funestus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fuːˈnɛs.tʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fuˈnɛs.t̪us]

Adjective

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

deadly, fatal
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.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	fūnestus	fūnesta	fūnestum		fūnestī	fūnestae	fūnesta
genitive	fūnestī	fūnestae	fūnestī		fūnestōrum	fūnestārum	fūnestōrum
dative	fūnestō	fūnestae	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.