LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

feretrum

feretrum n (genitive feretrī)
Classical[ˈfɛ.rɛ.trũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfɛː.re.trum]

Meaning

  1. neuterfunereal litter
  2. neuterbier
  3. New Latinneuterhearse

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

lectus fūnebris
ferētrum -ī (n) — in Aeneis, ch. 22

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeferetrumferetra
genitiveferetrīferetrōrum
dativeferetrōferetrīs
accusativeferetrumferetra
ablativeferetrōferetrīs
vocativeferetrumferetra

fĕrē^trum, i, n., = φέρετρον,
I. a litter, bier, etc., for carrying trophies in a triumphal procession, the bodies of the dead, their effigies, etc.; pure Lat. ferculum (mostly poet.): quis opima volenti Dona Jovi portet ferĕtro suspensa cruento, Sil. 5, 168; 17, 630: jamque rogum quassasque faces ferĕtrumque parabant, bier, Ov. M. 3, 508; so id. ib. 14, 747 (ferētro); Verg. A. 6, 222 (ferētro); 11, 64 (ferētrum); Val. Fl. 5, 11; Sil. 10, 567; Grat. Cyneg. 488; Inscr. Orell. 4370 al.; cf.: ubi lectus mortui fertur, dicebant feretrum nostri, Graeci φέρετρον, Varr. L. L. 5, § 166 Müll.

Origins

From Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron), crossed with or analysed as fero + -trum. Doublet of ferculum, which features another variant of the same suffix.

Borrowings
  • Catalanfèretre
  • Englishferetrum
  • Italianferetro
  • Portugueseféretro
  • Spanishféretro
Gallo-Romance
  • Englishferetoryfrom Old French fiertre
  • Englishferetryfrom Old French fiertre
  • Middle Frenchfiertrefrom Old French fiertre
  • Middle Bretonfyertrfrom Old French fiertre
  • Middle Dutchfiertrefrom Old French fiertre
  • Old Irishfertfrom Old French fiertre
Gallo-Italic
  • Old Lombardfreto
  • Old Lombardfredo

In English words that came into English from feretrum

  • feretoryferetrum
  • feretrumferetrum

Quick answers

What does feretrum mean in Latin?
feretrum, a noun, means “funereal litter; bier; hearse”.
What is the genitive of feretrum?
The genitive singular is feretrī. feretrum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce feretrum?
In classical Latin, [ˈfɛ.rɛ.trũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfɛː.re.trum].