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sepultura
sepultura
Latin
Etymology
From sepultus, perfect passive participle of sepeliō (“I bury”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /se.pulˈtuː.ra/, [sɛ.pʊɫˈtuː.ra]
Noun
sepultūra f (genitive sepultūrae); first declension
- A burial, interment, a sepulchering
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | sepultūra | sepultūrae |
genitive | sepultūrae | sepultūrārum |
dative | sepultūrae | sepultūrīs |
accusative | sepultūram | sepultūrās |
ablative | sepultūrā | sepultūrīs |
vocative | sepultūra | sepultūrae |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: sepulture
- French: sépulture
- Italian: sepoltura
- Norman: sépultuthe
- Old Portuguese: sepultura
- Portuguese: sepultura
- Spanish: sepultura
References
- sepultura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sepultura in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SEPULTURA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sepultura”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to bury a person: sepultura aliquem afficere
- to be deprived of the rites of burial: sepulturae honore carere
- to bury a person: sepultura aliquem afficere
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese sepultura, from Latin sepultūra (“burial”), from sepultus, perfect passive participle of sepeliō (“I bury”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sepultura f (plural sepulturas)
- grave (excavation for burial)