thief

thief
subs.
P. and V. κλέπτης, ὁ, κλώψ, ὁ (Xen.), Ar. and P. λωποδύτης, ὁ, P. φώρ, ὁ, V. κλοπεύς, ὁ.

THIEF

fur (general term; also a litterary term and as a term of reproach): homo trium litterarum (because fur consists of three letters [comic] Plaut. Aul. 2 4 46): plagiarius (one that sells freemen as slaves a man-stealer; only in Mart. 1 53 9 of a litterary thief where he compares his writings to manumitted slaves; so that plagiarius is always = a man-stealer): raptor (a robber). A petty thief furunculus: a thief that robs the treasury peculator; depeculator aerarii; fur publicus (opposed to fur privatorum furtorum = who robs private persons): to make out any one to be a thief arguere aliquem furti: to accuse anyone as a thief cum aliquo agere furti: petty thieves are hanged great ones run away dat veniam corvis vexat censura columbas (Juv. 2 63); fures privatorum furtorum in nervo atque compedibus aetatem agunt; fures publici in auro atque in purpura (M. Cato ap. Gell. 11 18 extr.); non rete accipitri tenditur neque milvo qui male faciunt nobis illis qui nil faciunt tenditur (Ter. Phorm. 2 2 16 sq.); sacrilegia minuta puniuntur magna in triumphis feruntur (Sen. Ep. 87 20): a receiver or harborer of thieves furum occultator et receptator (after Cic. Mil. 19 50); furum receptor or receptator (Ulpian Dig. 1 18 13; Paullus Dig. 1 15 3 etc.): a den of thieves furum receptaculum (after Liv. 34 21); domus praedarum et furtorum receptrix (after Cic. Verr. 4 18 17): a nest of thieves *locus furum occultator et receptator (after Cic. Mil. 19 50).

thief:

I. One who steals:

1. fur, fūris, comm.: to raise a hue and cry after a t., clamare f., Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 36: stop t.! prehende f.! Petr. 138, 3: common t.s spend their days in prison and in chains, state t.s in gold and purple, f. privatorum furtorum in nervo atque in compedibus aetatem agunt, f. publici in auro atque in purpura, Cato in Gell. 11, 18, ad fin.: a most ignorant t. of the antiquated words of Cato, priscorum Catonis verborum f. ineruditissimus, Suet. Gram. 15: a band of t.s, furum manipulus, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 6 (perh. globus would be the better expr. in gen.; cf. Tac. A. 12, 54): v. PLAGIARIST. Dimin.: furunculus (a petty t.): Cic. Pis. 27, 66.

2. fūrātor: Tert.

3. trĭfur (an out and out t.): Pl. Aul. 4, 4, 6.

4. clepta (κλέπτης): Pl. Truc. 1, 2, 9.

5. harpăgo: Pl. Trin. 2, 1, 13 (17). Phr.: a t., homo trium literarum, Pl. Aul. 2, 4, 46 (com.: i. e. fur): a den of t.s, perh. furum receptator et occultator locus, after Cic. Mil. 19, 50; spelunca latronum, Vulg. Matt. xxi. 13; spoliarium, Sen. Plin.: v. ROBBER: "honour among thieves," perh. canis caninam non est, Prov. in Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 87: the god of t.s, furatrinus deus, Fulgent. Mythol. 1, 18 (of Mercury) a market-place full of t.s, not of cooks, non coquinum, verum furinum forum, Pl. Ps. 3, 2, 2.

II. An excrescence in a candle: fungus: Virg. G. 1, 392.

κλέπτης
κλέπτης, κλέπτου, ὁ, thief

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δραξών
thief
κλέπτις
she-thief
κλέψ
thief
κλεπτοτρόφος
thief of food
κλοπεύς
a thief, stealer
κλοπός
a thief
κλώψ
κλώψ, thief
λησίμβροτος
taking men unawares, a thief
νυκτικλέπτης
thief of the night
συγκλέπτης
fellow-thief
τυρόκλεψ
cheese-thief
φηλητής
a knave, thief (LSJ φιλήτης)
φιλήτης
thief
φώρ
a thief
ἀλευρόκλεψ
flour-thief
ἀποφώρ
thief
ἀρχίκλοπος
master-thief
ἀσημοκλέπτης
thief of plate
Ἀρτεπίβουλος
Bread-thief

fur
a thief

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aversor2
a thief, embezzler
furunculus
a petty thief, pilferer