exsequia

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Latin

Etymology

From exsequor +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

Noun

exsequia f (genitive exsequiae); first declension

  1. (in the plural) funeral procession

Declension

First-declension noun.

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
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