furtim Latin · revision 9517

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfʊr.tĩː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfur.tim]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fūrtim''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[fūr]] “thief”, or from [[fūrtum]] “theft”, with the adverbial suffix [[-tim]], literally “like a thief”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨fūr⟩ to [[ine-pro|*bʰōr|t=thief]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant by stealth, secretly, stealthily, with deliberate concealment, as in Plautus, Cicero, Horace and Livy, and without being noticed, imperceptibly, as in Virgil, and Lewis & Short call it rare but classical.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for stealthily, as in Theodore's Penitential and Alcuin.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of the imperceptible.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # By stealth, secretly, [[m|en|stealthily]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Imperceptibly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fūr]]

+ * [[fūrtum]]

+ * [[fūrtīvus]]

+ * [[clam]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}