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furtivus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From fūrtum (theft) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fūrtīvus (feminine fūrtīva, neuter fūrtīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. stolen
  2. secret; furtive, clandestine
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.171:
      nec iam fūrtīvum Dīdō meditātur amōrem
      no longer does Dido intend a secret love affair
  3. hidden, concealed

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative fūrtīvus fūrtīva fūrtīvum fūrtīvī fūrtīvae fūrtīva
genitive fūrtīvī fūrtīvae fūrtīvī fūrtīvōrum fūrtīvārum fūrtīvōrum
dative fūrtīvō fūrtīvae fūrtīvō fūrtīvīs
accusative fūrtīvum fūrtīvam fūrtīvum fūrtīvōs fūrtīvās fūrtīva
ablative fūrtīvō fūrtīvā fūrtīvō fūrtīvīs
vocative fūrtīve fūrtīva fūrtīvum fūrtīvī fūrtīvae fūrtīva

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: furtiu
  • Italian: furtivo
  • Middle French: furtif
  • Portuguese: furtivo
  • Sicilian: furtivu
  • Spanish: furtivo

References

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