furum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →furs, furis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Souter (Later Latin)
- Age:
- Late
thief, robber; robber bee; the Devil (personified);
gen. pl. - Entry →fur, furis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
thief, robber; robber bee; the Devil (personified) (Souter);
gen. pl.
Examples
- T
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quid sit me rogitas? qui mihi omnis angulos furum implevisti in aedibus misero mihi, qui mi intro misti..." - P
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...dexterum. cedo alios: ubi centuriost Sanga et manipulus furum? SA. eccum adest. THR. quid ignave? peniculon pugnare..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...accidat nisi ingrato. Multa sunt genera ingratorum, ut furum, ut homicidarum, quorum una culpa est, ceterum in partibus..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...signa. Invitent croceis halantes floribus horti et custos furum atque avium cum falce saligna Hellespontiaci servet tutela Priapi..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...supinus pertundo tunicamque palliumque. XXXIII. ad Vibennios O Furum optime balneariorum Vibenni pater et cinaede fili (nam dextra..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...faceretne Priapum, maluit esse deum. deus inde ego, furum aviumque maxima formido; nam fures dextra coercet obscaenoque ruber..."