verb intransitive

fĕrōcĭo

2nd PP fĕrōcīre · 3rd PP fĕrōcīvi / fĕrōcĭi · conj. 4th

to be fierce; unruly; ungovernable; to rage ••

to be fierce, unruly, ungovernable; to rage, be furious: Ferocio, ἀγριαίνομαι, Gloss. Labb. (perh. only ante- and post - class.; for in Quint. 10, 3, 10, ferocientes equos is, acc. to the MSS., to be read efferentis se equos): ferocit apud Catonem ferociter agit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 7 Müll.: si permulcti sonis mitioribus non immodice ferocirent, Gell. 1, 11, 2: oratio ferociens saeviensque, id. ib. § 15: in aliquam sectam, Tert. Apol. 5: ferociens, Amm. 14, 9, 9.

Perseus ID: n17966 Key: ferocio