furtum

Derived from Latin fūr (“thief”). Cognate to Ancient Greek φώρ (phṓr, “thief”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfuːr.tum/, [ˈfuːr.tũ]

fūrtum n (genitive fūrtī); second declension

1. theft
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.15:

     Non furtum facies.

     Thou shalt not steal.

Second declension.

• fūrtīvus

• furtum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• furtum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• furtum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• furtum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• furtum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• furtum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin