LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

fūnebris

fūnebris (neuter fūnebre)
Classical[ˈfuː.nɛ.brɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfuː.ne.bris]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. two terminationfunereal
  2. two terminationdeadly, mortal, fatal, cruel

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī fūneris est; pompa fūnebris.
fūnebris -e — in Mille Verba, ch. Vīta et Mors

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefūnebrisfūnebrisfūnebre
genitivefūnebrisfūnebrisfūnebris
dativefūnebrīfūnebrīfūnebrī
accusativefūnebremfūnebremfūnebre
ablativefūnebrīfūnebrīfūnebrī
vocativefūnebrisfūnebrisfūnebre
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefūnebrēsfūnebrēsfūnebria
genitivefūnebriumfūnebriumfūnebrium
dativefūnebribusfūnebribusfūnebribus
accusativefūnebrīs
fūnebrēs
fūnebrīs
fūnebrēs
fūnebria
ablativefūnebribusfūnebribusfūnebribus
vocativefūnebrēsfūnebrēsfūnebria

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

pompa funebris
a funeral procession.
oratio funebris
a funeral oration.
ludos funebres alicui dare
to give funeral games in honour of a person.

fūnē^bris, e, adj. funus,
I. of or belonging to a funeral, funeral-, funereal (syn.: funerĕus, feralis; funestus, fatalis).
I. Lit. (class.): epulum, Cic. Vatin. 12, 30: vestimentum, id. Leg. 2, 23, 59: lectus, Petr. 114: cupressi, Hor. Epod. 5, 18: pompa, Tac. H. 3, 67: contio, Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 341; Quint. 11, 3, 153; cf. laudationes, id. ib.; 3, 7, 2: carmen, id. 8, 2, 8.—
B. Subst.: fūnē^bria, ium, n., funeral rites, Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 50; Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177.—
II. Transf., deadly, mortal, fatal, cruel (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): sacra, i. e. human offerings, Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 85: bellum, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 49: vulva, Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209: malum populis (elephantiasis), id. 26, 1, 5, § 8: difficiles, funebria ligna, tabellae, Ov. Am. 1, 12, 7.

Origins

For *fūnesris, from fūnus.

Descendants
  • Frenchfunèbre
  • Italianfunebre
  • Portuguesefúnebre
  • Romanianfunebru
  • Spanishfúnebre

Quick answers

What does fūnebris mean in Latin?
fūnebris, a adjective, means “funereal; deadly, mortal, fatal, cruel”.
How do you pronounce fūnebris?
In classical Latin, [ˈfuː.nɛ.brɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfuː.ne.bris].