funus

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (to die).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfuː.nus/, [ˈfuː.nʊs]

Noun

fūnus n (genitive fūneris); third declension

  1. funeral
  2. death

Declension

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fūnus fūnera
Genitive fūneris fūnerum
Dative fūnerī fūneribus
Accusative fūnus fūnera
Ablative fūnere fūneribus
Vocative fūnus fūnera

Derived terms

References

  • funus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • funus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • funus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • funus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be interred (at the expense of the state, at one's own cost): funere efferri or simply efferri (publice; publico, suo sumptu)
    • to carry out the funeral obsequies: funus alicui facere, ducere (Cluent. 9. 28)
    • to attend a person's funeral: funus alicuius exsequi
    • to attend a person's funeral: exsequias alicuius funeris prosequi
    • to celebrate the obsequies: funus or exsequias celebrare
  • funus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • funus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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