lugubris

Latin

Etymology

From lūgeō (“mourn, lament”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.ɡu.bris/, [ˈɫ̪uːɡʊbrɪs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.ɡu.bris/, [ˈluːɡubris]

Adjective

lūgubris (neuter lūgubre, adverb lūgubrē or lūgubriter); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. of or pertaining to mourning
  2. that causes mourning, disastrous; pitiable
    • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 2.1.33–36:
      Quī gurgēs aut quae flūmina lūgubris
      ignāra bellī? Quod mare Dauniae
      nōn dēcolorāvere caedēs?
      quae caret ōra cruōre nostrō?
      What seas or rivers are unaware
      of the disastrous war? Which sea the Daunian
      slaughters haven't stained?
      Which shore lacks our blood?
  3. mournful, doleful, plaintive
  4. gloomy, sinister, mean

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative lūgubris lūgubre lūgubrēs lūgubria
Genitive lūgubris lūgubrium
Dative lūgubrī lūgubribus
Accusative lūgubrem lūgubre lūgubrēs
lūgubrīs		 lūgubria
Ablative lūgubrī lūgubribus
Vocative lūgubris lūgubre lūgubrēs lūgubria

Derived terms

Descendants

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