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|lshtext=<b>furvus</b>: a, um, adj. [[akin]] [[with]] [[fuscus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[dark]], [[dusky]], [[gloomy]], [[swarthy]], [[black]]: veteres Romani furvum atrum appellaverunt, Gell. 1, 18, 4; cf.: furvum nigrum vel atrum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 84 Müll.; and: furvum bovem id est nigrum immolabant Aterno, ib. p. 93 ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[nubes]], Lucr. 6, 461 Lachm. N. cr.: ex Acheronte suo furvis peperisse sub antris, Ov. M. 5, 541; so of the [[lower]] [[world]]: [[postis]], Stat. Th. 8, 10: plagae leti, id. S. 5, 1, 155; cf. [[Proserpina]], Hor. C. 2, 13, 21: hostiae, Val. Max. 2, 4, 5; Paul. ex Fest. p. 93 Müll.: furvā gente (i. e. Maurorum, Indorum) petita [[belua]], Juv. 12, 104.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: audivimus detestabili parricidio furvum diem, Sen. Contr. 1, 1 fin.: [[culpa]], Prud. Cath. 1, 74.

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