furtum

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin fūr (thief). Cognate to Ancient Greek φώρ (phṓr, thief).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fūrtum n (genitive fūrtī); second declension

  1. theft, robbery
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.15:
      Non furtum facies.
      Thou shalt not steal.

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fūrtum fūrta
Genitive fūrtī fūrtōrum
Dative fūrtō fūrtīs
Accusative fūrtum fūrta
Ablative fūrtō fūrtīs
Vocative fūrtum fūrta

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Aromanian: furtu
  • Catalan: furt
  • Italian: furto
  • Occitan: furt
  • Portuguese: furto
  • Romanian: furt
  • Old Spanish: furto
  • Sicilian: furtu

References

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  • furtum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • furtum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • furtum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • furtum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • furtum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • furtum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin