obituarius
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom 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 Latin) IPA(key): /o.bi.tuˈaː.ri.us/, [ɔbɪt̪uˈäːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.bi.tuˈa.ri.us/, [obit̪uˈäːrius]
Noun
editobituārius m (genitive obituāriī or obituārī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) An obituary.
Declension
editSecond-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
editReferences
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)