furvus

furvus, a, um, adj. [akin with fuscus], 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 [p. 798] Aterno, ib. p. 93 ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I.

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.—

II.

Trop.:

audivimus detestabili parricidio furvum diem,

Sen. Contr. 1, 1 fin.:

culpa,

Prud. Cath. 1, 74.