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fŭrĭa , ae, f., and, more commonly, plur.: fŭrĭae , ārum, f. furo,
I.violent passion, rage, madness, fury.
I. Appellatively (only poet. for furor or rabies): “unius ob noxam et furias Ajacis Oï_lei,” Verg. A. 1, 41: “ubi concepit furias,” i. e. became furious, id. ib. 4, 474: “tauri,” Mart. 2, 43, 5: “canum,” Grat. Cyneg. 392: “in furias agitantur equae,” i. e. furious, ardent desire, Ov. A. A. 2, 478; Verg. G. 3, 244; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 68. “auri,” the fierce greediness for gold, Sil. 2, 500: “ergo omnis furiis surrexit Etruria justis,” in just fury, just wrath, Verg. A. 8, 494: “honestae (Sagunti),” Stat. S. 4, 6, 84.— “Of things: tranare sonoras Torrentum furias,” the wild raging, roaring, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 45.—
II. As a nom. prop.: Fŭrĭae , the three goddesses of vengeance (Allecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone), the Furies (syn.: Dirae, Eumenides).
A. Prop.: “Furiae deae sunt speculatrices, credo, et vindices facinorum et scelerum,” Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46: “ut eos agitent insectenturque Furiae, non ardentibus taedis, sicut in fabulis sed angore conscientiae,” id. Leg. 1, 14, 40; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 24, 66 sq.; id. Pis. 20, 46; Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 47; Verg. A. 3, 331; Hor. S. 2, 3, 135; 1, 8, 45 al.—
B. Transf., in gen., avenging spirits, tormenting spirits.
(α). Plur.: “itaque eos non ad perficiendum scelus sed ad luendas rei publicae poenas furiae quaedam incitaverunt,” Cic. Sull. 27, 76: “Furiae Catilinae,” id. Par. 4, 1, 27: “sceleratum vicum vocant, quo amens, agitantibus furiis sororis ac viri, Tullia per patris corpus carpentum egisse fertur,” Liv. 1, 48, 7; cf. id. 1, 59 fin.; 40, 10, 1: “his muliebribus instinctus furiis Tarquinius circumire et prensare patres, etc.,” urged on by this female tormenting spiril, this fury of a woman, id. 1, 47, 7.—
(β). Sing., applied to persons who are furious or who are plotting mischief, a fury.—So of Clodius: “illa furia ac pestis patriae,” Cic. Sest. 14, 33; “of the same,” id. ib. 17, 39; cf. “also: illa furia muliebrium religionum, qui non pluris fecerat Bonam Deam quam tres sorores,” id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 141: “hunc juvenem (i. e. Hannibalem) tamquam furiam facemque hujus belli odi ac detestor,” Liv. 21, 10, 11.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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