furtivus Latin · revision 9430

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *bʰōr}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [fuːrˈtiː.wʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [furˈtiː.vus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fūrtīvus''' (feminine fūrtīva, neuter fūrtīvum, not comparable, adverb fūrtīvē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[fūrtum]] “theft” with the suffix [[-īvus]]; ⟨fūrtum⟩ is from [[fūr]] “thief”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces ⟨fūr⟩ to [[itc-pro|*fōr-]], from [[ine-pro|*bʰōr|t=thief]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of stolen girls bought on the market.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant obtained by theft, stolen, as in Plautus, and then stealthy, secret, clandestine, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for stolen and for thievish, associated with theft.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of stolen goods.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the secret.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Stolen.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Stealthy, secret, [[m|en|clandestine]], [[m|en|furtive]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[fūrtīvē]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fūrtum]]

+ * [[fūr]]

+ * [[fūrtim]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}