obituarius

Latin edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /o.bi.tuˈaː.ri.us/, [ɔbɪt̪uˈäːriʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.bi.tuˈa.ri.us/, [obit̪uˈäːrius]

Noun edit

obituārius m (genitive obituāriī or obituārī); second declension

(Medieval Latin) An obituary.

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

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 edit

→ Catalan: obituari
→ English: obituary

References edit

obituarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)