fĕrĭo — Lewis & Short
fĕrĭo, īre (archaic FERINVNT for feriunt; acc. to Fest. s. v. nequinunt, p. 162, 24 Müll.;
I part. fut. feriturus, Serv. Verg. A. 7, 498. The perf. forms are supplied by percutio, v. Varr. L. L. 9, 55, § 98 Müll.), 4, v. a. perh. Sanscr. dhūr-, injure, destroy; Lat. ferus, ferox; Gr. qh/r; Aeol. fh/r; cf. Gr. qou/rios, impetuous, qorei=n, to leap; and Lat. furere, furia, etc., to strike, smite, beat, knock, cut, thrust, hit (class.; syn.: icio, percutio, verbero, vapulo, pulso, tundo, pavio).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
fores,to knock, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63; cf.
parietem,Cic. Cael. 24, 59:
murum arietibus,to batter, shake, Sall. J. 76, 6:
pugiles adversarium,Cic. Tusc. 2, 23 fin.: jacere telum, voluntatis est;
ferire quem nolueris, fortunae,to strike, id. Top. 17, 64:
partem corporis sibi,Lucr. 2, 441:
frontem,Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1:
femur,Quint. 11, 3, 123:
pectora solito plangore,Ov. M. 4, 554; cf.:
calce feritur aselli,id. F. 3, 755: uvas pede (rusticus), to stamp or tread, Tib. 2, 5, 85:
feriri a serpente,to be stung, Plin. 29, 4, 22, § 71; cf. Ov. Ib. 481:
cetera (venenata animalia) singulos feriunt,id. ib. 23:
tabulam malleo,Cels. 6, 7 fin.: stricto ferit retinacula ferro, cuts to pieces (shortly before:
incidere funes),Verg. A. 4, 580: certatim socii feriunt mare et aequora verrunt, strike, lash (in rowing), id. ib. 3, 290: ut frontem ferias, that you may beat your brow, i. e. be provoked, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1.—Poet.:
sublimi feriam sidera vertice,hit, touch, Hor. C. 1, 1, 36; cf. in the foll. 2.—Absol.:
pugno ferire vel calce,Quint. 2, 8, 13; cf. Hor. S. 2, 7, 99:
occursare capro, cornu ferit ille, caveto,pushes, butts, Verg. E. 9, 25.—
2 Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:
principio omnibus a rebus, quascumque videmus, Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora, quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant,strike, touch, Lucr. 6, 923:
oculos (corpora, simulacra),id. 4, 217; 257:
oculorum acies (res),id. 4, 691:
speciem colore (res),id. 4, 243; cf.:
his spectris etiam si oculi possent feriri, etc.,Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 2:
feriuntque summos fulmina montes,Hor. C. 2, 10, 11:
nec semper feriet, quodcumque minabitur, arous,id. A. P. 350; cf.:
si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae,id. C. 3, 3, 8:
nec levius tabulae laterum feriuntur ab undis, Quam, etc.,Ov. Tr. 2, 47.—Poet.: ferientia terram corpora, smiting (in falling), Luc. 4, 786:
sole fere radiis foriente cacumina primis,hitting, touching, Ov. M. 7, 804:
palla imos ferit alba pedes,touches, reaches to, Val. Fl. 1, 385:
ferit aethera clamor,Verg. A. 5, 140:
feriat dum maesta remotas Fama procul terras,extends to, Luc. 5, 774.—
B In partic.
1 To kill by striking, to give a deathblow, to slay, kill: hostem, Enn. ap. Cic. Balb. 22, 51 (Ann. v. 284 ed. Vahl.); Sall. C. 7, 6; 60, 4; id. J. 85, 33; cf.:
aliquem securi feriri,to be beheaded, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 75:
aliquem telo trabali,Verg. A. 12, 295:
retiarium (mirmillo),Quint. 6, 3, 61:
te (maritum),Hor. C. 3, 11, 43:
leonem atque alias feras primus aut in primis ferire,Sall. J. 6, 1:
aprum,Ov. M. 3, 715.—
b Of the animals for sacrifice, to kill, slaughter; and hence, to offer, sacrifice:
nos humilem feriemus agnam,Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:
vaccam Proserpinae,Verg. A. 6, 251; cf. the form of oath in making a compact (when a swine was sacrificed): SI PRIOR DEFEXIT (populus Romanus) PVBLICO CONSILIO DOLO MALO, TV ILLO DIE IVPPITER, POPVLVM ROMANVM SIC FERITO, VT EGO HVNC PORCVM HIC HODIE FERIAM:
TANTOQVE MAGIS FERITO, QVANTO MAGIS POTES POLLESQVE,Liv. 1, 24, 8:
Quid aut sponsoribus in foedere opus esset aut obsidibus, ubi precatione res transigitur? per quem populum fiat, quo minus legibus dictis stetur, ut eum ita Juppiter feriat, quemadmodum a Fetialibus porcus feriatur,id. 9, 5, 3. (Cf. also:
Jovis ante aram Stabant et caesā jungebant foedera porcă,Verg. A. 8, 641).— Hence,
2 Transf., foedus ferire, to make a compact, covenant, or treaty (in Hebrew in precisely the same manner, ): accipe daque fidem, foedusque feri bene firmum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.):
is, quicum foedus feriri in Capitolio viderat,Cic. Rab. Post. 3, 6:
videret ut satis honestum foedus feriretur,id. Inv. 2, 30, 92:
amorum turpissimorum foedera ferire,to form illicit connections, id. Cael. 14, 34:
Tarchon jungit opes foedusque ferit,Verg. A. 10, 154 al.—
3 Of money, to strike, stamp, coin:
asses sextantario pondere,Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44. Thus the designation of a triumvir monetalis is III. VIR. A. A. A. F. F., i. e. Triumvir auro argento aeri flando feriundo, Inscr. Orell. 569.
II Trop.
A In gen.:
quae faciliora sunt philosophis, quo minus multa patent in eorum vita, quae fortuna feriat,reaches, affects, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73:
accidit, ut ictu simili (i. e. morte propinqui) ferirer,was struck with a similar blow, Quint. 6 praef. § 3:
verba palato,to bring out, utter, speak, Hor. S. 2, 3, 274; cf.:
sonat vox, ut feritur,Quint. 11, 3, 61:
feriunt animum (sententiae),id. 12, 10, 48:
ut omnis sensus in fine sermonis feriat aurem,id. 8, 5, 13; cf. id. 9, 3, 4.—Absol.:
binis aut ternis ferire verbis,Cic. Or. 67, 226:
videtur Chrysippus medium ferire voluisse,i. e. to avoid extremes, id. Fat. 17, 39.—
B In partic., to cozen, cheat, gull, trick (mostly in vulg. lang.;
not in Cic.): ubi illa pendentem ferit, jam amplius orat,Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 19; Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 13:
cum ferit astutos comica moecha Getas,Prop. 4 (5), 5, 44.
austeros arte ferire viros,id. 3, 3 (4, 2), 50.—
C To punish, inflict punishment: aliquem condemnatione centum librarum auri, Cod. 11, 11, 1.