furiosus

Latin

Etymology

From furia +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fu.riˈoː.sus/, [fʊriˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fu.riˈo.sus/, [furiˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

furiōsus (feminine furiōsa, neuter furiōsum, comparative furiōsior, superlative furiōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of madness or rage, furious, raging

   Ībis tandem aliquandō quō tē iam prīdem ista tua cupiditās effrēnāta ac furiōsa rapiēbat.

   You will go, finally at last, to where for a long time that unrestrained and mad desire of yours was first seizing you.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	furiōsus	furiōsa	furiōsum		furiōsī	furiōsae	furiōsa
genitive	furiōsī	furiōsae	furiōsī		furiōsōrum	furiōsārum	furiōsōrum
dative	furiōsō	furiōsae	furiōsō		furiōsīs
accusative	furiōsum	furiōsam	furiōsum		furiōsōs	furiōsās	furiōsa
ablative	furiōsō	furiōsā	furiōsō		furiōsīs
vocative	furiōse	furiōsa	furiōsum		furiōsī	furiōsae	furiōsa

Descendants

• Catalan: furiós
• Friulian: furiôs
• Galician: furioso
• → German: furios
• Italian: furioso
  • → Greek: φουριόζος (fouriózos, “hasty”)
• Occitan: furiós
• Old French: furieus
  • → English: furious
  • French: furieux
  • Norman: futhieux (Jersey)
• Piedmontese: furios
• Portuguese: furioso
• Romanian: furios
• Sicilian: furiusu
• Spanish: furioso

References

• “furiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “furiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• furiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “furiosus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin