furibundus Latin · revision 32543

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [fʊ.rɪˈbʊn.dʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [fu.riˈbun.dus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''furibundus''' (feminine furibunda, neuter furibundum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|furō|-bundus|t1=to rave, rage]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan finds no convincing etymology for [[m|la|furō]]: many have been proposed, none clearly better than the others.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero, who calls Clodius a raving and desperate man.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero also uses it of the inspired mind of prophets, which sees the future long before it comes.^(OLD 2012) Otherwise it is fury: Sallust has Catiline speak in a rage, Ovid applies it to a bull.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ancient grammarians discussed whether it was a participle; they classed it as an adjective formed with the ending ⟨-bundus⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a raving man and of prophets.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of Catiline in a rage.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of a bull.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Out of one's mind, [[m|en|frenzied]], raving.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of prophets and prophecies, [[m|en|inspired]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Beside oneself with rage, [[m|en|furious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[furia]]

+ * [[furiae]]

+ * [[furiātus]]

+ * [[furiō]]

+ * [[furiōsus]]

+ * [[furo|alt=furō]]

+ * [[furor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}