funebris Latin · revision 8392

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la fūnus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfuː.nɛ.brɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfuː.ne.bris]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fūnebris''' (neuter fūnebre); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from ⟨*fūnesris⟩, from [[fūnus]] “funeral”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of funerals.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of a funeral, funereal, and the neuter plural meant funeral rites, as in Cicero; in Horace it meant deadly, fatal.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant funereal, and the neuter plural funeral rites.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it of funerals and for lamentable, grievous.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''funebre'' and French ''funèbre''.^(Wiktionary) The related Late Latin ''fūnerālis'' gave [[en|funeral]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of funerals.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of the deadly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a funeral, funereal; as a noun, funeral rites.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Deadly, fatal.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fūnerālis]]

+ * [[funerātīcius]]

+ * [[fūnereus]]

+ * [[fūnerō]]

+ * [[fūnus]]

+ * [[en|funeral]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}