exsequia

exsequia

Latin

Etymology

From exsequor +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈse.kʷi.a/, [ɛkˈs̠ɛkʷiä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈse.kwi.a/, [eɡˈzɛːkwiä]

Noun

exsequia f (genitive exsequiae); first declension

1. (in the plural) funeral procession

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	exsequia	exsequiae
Genitive	exsequiae	exsequiārum
Dative	exsequiae	exsequiīs
Accusative	exsequiam	exsequiās
Ablative	exsequiā	exsequiīs
Vocative	exsequia	exsequiae

Descendants

• English: exequy
• Italian: esequie
• Portuguese: exéquias
• Spanish: exequias

References

• “exsĕquĭae (exequ-)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• exsequia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to attend a person's funeral: exsequias alicuius funeris prosequi
    
  • (ambiguous) to celebrate the obsequies: funus or exsequias celebrare
    
  • (ambiguous) to be deprived of the rites of burial: iustis exsequiarum carere