sepulcro

sepulcro

Latin

Noun

sepulcrō

1. dative/ablative singular of sepulcrum

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Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈpulkɾo/

Noun

sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)

1. grave, tomb
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r.

     depues eſt emp̠ador domicianus eſilio aſant iuan apoſtol e euangeliſta. euenos ala ẏſla de padmo^s e cóuertio grád púeblo. e aun dia de domingo entro biuo enel ſepulcro depues reguardaró ſos oḿs el ſepulcro e noẏ trobaró ſino magna q́ bullie eolio.

     After this, the emperor Domitian exiled Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist, and he came to the island of Patmos and converted many people. And on a Sunday he entered the grave alive. Later, when his followers inspected the grave, they found there nothing but manna that bubbled and oil.

   Synonym: sepultura f

Descendants

• Spanish: sepulcro

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sepulchro (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈpuw.kɾu/ [seˈpuʊ̯.kɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈpuw.kɾu/ [seˈpuʊ̯.kɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈpuw.kɾo/ [seˈpuʊ̯.kɾo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈpul.kɾu/ [sɨˈpuɫ.kɾu]

Noun

sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)

1. sepulchre (burial chamber)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish sepulcro, borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈpulkɾo/ [seˈpul.kɾo]
• Rhymes: -ulkɾo
• Syllabification: se‧pul‧cro

Noun

sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)

1. grave, tomb
2. sepulchre

Related terms

• sepultar
• sepultura

Further reading

• “sepulcro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014