fūnĕrĕus, a, um, adj. [funus], of or belonging to a funeral, funeral- (poet. for the class. funebris, q. v.).
- I. Lit.: faces, funeral-torches, Verg. A. 11, 143: fronde coronat pyram, id. ib. 4, 506.
- II. Transf., deadly, destructive, fatal: torris, Ov. M. 8, 511: dextra (Discordiae), Val. Fl. 7, 468: bubo, i. e. ill-boding, dismal, Ov. M. 10, 453: os bubonis, id. ib. 226.