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furvus

furvus · adj

dark

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Where it lives

Cupido cruciatur 1 · 13.57/10k
De Testimionio Animae 1 · 4.47/10k
Severus 1 · 2.37/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 2 · 1.78/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Thebais 2 · 0.32/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2 · 0.25/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. furvus — Lewis & Short

furvus, a, um, adj.akin with fuscus,

I dark, dusky, gloomy, swarthy, black: veteres Romani furvum atrum appellaverunt, Gell. 1, 18, 4; cf.: furvum nigrum vel atrum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 84 Müll.; and: furvum bovem id est nigrum immolabant Aterno, ib. p. 93 (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I Lit.: nubes, Lucr. 6, 461 Lachm. N. cr.: ex Acheronte suo furvis peperisse sub antris, Ov. M. 5, 541; so of the lower world: postis, Stat. Th. 8, 10: plagae leti, id. S. 5, 1, 155; cf. Proserpina, Hor. C. 2, 13, 21: hostiae, Val. Max. 2, 4, 5; Paul. ex Fest. p. 93 Müll.: furvā gente (i. e. Maurorum, Indorum) petita belua, Juv. 12, 104.—

II Trop.: audivimus detestabili parricidio furvum diem, Sen. Contr. 1, 1 fin.: culpa, Prud. Cath. 1, 74.

2. furvus — Walde–Hofmann

furvus, -a, -um „schwarz, finster* (arch. Wort der Religionssprache [hostiae, Paul. Fest. 84 usw. ; seit Varro, dicht. seit Hor., -&scö Mart, Cap.), fwscus, -a, -um „dunkelfarbig, schmutzigschwarz, dunkelbraun“ u. dgl. (Veg. mulom. 2, 37, 1 caeruleus i. fuscus; vgl. Cogn. Fuscus); übtr. „dunkel, dumpf, von der Stimme“ (nach gr. gaı6c); „moralisch schmutzig usw.“ (seit Cic., rom.; fuscü „trübe, schwärze, schwärze an“ … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. furvus, p. 604]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. furuus (scan p. 287; entry #4491).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. furvus (scan pp. 604-605; entry #1196). Root candidates: *dhus-, *mrghuo-.

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