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effĕrĭtas

effĕrĭtas · f

an excessively wild state

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What it meant

effĕrĭtas — Lewis & Short

effĕrĭtas (ecf-), ātis, f.efferus,

I an excessively wild state, wildness, degeneracy (opp. mansuetudo), Cic. Sest. 42, 91: quas (terras) peragrans undique omnem ecferitatem expuli, id. Tusc. Poet. 2, 8, 20 fin. (al. feritatem); Lact. Mort. Pers. 9, 2.

Where it came from

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