furtivus

Latin

Etymology

From fūrtum (“theft”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fuːrˈtiː.u̯us/, [fuːrˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /furˈti.vus/, [furˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

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

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fūrtīvus	fūrtīva	fūrtīvum		fūrtīvī	fūrtīvae	fūrtīva
Genitive	fūrtīvī	fūrtīvae	fūrtīvī		fūrtīvōrum	fūrtīvārum	fūrtīvōrum
Dative	fūrtīvō		fūrtīvō		fūrtīvīs
Accusative	fūrtīvum	fūrtīvam	fūrtīvum		fūrtīvōs	fūrtīvās	fūrtīva
Ablative	fūrtīvō	fūrtīvā	fūrtīvō		fūrtīvīs
Vocative	fūrtīve	fūrtīva	fūrtīvum		fūrtīvī	fūrtīvae	fūrtīva

Derived terms

• fūrtīvē

Related terms

• fūrtum

Descendants

• Catalan: furtiu
• Italian: furtivo
• → Middle French: furtif
  • French: furtif
    • → Dutch: furtief
    • → Romanian: furtiv
  • → Middle English: *furtyve
    • English: furtive
• → Portuguese: furtivo
• → Sicilian: furtivu
• → Spanish: furtivo

References

• “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.