Furius

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin Fourios (Münzer) or Fusius (Frankel); according to Piccirilli, derived from fur (“thief”), perhaps a nickname held by an ancestor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.ri.us/, [ˈfuːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ri.us/, [ˈfuːrius]

Proper noun

Fūrius m sg (genitive Fūriī or Fūrī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Furius Camillus, a Roman soldier and statesman
   2. Marcus Furius Bibaculus, a Roman satiric poet
   3. Aulus Furius Antias, a Roman poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Fūrius
genitive	Fūriī Fūrī1
dative	Fūriō
accusative	Fūrium
ablative	Fūriō
vocative	Fūrī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Fūria
• Fūriānus

Adjective

Fūrius (feminine Fūria, neuter Fūrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Furia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Fūrius	Fūria	Fūrium		Fūriī	Fūriae	Fūria
genitive	Fūriī	Fūriae	Fūriī		Fūriōrum	Fūriārum	Fūriōrum
dative	Fūriō	Fūriae	Fūriō		Fūriīs
accusative	Fūrium	Fūriam	Fūrium		Fūriōs	Fūriās	Fūria
ablative	Fūriō	Fūriā	Fūriō		Fūriīs
vocative	Fūrie	Fūria	Fūrium		Fūriī	Fūriae	Fūria

References

• “Furius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Furius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.