funus

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to die”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.nus/, [ˈfuː.nʊs]

Noun

fūnus n (genitive fūneris); third declension

1. funeral, death

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fūnus	fūnera
genitive	fūneris	fūnerum
dative	fūnerī	fūneribus
accusative	fūnus	fūnera
ablative	fūnere	fūneribus
vocative	fūnus	fūnera

Derived terms

• fūnebris
• fūnerālis
• fūnereus
• fūnestus

References

• funus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• funus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “funus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “funus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be interred (at the expense of the state, at one's own cost): funere efferri or simply efferri (publice; publico, suo sumptu)
    
  • to carry out the funeral obsequies: funus alicui facere, ducere (Cluent. 9. 28)
    
  • to attend a person's funeral: funus alicuius exsequi
    
  • to attend a person's funeral: exsequias alicuius funeris prosequi
    
  • to celebrate the obsequies: funus or exsequias celebrare
    
• funus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• funus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin