furtum (general term, also, litterary term; Vid: Vitr., 7, praef., 7; for which ☞ only moderns use plagium): peculatus (ofpublic money). To commit theft, furtum facere; upon anyone, alicui: to commit litterary theft, auctorem ad verbum transcribere neque nominare (to copy a writer word for word without naming him, Plin., H.N., praef., § 22); alicujus scripta furantem pro suis praedicare (Vid: Vitr., 7, praef., 3).