
ecindere, the ploughshare. — Particular¬ 
ly, a sword. Cic. and Ncpos. — Hence, 
Ferro et igni, idth fire and sword. Liv. 
and Cic. Hence, Ferro, 6i i war, sword in 
hand. Cic. and Virg. So, also. Cic. Cum 
ferro. Sometimes it may be rendered 
by force, forcibly. Virg. 
FeRRQMEN (ferrum), Inis, n. cement. 
2 Plin. - II Also, rust of iron. PUn. 
37, 10. Ed. Hard. 
FeRRuM1NaT 15 (ferrumino), onis, f. 
3 a cementing. Pandect. 
FeRROMINS (ferrumen), as, avi, atum, 
2 a. 1. to solder, glue, cement, join, ovvdir- 
7*to, ko\ Acico. Plin. muros bitumine. 
Pandect, scyphum pluinbo. — Figur. 
Plaut. labra labris. 
FERTILIS (fero), e, fertile, fruitful, abun¬ 
dant, copious, rich, cwbopog. Cic. ager. 
Propcrt. annus. Horat. oliveta. Ovid. 
herba. Id. serpens. Plin. Milium 
fertilissimum. Ovid. Fertilior seges. 
— Also, with a genit. or ablat. Liv. 
Gallia fertilis hominum frugumque. 
Plin. Ager fertilis arboribus. — Also, 
figur. Ovid. Pectus fertile. Plin. cura. 
Lucan. Aer fertilis in mortes. - 
U Also, malting fruitful. Ovid, dea, 
h. e. Ceres. Tibull. Nilus. Plin. Ferti¬ 
lissimum in agro oculuin domini esse. 
FERTILITAS (fertilis), atis, f. fertility, 
1 fruitfulness, abundance, richness. Cic. 
agrorum. PUn. frugum. Cic. barbara, 
h. e. products of foreign countries, foreign 
luxuries. -IT Also, of animals, fruit¬ 
fulness, fecundity. Ovid, and Plin. - 
IT Figur. PUn. artis. 
FeRTILITkR, adv. fruitfully, abundantly. 
2 Plin. Fertilius. 
FERTORIOS (fero), afum, adj. serviceable 
3 for carrying. Cod. Aurel. lectus, sella. 
FERTUM, or FeRCTUM (from fertus, 
3 ferctus, or from fartuin). i, n. a sort of 
offering-cake. Cato. 
FeRTOS (fero), a, um, adj. rich, fruitful. 
3 Vetus Poeta ap. Cic. 
FERVEFACIS (ferveo & facio), cis, eci, 
actum, a. 3. to make hot, heat, cause to 
boil, to boil, seethe, make red-hot. Cato. 
oleum. PUn. Patin® se fervefaciunt. 
Cces. Pix fervefacta. Id. Fact! la ferve- 
facta. Cato. Ferve benefacito, for fer- 
vefacito bene. 
FERVENS, tis, particip. from ferveo. - 
IT Adj. boiling, seething, heated, burning, 
glowing, red-hot, hot. Ovid. rota. Cic. 
aqua. Colum. Aqua ferventissima. 
Plin. cinis. Ovid. vulnus,./re.s/t, recent. 
— Figur. Cic. Fortis animus ferventior 
est, too ardent and impetuous, too eager. 
Horat. ingenium. Plane, in Cic. Ep. 
Ferventes latrones, furious. 
FERVENTER (fervens), adv. hotly. — 
2 Figur. Cxi. in Cic. Ep. loqui, with vehe¬ 
mence. Id. Ferventissime. Augustin. 
Ferventius. 
FERVE5, es, and FERV5 (-Sfpco), is, vi 
and bui, n. 2. and 3. to ferment, be hot or 
heated, to seethe, boil, burn, glow, t^cco. 
Plin. Fervet mustum. Id. loca. Cato. 
brassica. Oell. sol. — Also, of other 
things. Virg. omnia vento nimbisque 
videbis fervere, h. e. misceri, to be dis¬ 
turbed or put into confusion. -U Also, 
figur. of passions, to burn, rage, be vehe¬ 
ment, agitated or transported by any pas¬ 
sion. Cic. Usque eo fervet. Ovid. Ani¬ 
mus fervebat ab ira. — Also, with an 
infinit. following. Claudian. Sceptrurrt 
capessere fervet, he has an ardent desire. 
. —- Also, to be done with eagerness, ve¬ 
hemence, &lc. Virg. Fervet opus, goes 
on busily. — Also, of much frequented 
places, to be filled with a great multitude, 
to swarm with, be crowded by, &c. Virg. 
Opere omnis semita fervet. Martial. 
Fora litibus fervent. Virg. Marte 
fervere Leucaten. — Also, to come forth 
in great numbers. Ovid. Examina fer¬ 
vent de bove. 
FERVESC5, or FeRVISCS (ferveo), is, 
2 n. 3. to begin to be boiling, to boil,. Plant. 
— Also, to grow or begin to be hot. Lu- 
crct. and Plin. 
FeRVIDOS (fervor), a, um, adj. ferment¬ 
ing, hot, boiling, burning, undulating, 
waving. Ovid, musta. Cic. pars mun- 
di. Curt. Diei fervidissimum tempus. 
Horat. Fervidus sestus, sultry. Virg. 
axis, kindling. Horat. Venti ®quore 
fervido deproeliantes, stormy, boister¬ 
ous. PUn. Herba sapore fervido. Ho¬ 
rn 
rat. Fervidius merum. 
, . . -11 Figm 
furious, vehement, earnest, hot, eager, )„i 
petjous, hasty. Liv. ingenium, 'hat. 
head, hot-spur. Virg. dicta, passional! 
and threatening language. Horat. pue r 
A. c. Cupido. Cic. genus dicendi. if 
Oratio fervidior-Also, with a o-enit'. 
Sil. ingenii. 
FEROLA (fero), ®, f. the herb or shrub 
called fennel-g iant, i/dpS-ijf, (Ferula L 
particularly communis.) Plin. Rods of 
it were used in chastising boys or slaves 
or as splints in the setting of broken 
bones.-IT Also, a thin branch of any 
other tree. Plin -IT Also, the branches 
of a stag’s horn. Plin. 
FEROLaCEOS (ferula), a, um, adj. made 
2 of ferula. Plin. 34, 50.-IT Also, re¬ 
sembling ferula. Plin caulis. Id. genus, 
FEROLaGS (Id.), Inis, f. a smaller spe- 
3 cies of the plant ferula. Plin. 
FEROLEOS (Id.), a, um, adj. made of feru- 
2 la. Cxi. Aur. - IT Also, rescmblinir 
ferula. Plin. 16, 83. 
FER VO, is. See Ferveo. 
FERVOR (ferveo), oris, m. a fermentation, 
waving, roaring, raging, violent heat. 
Plin. inusti. Cic. oceani. Plin. fe- 
bris. Id. capitis. - IT Figur. heat, 
ardor, passion. Cic. ®tatis. Id. men¬ 
tis, aniini. Calp. arnoris.-IT Also, 
tempestuous raging. Cic. maris. 
FEROS (STjp), a, um, adj. wild, not tame, 
not domestic , not cultivated, growing wild, 
living in the wilderness, dypiog. Cic. 
bestia. Id. belua. Virg. mons. Id. free- 
tus. Cic. Invent. 1, 2. Ed. Em. victus. 
Plin. arbor. Hence, Fera, sc. bestia, a 
wild animal, game. Cic. —A constellation, 
the IVolf, is called Fera in Germanicus. 
The two constellations Ursa Major and 
Minor are called so. Ovid. Trist. 4, 3, 
1. Magna minorque fer®. — Also, of a 
sea-monster. Ovid. Met. 4, 718. — Fe- 
rus, subst. a wild animal, and, in general, 
an animal, a beast. Ovid, a wild boar 
Id. an ox. Virg. a horse. Id. the 
wooden Trojan horse. Id. a stag which 
had been tame. Sil. a serpent. — 
IT Also, wild, not polished, rude, uncivil¬ 
ized. Cic. vita.-IT Also, fierce, hard, 
severe, harsh , cruel, barbarous. Id. hos- 
tis. Virg. Jupiter. Ovid, ensis. Mp. 
Nemo tam ferns fuerit, A. e. hard, un¬ 
feeling. Ovid, effides, dolores. Id. sacra 
(of u human sacrifice). Id. hiems. 
FESCENNIA, ®, f. a town of Etruria, 
where the Fescennine verses were first 
invented. These verses, the name of j 
which conveys an idea of vulgar obscen¬ 
ity, wereasortof rustic dialogue spoken 
extempore, in which the actors exposed: 
before their audience the failings and 
vices of their adversaries, and by a sa¬ 
tirical humor and merriment endeavor¬ 
ed to raise the laughter of the company, 
They were often repeated at nuptials, 
and many lascivious expressions were 
used for the general diversion, as alsoal 
harvest home, when gestures were made 
adapted to the sense of the unpolished 
verses. — Hence, Fescennlmrs, a, urn, 
adj. of, at, or pertaining to Fescent M. 
Virg. acies. Liv. versus. — Hence, 
Macrob. Fescennini, sc. versus. Pb «• 
Fescennini nuptiales, wanton nuptm 
songs. . . „ 
FESCENNINIC5LA (Fescenmnus & co 
3 lo), ®, m. and f. A. e. amans versus 
Fescenninos. Sidon. , 
FeSSoNIA (fessus), ®, f. a goddess mot- 
3 ed by weary or sick persons. Augustin. 
FESSOLOS (dimin. of fessus), a, um, aoj. 
3 somewhat, wearied. Apul. , 
FESSOS (fatiscor), a, um, adj. weaned, 
tired, fatigued, naranovos. Cic. '' 
Id. plorando. Id. hello. Pin. Home 
fessus vita, weary of life. — Also, o 
animate things. Ovid, caput, r »• 
naves. — Also, witli an infinit. folio* 
ing. Plaut. Fessus sum qu®™* 
- Also, with a genit. fo ownf 
Virg. Fessi rerum. —- \ Also, 
bilitated, feeble, weak, infirm, fanit. W" 
annis. Virg. state. Liv. vulne ■ 
Id. morbis. ° Cic. inedia flucti um- 
Tacit. Fessa ®tas. — Als °’ 
sick. Horat. artus. — H«m“, vi a 
condition, miserable, unfortunate. , 
Res fess®, A. e. distress, misery, m l 
tune. Plin. cardines, worn out, ■ 
