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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- fĕrōcĭtas, ātis, f. [id.], wild or untamed courage, fierceness, in a good or bad sense; cf. ferocia (class.). I. In a good sense, courage, spirit:
corporis viribus et animi ferocitate ceteris praestare
, Cic. Rep. 2, 2: equi ferocitate exsultantes
, id. Off. 1, 26, 90.—II. In a bad sense, fierceness, savageness, ferocity: ferocitate atque ferocia, Pac. ap. Non. 490, 19: quae haec, malum, ferocia est?
Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 44: ut ferocitatem tuam istam comprimerem et audaciam frangerem
, Cic. Vat. 1, 2: ferocitatem reprimere
, id. Off. 2, 11, 40: tanta, ut, etc.
, id. Deiot. 5, 15: Ajax apud Achillem querens de ferocitate Trojanorum
, id. Div. 2, 39, 82: nimia contumacia et ferocitas
, Suet. Vit. 12: bestiarum
, Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 21.
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