obituarius
Latin
Etymology
From obitus (“a going to a place, approach, usually a going down, setting (as of the sun), fall, ruin, death”) + -ārius, from obīre (“to go or come to, usually go down, set, fall, perish, die”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔ.bɪ.tuˈaː.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [o.bi.t̪uˈaː.ri.us]
Noun
obituārius m (genitive obituāriī or obituārī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) An obituary.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | obituārius | obituāriī |
| genitive | obituāriī obituārī1 |
obituāriōrum |
| dative | obituāriō | obituāriīs |
| accusative | obituārium | obituāriōs |
| ablative | obituāriō | obituāriīs |
| vocative | obituārī | obituāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- "obituarius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)