exsequia

exsequia

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor
Proto-Italic *sekʷōr
Latin sequor
Latin exsequor
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin exsequia

    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[1], 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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