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Verb

furo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of furar

Esperanto

Etymology

From Late Latin fūrō ‎(“cat; robber”), diminutive of Latin fūr ‎(“thief”), with influence from French furet ‎(“ferret”).

Noun

furo ‎(accusative singular furon, plural furoj, accusative plural furojn)

1. ferret

Japanese

Romanization

furo

1. rōmaji reading of ふろ

Latin

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Used to calque Greek Ἐρινύς ‎(Erinús), spirits of punishment in mythology. Said by multiple sources^[1][2] to be from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‎(“to smoke”), a word representing smoke, fumes, and other words for vapors.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.roː/, [ˈfʊ.roː]

Verb

furō ‎(present infinitive furere, perfect active furuī); third conjugation, no passive

1. I rave or rage

Inflection

Derived terms

• furia
• furibundus
• furor

References

• furo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• furo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FURO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “furo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

1. ↑ Roberts, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots:
2. ↑ Joyce's Book of the Dark: Finnegans Wake

Etymology 2

Confusion with fūr.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.roː/

Noun

fūrō m ‎(genitive fūrōnis); third declension

1. Alternative form of fūr

Inflection

Third declension.

Portuguese

Verb

furo

1. first-person singular present indicative of furar