fatal Copy link Outline I. DestinedII. Causing death, mortal, destructive1. fātālis, e2. exĭtiābĭlis or exĭtiālis, e3. fūnestus (stronger than preced.4. fūnebris, e (chiefly poet.5. fātĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum (poet.) • fatal: I. Destined: fātālis, e: v. fated. II. Causing death, mortal, destructive: 1. fātālis, e: a f. javelin, weapon, spear, f. jaculum, telum, hasta, Ov.: Virg.: v. mortal. 2. exĭtiābĭlis or exĭtiālis, e: v. destructive, deadly. 3. fūnestus (stronger than preced.: laden with death): reserved for his f. axe, ad ejus f. securim servati, Cic. Verr. 5, 47, 123: a f. night for us, nox f. nobis, Cic. Fl. 41, 103. 4. fūnebris, e (chiefly poet.: strictly, belonging to funerals), a f. disease, f. malum, Plin.: f. war, f. bellum, Hor. 5. fātĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum (poet.): f. bow, sword, f. arcus, ferrum, Virg.: Ov. Phr.: an ambassador whose commission had proved f. to him, cui legatio ipsa morti fuisset, Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 3: the greedy sea is f. to the sailor, exitio est avidum mare nautis, Hor. Od. 1, 28, 18: that day shall prove f. to us both, ille dies utramque ducet ruinam, Hor. Od. 2, 17, 8.