obituarius

Latin

Etymology

From obitus (“a going to a place, approach, usually a going down, setting (as of the sun), fall, ruin, death”) +‎ -ārius, from obīre (“to go or come to, usually go down, set, fall, perish, die”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /o.bi.tuˈaː.ri.us/, [ɔ.bɪ.tʊˈaː.ri.ʊs]

Noun

obituārius m (genitive obituāriī); second declension

(Medieval Latin) An obituary.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	obituārius	obituāriī
Genitive	obituāriī obituārī¹	obituāriōrum
Dative	obituāriō	obituāriīs
Accusative	obituārium	obituāriōs
Ablative	obituāriō	obituāriīs
Vocative	obituārī	obituāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

English: obituary

References

obituarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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