funereus

Latin

Etymology

From fūnus +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fuːˈne.re.us/, [fuːˈnɛreʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fuˈne.re.us/, [fuˈnɛːreus]

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.