funereus

From fūnus + -eus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fuːˈnɛ.re.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fuˈnɛː.re.us]

fūnereus (feminine fūnerea, neuter fūnereum); first/second-declension adjective

1. funereal, of a funeral
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.506–507:

     [...] 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.)

2. boding ill.
3. fatal

First/second-declension adjective.

• Italian: funereo
• Portuguese: funéreo
• Spanish: funéreo

• “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.