(adj.adv.) : furtīvus, a, um, adj.furtum
* Stolen, purloined, pilfered (class.).
* Lit.: qui scias mercari furtivas atque ingenuas virgines,Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 22: liberalis mulier, advecta ex Arabia,id. Pers. 4, 3, 61: haecine illa est furtiva virgo?id. ib. v. 83: lana,Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 14: strigilis,id. S. 2, 7, 110: colores,id. Ep. 1, 3, 20; cf.: vincula rari capilli,Prop. 4, 5, 69 (5, 5, 71 M.): res,Quint. 5, 13, 49; Liv. 45, 39, 6.
* Transf., in gen., secret, hidden, concealed, furtive, clandestine (class.): furtivum iter per Italiam, * Cic. Pis. 40, 97: expeditiones (with latrocinia, opp. bella),Vell. 2, 31, 2: victoria,Just. 11, 6: amor,Verg. A. 4, 171: libertas,Ov. Am. 2, 2, 15: lectus,Tib. 1, 5, 7: usus,id. 1, 9, 55: mens,Ov. H. 17, 265: scriptum, cipher, Gell. 17, 9, 21: nox,favorable to secrecy,Ov. Am. 1, 11, 3: quem Rhea sacerdos Furtivum partu sub luminis edidit oras,Verg. A. 7, 660: celent furtivos balnea tuta viros,secret, concealed lovers,Ov. A. A. 3, 640: viri,id. P. 3, 3, 56.—Hence, adv.: furtīve, stealthily, secretly, furtively (very rare; syn.: furtim, clam, secreto, occulte): clam furtive aliquid accipere,Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 62: quidam furtive agunt gratias et in angulo et ad aurem,Sen. Ben. 2, 23: data munera,Ov. Am. 2, 5, 6.

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