funereus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /fuːˈne.re.us/, [fuːˈnɛreʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fuˈne.re.us/, [fuˈnɛːreus]
Adjective
[edit]fūnereus (feminine fūnerea, neuter fūnereum); first/second-declension adjective
- 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.)
- [...] and [Dido] hangs the place with garlands and crowns it with wreaths suitable for a funeral [...]
- [...] intenditque locum sertīs et fronde corōnat / fūnereā [...]
- boding ill.
- fatal
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- “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.