The corpus record — Latin

ferocitas

ferocitas · f

wild

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Where it lives

In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 2 · 4.45/10k
Pro M. Marcello 1 · 3.61/10k
Pro Rege Deiotaro 1 · 2.56/10k
De Bello Hispaniensi 1 · 1.65/10k
Divus Aurelianus 1 · 1.28/10k
De Senectute 1 · 1.21/10k
Pro M. Caelio 1 · 1.18/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 1 · 0.89/10k
De Officiis 2 · 0.59/10k
Metamorphoses 3 · 0.56/10k
De Republica 1 · 0.46/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

fĕrōcĭtas — Lewis & Short

fĕrōcĭtas, ātis, f.id.,

I 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.

In the wild

ferocitatem Cicero, In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 2
ferocitatem Tertullian, Adversus Judaeos Liber 3
ferocitatis Cicero, Pro Rege Deiotaro 15
ferocitas Cicero, Pro M. Caelio 77.p1
ferocitate Cicero, De Officiis 1.90.p1
ferocitate Cicero, De Divinatione 2.82.p2

6 of 19 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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