postumo

See also: póstumo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin postumus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔs.tu.mo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔstumo
  • Hyphenation: pò‧stu‧mo

Adjective

postumo (feminine postuma, masculine plural postumi, feminine plural postume)

  1. (of a child) posthumous (born after one’s father’s death)
  2. (of a person) posthumous (taking place after one’s death)
  3. (of a book or work of art or music) posthumous (published after the author’s or artist’s death)

Derived terms

Noun

postumo m (plural postumi)

  1. (usually in the plural) consequence, after-effect, hangover

Further reading

  • postumo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

postumō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of postumus

References

  • “postumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • postumo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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