sepelio
Latin
Etymology
From a Proto-Indo-European root originally meaning “to perform rituals on a corpse,” the same source as Sanskrit सपर्यति (saparyati, “honors”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /seˈpe.li.oː/, [s̠ɛˈpɛlʲioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈpe.li.o/, [seˈpɛːlio]
Verb
sepeliō (present infinitive sepelīre, perfect active sepelīvī, supine sepultum); fourth conjugation
- I bury, inter
- Synonyms: obruō, dēmergō, mergō
- I burn on a funeral pyre
- (figuratively) I destroy, ruin, overwhelm
- Synonyms: ruīnō, ēvāstō, dēvāstō, dēstruō, aboleō, dīruō, exscindō, perdō, occīdō, tollō, vāstō, populor, impellō, interimō, accīdō, perimō, absūmō, trucīdō
- Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor
- I suppress
- Synonyms: supprimō, opprimō, reprimō, comprimō, dēprimō, cohibeō, premō, angō
- I submerge
- Synonyms: dēmergō, summergō, immergō, dēmittō, prōcumbō, supprimō, mergō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of sepeliō (fourth conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | sepeliō | sepelīs | sepelit | sepelīmus | sepelītis | sepeliunt |
| imperfect | sepeliēbam | sepeliēbās | sepeliēbat | sepeliēbāmus | sepeliēbātis | sepeliēbant | |
| future | sepeliam | sepeliēs | sepeliet | sepeliēmus | sepeliētis | sepelient | |
| perfect | sepelīvī | sepelīvistī | sepelīvit | sepelīvimus | sepelīvistis | sepelīvērunt, sepelīvēre | |
| pluperfect | sepelīveram | sepelīverās | sepelīverat | sepelīverāmus | sepelīverātis | sepelīverant | |
| future perfect | sepelīverō | sepelīveris | sepelīverit | sepelīverimus | sepelīveritis | sepelīverint | |
| passive | present | sepelior | sepelīris, sepelīre | sepelītur | sepelīmur | sepelīminī | sepeliuntur |
| imperfect | sepeliēbar | sepeliēbāris, sepeliēbāre | sepeliēbātur | sepeliēbāmur | sepeliēbāminī | sepeliēbantur | |
| future | sepeliar | sepeliēris, sepeliēre | sepeliētur | sepeliēmur | sepeliēminī | sepelientur | |
| perfect | sepultus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | sepultus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | sepultus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | sepeliam | sepeliās | sepeliat | sepeliāmus | sepeliātis | sepeliant |
| imperfect | sepelīrem | sepelīrēs | sepelīret | sepelīrēmus | sepelīrētis | sepelīrent | |
| perfect | sepelīverim | sepelīverīs | sepelīverit | sepelīverīmus | sepelīverītis | sepelīverint | |
| pluperfect | sepelīvissem | sepelīvissēs | sepelīvisset | sepelīvissēmus | sepelīvissētis | sepelīvissent | |
| passive | present | sepeliar | sepeliāris, sepeliāre | sepeliātur | sepeliāmur | sepeliāminī | sepeliantur |
| imperfect | sepelīrer | sepelīrēris, sepelīrēre | sepelīrētur | sepelīrēmur | sepelīrēminī | sepelīrentur | |
| perfect | sepultus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | sepultus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | sepelī | — | — | sepelīte | — |
| future | — | sepelītō | sepelītō | — | sepelītōte | sepeliuntō | |
| passive | present | — | sepelīre | — | — | sepelīminī | — |
| future | — | sepelītor | sepelītor | — | — | sepeliuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | sepelīre | sepelīvisse | sepultūrum esse | sepelīrī | sepultum esse | sepultum īrī | |
| participles | sepeliēns | — | sepultūrus | — | sepultus | sepeliendus, sepeliundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| sepeliendī | sepeliendō | sepeliendum | sepeliendō | sepultum | sepultū | ||
Derived terms
Derived terms
- sepelībilis
- sepulcrum
- sepultor
- sepultūra
Related terms
- sepulcrālis
- sepulcrētum
- sepultūrārius
Descendants
- Vulgar Latin: sepelliō (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Portuguese: sepelir
- → Spanish: sepelir
References
- “sepelio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sepelio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sepelio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- sepelio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sepelīre, sepelio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈpeljo/ [seˈpe.ljo]
- Rhymes: -eljo
- Syllabification: se‧pe‧lio
Noun
sepelio m (plural sepelios)
- burial
- Synonym: entierro
Further reading
- “sepelio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014