[ˈfuː.nʊs], [ˈfuː.nus]
OriginFrom Proto-Italic *fūnos, of uncertain origin. Possibly from earlier *θūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰu-Hnós, from a root *dʰew-, which would make it a cognate with English death if in the "to die" sense, or alternatively Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”) if in a different sense meaning "rampart".
- declension-3funeral
- declension-3death
- declension-3dead body, corpse
Formsfūnus(canonical, neuter) · fūneris(genitive) · fūnus(nominative, singular) · fūnera(nominative, plural) · fūneris(genitive, singular) · fūnerum(genitive, plural) · fūnerī(dative, singular) · fūneribus(dative, plural) · fūnus(accusative, singular) · fūnera(accusative, plural) · fūnere(ablative, singular) · fūneribus(ablative, plural) · fūnus(singular, vocative) · fūnera(plural, vocative)