funereus

Latin

Etymology

From fūnus +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fūnereus (feminine fūnerea, neuter fūnereum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. funereal, of a funeral
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.506–507:
      [...] intenditque locum sertīs et fronde corōnat / fūnereā [...]
      [...] and [Dido] hangs the place with garlands and crowns it with wreaths suitable for a funeral [...]
      (The unexpectedness of the decor chosen by Dido for the magic ritual is emphasized by the enjambment of funerea.)
  2. boding ill.
  3. fatal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative fūnereus fūnerea fūnereum fūnereī fūnereae fūnerea
genitive fūnereī fūnereae fūnereī fūnereōrum fūnereārum fūnereōrum
dative fūnereō fūnereae fūnereō fūnereīs
accusative fūnereum fūneream fūnereum fūnereōs fūnereās fūnerea
ablative fūnereō fūnereā fūnereō fūnereīs
vocative fūneree fūnerea fūnereum fūnereī fūnereae fūnerea

Descendants

  • Italian: funereo
  • Portuguese: funéreo
  • Spanish: funéreo

References

  • “funereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “funereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • funereus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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