LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

obituārius

obituārius m (genitive obituāriī or obituārī)
Classical[ɔ.bɪ.tuˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[o.bi.tuˈaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. Medieval LatinAn obituary.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeobituāriusobituāriī
genitiveobituāriī
obituārī
obituāriōrum
dativeobituāriōobituāriīs
accusativeobituāriumobituāriōs
ablativeobituāriōobituāriīs
vocativeobituārīobituāriī

Origins

From obitus (“a going to a place, approach, usually a going down, setting (as of the sun), fall, ruin, death”) + -ārius, from obīre (“to go or come to, usually go down, set, fall, perish, die”).

Descendants
  • Catalanobituari
  • Englishobituary
  • Italianobituario
  • Portugueseobituário
  • Spanishobituario

In English words that came into English from obituārius

  • obituaryobituārius

Quick answers

What does obituārius mean in Latin?
obituārius, a noun, means “An obituary.”.
What is the genitive of obituārius?
The genitive singular is obituāriī. obituārius is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce obituārius?
In classical Latin, [ɔ.bɪ.tuˈaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [o.bi.tuˈaː.ri.us].