noun · masculinesecond declension
fūrunculus
fūrunculus m (genitive fūrunculī)
Classical[fuːˈrʊŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[fuˈruŋ.ku.lus]
Meaning
- literallypilferer (petty thief)
- pointed burning sore on the human body; boil, furuncle
- germ or knob on a vine, so called from its shape
- refers to some mustelid animal (either a stoat or a ferret)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fūrunculus | fūrunculī |
| genitive | fūrunculī | fūrunculōrum |
| dative | fūrunculō | fūrunculīs |
| accusative | fūrunculum | fūrunculōs |
| ablative | fūrunculō | fūrunculīs |
| vocative | fūruncule | fūrunculī |
fūruncŭlus, i, m. dim. id.,
I. a petty thief, pilferer (cf. furax).
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.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fūrunculus ī, m dim.
fur, a petty thief, pilferer .
Origins
From fūr (“a thief”) + -unculus (diminutive nominal suffix). The use of the ending -unculus, which more often appeared in diminutives of n-stem nouns, may be influenced by analogy with the word latrunculus (“highwayman, robber”), a diminutive with a similar meaning. Alternatively (particularly in the sense "ferret"), could be from fūrō + -culus, i.e. a diminutive formed on an n-stem base fūrō, an alternative form of fūr.
Borrowings
- Englishfuruncle
- GermanFurunkel
- Italianforuncolo
- Portuguesefurúnculo
- Romanianfuruncul
- Spanishfurúnculo
- Spanishforúnculo
- Emilianfuruncalfrom Italian foruncolo
- Lombardhuronculfrom Italian foruncolo
- Romagnolfuruncualfrom Italian foruncolo
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchfuronclefrom Middle French feroncle
- Franco-Provençalfuronclo
- Franco-Provençalfuroncllo
- Franco-Provençalfeusonclle
- Franco-Provençalfosonclo
- Franco-Provençalfruncle
- Franco-Provençalfuruncle
- Bourbonnais-Berrichonfrongle
- Bourbonnais-Berrichonfronc
- Bourbonnais-Berrichonfronque
Occitano-Romance
- Occitanforoncle
- Pyreneanronglofrom Gascon horoncle
- Pyreneanrongofrom Gascon horoncle
- Pyreneanroncofrom Gascon horoncle
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesefrunchofrom Old Galician-Portuguese foruncho
- Galicianfurunchofrom Old Galician-Portuguese foruncho
- Galicianfarunchofrom Old Galician-Portuguese foruncho
- Galicianferunchofrom Old Galician-Portuguese foruncho
- Galicianforonchofrom Old Galician-Portuguese foruncho
- Galicianforunchofrom Old Galician-Portuguese foruncho
Vulgar Latin
- Romanianfurnicelfrom unknown *furuncellus
- unknown*fluruncus
- Aromanianfuruntselfrom unknown *furuncellus
- Aromanianfurnitselfrom unknown *furuncellus
Unsorted
- Portuguesefrunco
Italo-Romance
- Central Italianfrongolo
- Central Italianfrungolo
- Tarantinofrunchiufrom Neapolitan frungolo
North Italian
- Friulianfaroncli
- Friulianfarungli
- Lombardferunqui
- Piedmontesefrungi
- Venetanfrungolo