furens Latin · revision 31097

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la furō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''furēns''' (genitive ''furentis''); third-declension one-termination adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Virgil has the genitive plural ''furentum''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the present participle of [[m|la|furō|t=to rage, be mad]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) The origin of the verb is unclear: de Vaan finds none of the many proposals convincing, and the OLD doubtfully compares [[cu|бура|tr=burja|t=storm]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is Cicero, of the “frenzied and flighty attacks” of an opponent.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Used of persons it means mad, out of one's mind, and of actions and passions frenzied, as Catullus' “raging frenzy” and Phaedrus' “onrush of furious anger”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler records it as an adjective in Claudian and in medieval authors such as Bede and Hrabanus Maurus.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of frenzied attacks.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of raging frenzy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 400 AD – Claudian.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|mad|alt=Mad]], [[m|en|raging]], frenzied, (as noun) a madman.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[furō]]

+ * [[furor]]

+ * [[furia]]

+ * [[furiōsus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}