adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
fūnereus
fūnereus (feminine fūnerea, neuter fūnereum)
Classical[fuːˈnɛ.re.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[fuˈnɛː.re.us]
Meaning
- adjectivefunereal, of a funeral
[...] 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.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.506–507 - adjectiveboding ill.
- adjectivefatal
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fūnereus | fūnerea | fūnereum |
| genitive | fūnereī | fūnereae | fūnereī |
| dative | fūnereō | fūnereae | fūnereō |
| accusative | fūnereum | fūneream | fūnereum |
| ablative | fūnereō | fūnereā | fūnereō |
| vocative | fūneree | fūnerea | fūnereum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fūnereī | fūnereae | fūnerea |
| genitive | fūnereōrum | fūnereārum | fūnereōrum |
| dative | fūnereīs | fūnereīs | fūnereīs |
| accusative | fūnereōs | fūnereās | fūnerea |
| ablative | fūnereīs | fūnereīs | fūnereīs |
| vocative | fūnereī | fūnereae | fūnerea |
fūnĕrĕus, a, um, adj. funus,
I. of or belonging to a funeral, funeral- (poet. for the class. funebris, q. v.).
II. Transf., deadly, destructive, fatal:
torris, Ov. M. 8, 511: dextra (Discordiae), Val. Fl. 7, 468: bubo, i. e. ill-boding, dismal, Ov. M. 10, 453: os bubonis, id. ib. 226.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fūnereus adj.
funus, of a funeral, funereal : faces, funeral-torches , V.: frons, wreath of cypress , V.— Fatal : torris, O.: bubo, dismal , O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin fūnereus From fūnus + -eus.
Descendants
- Italianfunereo
- Portuguesefunéreo
- Spanishfunéreo