funestus

Latin > English

funestus funesta, funestum ADJ :: deadly, fatal; sad; calamitous; destructive

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fūnestus: a, um, adj. funus.
I Act., causing death, destruction, or calamity; causing grief; deadly, fatal, destructive, calamitous, mournful, dismal (class.; syn.: nefarius, perniciosus; fatalis, fatifer): ad ejus (C. Verris) funestam securem servati, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 123; cf.: deorum templis atque delubris funestos ac nefarios ignes inferre, id. Cat. 3, 9, 22: arma, Ov. F. 1, 521: venenum, id. M. 3, 49: morsus, id. ib. 11, 373: munus, id. ib. 2, 88: taxus, id. ib. 4, 432; cf. taeda, Verg. A. 7, 322: scelus, Phaedr. 3, 10, 50.—Comp.: funestior dies Alliensis pugnae, quam urbis captae, Cic. Att. 9, 5, 2.—Sup.: Caligula sceleratissimus ac funestissimus, Eutr. 7, 12.—
   (b)    With dat.: aquilam argenteam, quam tibi perniciosam et funestam futuram confido, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24: o diem illum funestum senatui bonisque omnibus! id. Sest. 12, 27; cf.: nox nobis, id. Fl. 41, 103: victoria orbi terrarum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 3.—
II Neutr., filled with misfortune or grief, fatal, mournful, sad (class.; syn.: infaustus, infelix, etc.): agros funestos reddere, Lucr. 6, 1139: capilli, Ov. F. 6, 493: utque manus funestas arceat aris, i. e. polluted with blood, id. M. 11, 584: familia, in mourning, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55; Liv. 2, 8, 8; 2, 47, 10: adeo ut annales velut funesti nihil praeter nomina consulum suggerant, as if they were lists of the dead, id. 4, 20, 9; cf. epistolae, announcing misfortune or sad tidings, Vell. 2, 117, 1: funestior advolat alter Nuntius, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 474; cf.: nocturna volucris funesta querela, Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 5; hence also: omen, id. 2, 28, 38 (3, 25, 4 M.): littera, denoting death, mourning, Ov. M. 10, 216: manus, mourning (of a dowager), id. ib. 11, 585: funestum est a forti atque honesto viro jugulari, funestius ab eo, cujus vox, etc., Cic. Quint. 31, 95.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

fūnestus,¹⁰ a, um (funus),
1 funéraire, funèbre : annales velut funesti Liv. 4, 20, 9, annales pour ainsi dire funéraires || malheureux, dans le deuil, désolé : funesta familia Cic. Leg. 2, 55, famille dans le deuil, cf. Liv. 8, 11, 7 ; 26, 18, 11
2 funeste, sinistre : funestum est jugulari funestius... Cic. Quinct. 95, il est sinistre d’être égorgé, plus sinistre de... ; funestum omen Prop. 2, 28, 38, présage sinistre || mortel, funeste, fatal : Cic. Cat. 1, 24 ; Verr. 2, 5, 123 || -ior Cic. Att. 9, 5, 2 ; -issimus Eutr. 7, 12.

Latin > German (Georges)

fūnestus, a, um, PAdi. (funus), I) Leichen-, Tote betreffend, durch eine Leiche verunreinigt, -in Trauer versetzt, Leichen-, Trauer-, trauervoll, traurig, vestis, Catull.: littera, der B. der Totenklage (αι αι), Ov.: agros funestos reddere, durch Leichen besudeln, Lucr.: familia f., wegen eines Todesfalles in Trauer versetzt, Liv.: ebenso domus f., Ov. – adeo ut quidam annales, velut funesti (als wären es nur Totenregister), nihil praeter nomina consulum suggerant, Liv. – II) im weitern Sinne: a) Unheil verkündend od. bringend, Verderben bringend, mit Unheil geschwängert, unheilvoll, trauervoll (traurig), verderblich, omen, Prop.: volucris, Prop.: epistula, Vell.: fax, Cic.: tribunatus, Cic.: victoria f. orbi terrarum, Planc. in Cic. ep.: dies funestior, Cic. ad Att. 9, 5, 2: bellum funestissimum, Eutr. 5, 9: f. rei publicae (Dat) pestis (v. einer Pers.), Cic.: funestum und funestius est m. Infin. Praes. Pass., Cic. Quinct. 95. – b) todbringend, tödlich, manus, Ov.: securis, Cic.: morsus, Ov.: veternus, Hor.: v. Pers., mordsüchtig, blutdürstig, Caligula sceleratissimus et funestissimus, Eutr. 7, 12.

Latin > Chinese

funestus, a, um. adj. c. :: 凶。害。殯者。 Funesti principes 兇王。Funesta 喪事之家。