furor

English

Alternative forms

• furore
• furour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English fureor, from Middle French fureur, from Old French furor, from Latin furor, from furō (“I rage, I am out of my mind”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊəɹɚ/, /ˈfjɝɚ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊəɹə/, /ˈfjɜɹə/

Rhymes: -ʊəɹə(ɹ)

• Homophone: Führer

Noun

furor (countable and uncountable, plural furors)

1. A general uproar or commotion
2. Violent anger or frenzy
3. A state of intense excitement

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Latin

Etymology 1

From fūr (“thief”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.ror/, [ˈfuː.rɔr]

Verb

fūror (present infinitive fūrārī, perfect active fūrātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. I steal, plunder.

Inflection

Conjugation of furor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fūror	fūrāris, fūrāre	fūrātur	fūrāmur	fūrāminī	fūrantur
	imperfect	fūrābar	fūrābāris, fūrābāre	fūrābātur	fūrābāmur	fūrābāminī	fūrābantur
	future	fūrābor	fūrāberis, fūrābere	fūrābitur	fūrābimur	fūrābiminī	fūrābuntur
	perfect	fūrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fūrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fūrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fūrer	fūrēris, fūrēre	fūrētur	fūrēmur	fūrēminī	fūrentur
	imperfect	fūrārer	fūrārēris, fūrārēre	fūrārētur	fūrārēmur	fūrārēminī	fūrārentur
	perfect	fūrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fūrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fūrāre	—	—	fūrāminī	—
	future	—	fūrātor	fūrātor	—	—	fūrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fūrārī	fūrātus esse	fūrātūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		fūrāns	fūrātus	fūrātūrus	—	—	fūrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		fūrārī	fūrandī	fūrandō	fūrandum	fūrātum	fūrātū

Derived terms

• fūrāx

Related terms

• fūr
• fūrtim
• furtum
• fūrtīvus

Descendants

• Aromanian: fur, furari
• Istro-Romanian: furå
• Romanian: fura, furare

Etymology 2

From furō (“I rage, I am out of my mind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ror/, [ˈfʊ.rɔr]

Noun

furor m (genitive furōris); third declension

1. a frenzy, rage, madness

   Ira furor brevis est.

   .

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	furor	furōrēs
genitive	furōris	furōrum
dative	furōrī	furōribus
accusative	furōrem	furōrēs
ablative	furōre	furōribus
vocative	furor	furōrēs

Related terms

• furō

Descendants

• English: furor, furore
• French: fureur
• Italian: furore

• Portuguese: furor
• Russian: фурор (furor)
• Spanish: furor

References

• furor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• furor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “furor” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make some one furious: impellere aliquem in furorem
    
  • to become furious: furore inflammari, incendi
    
  • in a transport of rage: furore incensus, abreptus, impulsus
    
• furor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Portuguese

Noun

furor m (plural furores)

1. furor (general uproar or commotion)
2. furor; frenzy (state of intense excitement)
3. fury (extreme anger)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:furor.

Synonyms

• (frenzy): frenesi
• (fury): fúria, ira, cólera

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Spanish

Noun

furor f (plural furores)

1. fury, rage
2. frenzy

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Swedish

Noun

furor

1. indefinite plural of fura