furibundus

Latin

Etymology

furō (“rave, rage”) +‎ -bundus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fu.riˈbun.dus/, [fʊrɪˈbʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fu.riˈbun.dus/, [furiˈbun̪d̪us]

Adjective

furibundus (feminine furibunda, neuter furibundum); first/second-declension adjective

1. frantic, frenzied
2. maddened, raving
3. inspired

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	furibundus	furibunda	furibundum		furibundī	furibundae	furibunda
genitive	furibundī	furibundae	furibundī		furibundōrum	furibundārum	furibundōrum
dative	furibundō	furibundae	furibundō		furibundīs
accusative	furibundum	furibundam	furibundum		furibundōs	furibundās	furibunda
ablative	furibundō	furibundā	furibundō		furibundīs
vocative	furibunde	furibunda	furibundum		furibundī	furibundae	furibunda

Derived terms

• semel furibundus, semper furibundus praesumitur (“once shown to be insane, always presumed to be insane”)

Related terms

• furia, furiae
• furiālis
• furiāliter
• furiātus
• furiō
• furiōsē
• furiōsitās
• furiōsus

 

Descendants

• Catalan: furibund
• English: furibund
• French: furibond, furibonde
• Italian: furibondo
• Piedmontese: furibond
• Portuguese: furibundo
• Romanian: furibund
• Spanish: furibundo, furibunda

References

• “furibundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “furibundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• furibundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.