fūnē̆bris, e, adj. [funus], of or belonging to a funeral, funeral-, funereal (syn.: funerĕus, feralis; funestus, fatalis).
I Lit. (class.): epulum, Cic. Vatin. 12, 30: vestimentum, id. Leg. 2, 23, 59: lectus, Petr. 114: cupressi, Hor. Epod. 5, 18: pompa, Tac. H. 3, 67: contio, Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 341; Quint. 11, 3, 153; cf. laudationes, id. ib.; 3, 7, 2: carmen, id. 8, 2, 8.—
B Subst.: fūnē̆bria , ium, n., funeral rites , Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 50; Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177.—
II Transf., deadly , mortal , fatal , cruel (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): sacra, i. e. human offerings , Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 85: bellum, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 49: vulva, Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209: malum populis (elephantiasis), id. 26, 1, 5, § 8: difficiles, funebria ligna, tabellae, Ov. Am. 1, 12, 7.