fūnus — Lewis & Short
fūnus, ĕris, n.Sanscr. dhū-mas, smoke; v. fumus,
I a funeral procession, funeral rites, burial, funeral, usually with reference to the burning of the body; cf.: funus est jam ardens cadaver; quod dum portatur, exsequias dicimus; crematum, reliquias;
conditum jam, sepulcrum,Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 539 (freq. and class.).
I Lit.:
funus, quo amici conveniunt ad exsequias cohonestandas,Cic. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:
mater exsequias illius funeris prosecuta,id. Clu. 71, 201:
funus innumeris exsequiis celebratum,Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 122:
mercedem funeris ac sepulturae constituere,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134:
maeror funeris,id. Lael. 3, 11:
cui acerbissimum funus ducitur,id. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:
funus triumphali portā ducendum,Suet. Aug. 100:
facere filio,Cic. Clu. 9, 28:
celebrare,Liv. 8, 10, 10:
ornare,Cic. Rep. 6, 2; Suet. Aug. 100:
paterno funeri omnia justa solvere,Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:
funeri operam dare,id. Att. 15, 1, B, 1:
venire in funus,id. ib.: pro ea copia quae Athenis erat, funus ei (Marcello) satis amplum faciendum curavi, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:
funus militare alicui facere,Liv. 3, 43, 7; cf.:
prodire (alicui) in funus,Ter. And. 1, 1, 88; Varr. R. R. 1, 69, 2:
funere efferri,Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 225; Suet. Ner. 9; 30; 33:
praetereunte funere,id. Tib. 57:
corpus crematum publico funere,id. ib. 75:
nec te in tua funera mater Produxi (= funus tuum duxi),Verg. A. 9, 486:
funus imagines Ducant triumphales tuum,i. e. be borne at the head of the procession, Hor. Epod. 8, 11:
sub ipsum funus,id. C. 2, 18, 18:
statim a funere,Suet. Caes. 85.—Comically: fecisti funus med absente prandio: Cur ausu's facere, quoi ego adaeque heres eram? have buried, i. e. devoured it, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 27.—In plur.:
funera agitant, exsequia ititant,Naev. 3, 9: nemo me lacrumis decoret, nec funera fletu Faxit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34, and de Sen. 20, 73 (Epigr. 3, p. 162 Vahl.);
poetically imitated by Cicero: linquamus amicis Maerorem, ut celebrent funera cum gemitu, Cic. poët. Tusc. 1, 49, 117: cum senatus auctoritatem suam in virorum fortium funeribus ornamentisque ostenderit,id. Phil. 9, 7, 16:
edictum, quod de funeribus habeant (aediles curules),id. ib. §
17: tristia,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 74:
tria si concurrant foro,id. S. 1, 6, 43:
justa reddere alicui,Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 4; Sil. 2, 184.—
B Transf.
1 A dead body, corpse, =cadaver (poet.):
haeccine parva meum funus arena teget?Prop. 1, 17, 8:
lacerum,Verg. A. 9, 491.—In plur., of a corpse, Val. Fl. 3, 298:
mixta senum ac juvenum densentur funera,Hor. C. 1, 28, 19; of the manes of the departed:
cum semel infernas intrarunt funera leges,Prop. 4 (5), 11, 3.—
2 Death, esp. violent death, murder (mostly poet.):
maturo propior ... funeri,Hor. C. 3, 15, 4:
vicinum funus ut aegros Exanimat,id. S. 1, 4, 126:
exstinctum Nymphae crudeli funere Daphnin Flebant,Verg. E. 5, 20:
(quos) Abstulit atra dies, et funere mersit acerbo,id. A. 6, 429:
qui patrios foedasti funere vultus,with murder, id. ib. 2, 539.—Freq. in plur.:
quae funera Turnus Ediderit,Verg. A. 9, 526; cf. id. ib. 10, 602; Hor. C. 1, 15, 10; 4, 14, 49; once in Cic., acc. to Nonius: ut vix hominum acerbis funeribus satietur, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 300, 26 (id. Rep. 2, 41 Mos.).—
II Trop., destruction, ruin, fall (rare but class.):
vir summā eloquentiā dixit graviter, casum illum meum funus esse rei publicae, sed funus justum et indictum,Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45:
dum Capitolio Regina (Cleopatra) dementes ruinas Funus et imperio parabat,Hor. C. 1, 37, 8. —In plur.:
sub lacrimosa Trojae Funera,Hor. C. 1, 8, 15:
pro dira pudoris funera,Luc. 4, 231.—Also concr. of persons plotting destruction:
Gabinium et Pisonem, duo rei publicae portenta ac paene funera,Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 2.