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Italian
Etymology
From Latin postumus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
postumo (feminine postuma, masculine plural postumi, feminine plural postume)
- (of a child) posthumous (born after one’s father’s death)
- (of a person) posthumous (taking place after one’s death)
- (of a book or work of art or music) posthumous (published after the author’s or artist’s death)
Derived terms
Noun
postumo m (plural postumi)
- (usually in the plural) consequence, after-effect, hangover
Further reading
- postumo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
postumō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of postumus
References
- “postumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- postumo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.