I.very wild, fierce, savage (poet. and post-class.; “freq. in Verg.): proles,” Lucr. 2, 604; cf. “juventus,” Verg. A. 8, 6: “Dido,” id. ib. 4, 642: “Chimaera,” id. ib. 7, 787: “mens Caci,” id. ib. 8, 205; cf.: “vis animi,” id. ib. 10, 898: “corda,” Val. Fl. 1, 798: “ira,” id. 5, 517: “virtus Bebrycis,” id. 2, 648: “facta tyranni,” Verg. A. 8, 484: “facinus,” Sen. Phoen. 264; Flor. 4, 12, 12; 4, 12, 48; Sen. Element. 1, 13, 4.
ef-fĕrus , a, um, adj.,