I.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.
fĕrōcĭo , īvi or ĭi, 4, v. n. id.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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