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Latin
Etymology
From fūnus + -eus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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 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.)
- boding ill.
- fatal
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “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.