furo
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
furo (plural furos or furo)
Anagrams
Catalan
Verb
furo
- first-person singular present indicative form of furar
Esperanto
Etymology
From Late Latin fūrō (“cat; robber”), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”), with influence from French furet (“ferret”).
Noun
furo (accusative singular furon, plural furoj, accusative plural furojn)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfu.ro/, [ˈfuːr̺o]
- Stress: fùro
- Hyphenation: fu‧ro
Etymology 1
From Latin fūr, from Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr, derived from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”).
Noun
furo m (plural furi)
- (obsolete) thief
- Synonym: ladro
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback, in Italian), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXI, lines 43–45, page 317:
- Là giù 'l buttò, e per lo scoglio duro ¶ si volse; e mai non fu mastino sciolto ¶ con tanta fretta a seguitar lo furo.
- He hurled him down, and over the hard crag ¶ turned round, and never was a mastiff loosened ¶ in so much hurry to pursue a thief.
- Là giù 'l buttò, e per lo scoglio duro ¶ si volse; e mai non fu mastino sciolto ¶ con tanta fretta a seguitar lo furo.
Adjective
- (obsolete) thievish, dishonest
- Synonym: ladro
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback, in Italian), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXVII, lines 124–127, page 405:
- A Minòs mi portò; e quelli attorse ¶ otto volte la coda al dosso duro; ¶ e poi che per gran rabbia la si morse, ¶ disse: ‘Questi è d'i rei del foco furo’
- He bore me unto Minos, who entwined ¶ eight times his tail about his stubborn back, ¶ and after he had bitten it in great rage, ¶ said: 'Of the thievish fire a culprit this'
- A Minòs mi portò; e quelli attorse ¶ otto volte la coda al dosso duro; ¶ e poi che per gran rabbia la si morse, ¶ disse: ‘Questi è d'i rei del foco furo’
Related terms
Etymology 2
See etymology on the main entry.
Verb
furo
- first-person singular present indicative of furare
Etymology 3
See etymology on the main entry.
Verb
furo
Japanese
Romanization
furo
Latin
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Used to calque Greek Ἐρινύς (Erinús), spirits of punishment in mythology. Proposed origins include Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfu.roː/, [ˈfʊ.roː]
Verb
furō (present infinitive furere, perfect active furuī); third conjugation, no passive
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Confusion with fūr.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfuː.roː/
Noun
fūrō m (genitive fūrōnis); third declension
- Alternative form of fūr
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fūrō | fūrōnēs |
| genitive | fūrōnis | fūrōnum |
| dative | fūrōnī | fūrōnibus |
| accusative | fūrōnem | fūrōnēs |
| ablative | fūrōne | fūrōnibus |
| vocative | fūrō | fūrōnēs |
Further reading
- furo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- furo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- furo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- furo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
References
- ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Portuguese
Verb
furo
- first-person singular present indicative of furar