furtum

Latin

Alternative forms

• fūrtus (4th declension)

Etymology

Derived from Latin fūr (“thief”). Cognate to Ancient Greek φώρ (phṓr, “thief”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfuːr.tum/, [ˈfuːrt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfur.tum/, [ˈfurt̪um]

Noun

fūrtum n (genitive fūrtī); second declension

1. theft, robbery
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.15:

     Non furtum facies.

     Thou shalt not steal.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fūrtum	fūrta
Genitive	fūrtī	fūrtōrum
Dative	fūrtō	fūrtīs
Accusative	fūrtum	fūrta
Ablative	fūrtō	fūrtīs
Vocative	fūrtum	fūrta

Derived terms

• fūrtīvus

Descendants

• Aromanian: furtu
• Catalan: furt
• Italian: furto
• Occitan: furt
• Portuguese: furto
• Romanian: furt
• Old Spanish: furto
  • Spanish: hurto
• Sicilian: furtu

References

• “furtum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “furtum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• furtum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• furtum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “furtum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “furtum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin