The corpus record — Latin

furax

furax · adj

inclined to steal

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Where it lives

De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 1 · 2.23/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 2 · 1.84/10k
Persa 1 · 1.27/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
De Oratore 2 · 0.33/10k
De Officiis 1 · 0.3/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

fūrax — Lewis & Short

fūrax, ācis, adj.id.,

I inclined to steal, given to stealing, thievish (rare but class.; cf.: rapax, furunculus): servus, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 248: P. Cornelius homo avarus et furax, id. ib. 2, 66, 268: furacissimae manus, id. Pis. 30, 74: nihil est furacius illo, Mart. 8, 59, 3: tam furax a mento volsella, i. e. removing the beard, Tert. Pall. 4.—* Adv.: fūrācĭter, thievishly; only sup.: cum omnium domos, apothecas, naves furacissime scrutarere, Cic. Vatin. 5, 12.

Where it came from

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