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
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quid sit me rogitas? qui mihi omnis angulos furum implevisti in aedibus misero mihi, qui mi intro misti..."Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...dexterum. cedo alios: ubi centuriost Sanga et manipulus furum? SA. eccum adest. THR. quid ignave? peniculon pugnare..."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..."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..."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..."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..."