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Latin
Etymology
Plural of exsequia, derived from exsequor (“I follow to the end”).
Pronunciation
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.
Derived terms
Descendants
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
- “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