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furtivus

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Latin

Etymology

From fūrtum (theft) + -īvus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fūrtīvus (feminine fūrtīva, neuter fūrtīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. stolen
  2. 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
  3. hidden, concealed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: furtiu
  • Italian: furtivo
  • Middle French: furtif
  • Portuguese: furtivo
  • Sicilian: furtivu
  • Spanish: furtivo

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.

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