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Latin
Etymology
From fūrtum (“theft”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fūrtīvus (feminine fūrtīva, neuter fūrtīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- stolen
- secret; furtive, clandestine
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.171:
- nec iam fūrtīvum Dīdō meditātur amōrem
- no longer does Dido intend a secret love affair
- hidden, concealed
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “furtivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “furtivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- furtivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.