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.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfuː.ri.us] === Proper noun === Fūrius m sg (genitive Fūriī or Fūrī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Marcus Furius Camillus, a Roman soldier and statesman Marcus Furius Bibaculus, a Roman satiric poet Aulus Furius Antias, a Roman poet ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Fūria Fūriānus === Adjective === Fūrius (feminine Fūria, neuter Fūrium); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to the gens Furia. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === 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.