The corpus record — Latin

Furunculus

Furunculus · m

a petty thief

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Where it lives

De Fuga in Persecutione 1 · 1.88/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
De Medicina 6 · 0.59/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3 · 0.38/10k
Naturalis Historia 15 · 0.38/10k
Adversus Marcionem 2 · 0.24/10k

What it meant

fūruncŭlus — Lewis & Short

fūruncŭlus, i, m.dim.id.,

I a petty thief, pilferer (cf. furax).

I Lit.: olim furunculus, nunc etiam rapax, Cic. Pis. 27, 66; Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 16.—

II Transf.

A A pointed, burning sore on the human body, a boil, furuncle, Cels. 5, 28, 8; Plin. 20, 13, 50, § 130.—

B A germ or knob on a vine, so called from its shape, Col. 4, 22, 4; 4, 24, 5; Plin. 17, 22, 36, § 181.

Where it came from

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