funestus

Latin

Etymology

From fūnus (“funeral, burial; death”) +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /fuːˈnes.tus/, [fuːˈnɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fuˈnes.tus/, [fuˈnɛst̪us]

Adjective

fūnestus (feminine fūnesta, neuter fūnestum, comparative fūnestior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. deadly, fatal
  2. mournful, dismal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fūnestus fūnesta fūnestum fūnestī fūnestae fūnesta
Genitive fūnestī fūnestae fūnestī fūnestōrum fūnestārum fūnestōrum
Dative fūnestō fūnestō fūnestīs
Accusative fūnestum fūnestam fūnestum fūnestōs fūnestās fūnesta
Ablative fūnestō fūnestā fūnestō fūnestīs
Vocative fūneste fūnesta fūnestum fūnestī fūnestae fūnesta

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Catalan: funest
  • French: funeste
  • Italian: funesto
  • Spanish: funesto, funesta

References
  • “funestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “funestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • funestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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