Furius

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Etymology

From Old Latin Fourios (Münzer) or Fusius (Frankel); according to Piccirilli, derived from fur (“thief”), perhaps a nickname held by an ancestor.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Fūrius m sg (genitive Fūriī or Fūrī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Marcus Furius Camillus, a Roman soldier and statesman
    2. Marcus Furius Bibaculus, a Roman satiric poet
    3. Aulus Furius Antias, a Roman poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Fūrius
Genitive Fūriī
Fūrī1
Dative Fūriō
Accusative Fūrium
Ablative Fūriō
Vocative Fūrī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Adjective

Fūrius (feminine Fūria, neuter Fūrium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to the gens Furia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Fūrius Fūria Fūrium Fūriī Fūriae Fūria
Genitive Fūriī Fūriae Fūriī Fūriōrum Fūriārum Fūriōrum
Dative Fūriō Fūriō Fūriīs
Accusative Fūrium Fūriam Fūrium Fūriōs Fūriās Fūria
Ablative Fūriō Fūriā Fūriō Fūriīs
Vocative Fūrie Fūria Fūrium Fūriī Fūriae Fūria

References

  • “Furius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Furius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Ridley, R. T. (2023). Marcus Furius Camillus, Fatalis Dux: A Documentary Study. Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, p. 55
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