funereus Latin · revision 9518
16 Oct 2026, 19:01 by bogdan “New Latin entry (sources: de Vaan, OLD, Lewis & Short, TLL...)” current version
Initial text
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Virgil|origins=la fūnus}}
+
+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [fuːˈnɛ.re.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [fuˈnɛː.re.us]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''fūnereus''' (feminine fūnerea, neuter fūnereum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[fūnus]] “funeral” with the suffix [[-eus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD and Gaffiot cite Virgil, of funeral torches.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant of a funeral, funerary, mourning, as in Virgil's ''fūnereae facēs'', a poetic word for the classical ''fūnebris''; and deadly, fatal, sinister, as in Ovid.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+
+ British Medieval Latin used it for funerary, and for funereal, black.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''funereo'' and Spanish ''funéreo''.^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of the deadly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Of a funeral, [[m|en|funereal]], mourning.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Deadly, fatal.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[fūnus]]
+ * [[fūnebris]]
+ * [[fūnestus]]
+
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}