exsequiae
Latin
Alternative forms
- exequiae
- obsequiae (Late Latin)
Etymology
Plural of exsequia, derived from exsequor (“I follow to the end”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈse.kʷi.ae̯/, [ɛkˈs̠ɛkʷiäe̯]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈse.kwi.e/, [eɡˈzɛːkwie]
Noun
exsequiae f pl (genitive exsequiārum); first declension
- funeral rites
- Synonyms: fūnus, īnferiae
- (Late Latin) earthly remains, relics
- Synonym: rēliquiae
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | exsequiae |
Genitive | exsequiārum |
Dative | exsequiīs |
Accusative | exsequiās |
Ablative | exsequiīs |
Vocative | exsequiae |
Derived terms
- exsequiālis
Descendants
- English: exequies
- German: Exequien
- Italian: esequie
- Spanish: exequias
References
- “exsequiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exsequiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exsequiae 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
- (ambiguous) to attend a person's funeral: exsequias alicuius funeris prosequi
- “exsequiae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “exsequiae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin