funestus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fuːˈnes.tus/, [fuːˈnɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fuˈnes.tus/, [fuˈnɛst̪us]

Adjective

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

1. deadly, fatal
2. mournful, dismal
   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 4.20:

     Miserum funestumque spectāmen aspexī

     I witnessed a pitiable and dismal spectacle

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

• (deadly, fatal): fērālis, fūnebris, lētālis

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.