HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of furtum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[ˈfuːr.tũː]

Definitions

  1. a theft, robbery
    declension-2
  2. accusative singular of fūrtus
    accusative, form-of, singular
  3. thieving, the act of robbing
    declension-2
  4. a stolen thing
    declension-2
  5. any secret action:
    declension-2
  6. an excuse or pretext
    declension-2
  7. crafty deceit, trick, artifice, stratagem
    declension-2
  8. stolen or secret love, intrigue
    declension-2, in-plural

Equivalents

English theft

Examples

“Near-synonyms: latrocinium, raptum”
“alicui fūrtum facere”

to rob someone

“Audi. Furtum ego vidi qui faciebat; noram dominum, id cui fiebat, post ad furem egomet devenio feroque ei condicionem hoc pacto: 'ego istuc furtum scio cui factum est; nunc mihi si vis dare dimidium,”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

“Supplicia eorum qui in furto aut in latrocinio aut aliqua noxia sint comprehensi gratiora dis immortalibus esse arbitrantur; sed, cum eius generis copia defecit, etiam ad innocentium supplicia descendunt.”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

“Non furtum facies.”

Thou shalt not steal.

“Si propter furtum servi dominus conventus furem ipsum magis tradere, quam defendere eum in iudicio voluerit, illa etiam quae ad eum ex ipso furtu pervenisse constiterit, pariter debebit exsolvere.”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

“Nobis quoque respondentibus [episcopis], quis ille sacerdus esset, cuius furti crimen inrogaretur, respondit rex: 'Vidistis enim species, quas nobis furtu abstulit'.”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

“Obsecro, quid pati debeat, siquis aliquid de ecclesia furtu abstulerit? […] Addes etiam, quomodo ea, quae furtu de ecclesiis abstulerint, reddere debeant.”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

“[…] ; Canuleius vero, qui in portu Syracusis operas dabat, furta quoque istius permulta nominatim ad socios perscripserat, ea quae sine portorio Syracusis erant exportata; […]”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

“Magna movet stomacho fastidia, seu puer unctis tractavit calicem manibus, dum furta ligurrit,”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

“[…] sic tu, etiamsi, quod scribas, non habebis, scribito tamen, ne furtum cessationis quaesivisse videaris; valde enim mihi semper et vera et dulcia tuis epistulis nuntiantur.”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

“[…] ; obvius aduersoque occurrit seque viro uir”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

“Quo tamen haec Ithaco, qui clam, qui semper inermis”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

“Inter quas curam Clymene narrabat inanem Vulcani Martisque dolos et dulcia furta, […]”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

“Intereā mediōs Iūnō despexit in Argōs et noctis faciem nebulās fēcisse volūcrēs sub nitidō mīrāta diē, nōn flūminis illās esse, nec ūmentī sensit tellūre remittī; atque suus coniunx ubi sit circumspicit, ut quae”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See all B1 Latina words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See furtum used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free