Plebeian family name, perhaps connected with Etruscan furnial (Schulze 217, with epigraphical evidence).
[1] F., C. People's tribune 50 BC, orator
Like his son F. [2], a famous Roman orator (Furnii ... clari oratores; Jer. Chron. ad annum 1980-81). People's tribune in 50 BC, legate in 44-43, praetor in 42 (?), envoy in 40 and 39, promagistrate in Asia in 36-35, consul designatus for 29 (MRR 2, 249, 331, 353, 359, 376, 389, 402, 408;…