sepelio Latin · revision 31292

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 450 BC, Twelve Tables|origins=ine-pro *sepel-ie/o-}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sɛˈpɛ.li.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [seˈpɛː.li.o]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''sepeliō''' (present infinitive sepelīre, perfect active sepelīvī, supine sepultum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Persius has a perfect ''sepelī'', and Cato and inscriptions a participle ''sepelītus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*sepel-je/o-|t=to bury]], [[inh|ine-pro|*sepel-ie/o-|t=to honour]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Its closest cognate is [[sa|सपर्यति|tr=saparyáti|t=honours, worships]], beside [[ae|haptī|t=watches, preserves]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from the Twelve Tables;^(de Vaan 2008) Plautus has “where you have been poured out, there I would like to be buried” in the ''Curculio''.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to dispose of a corpse or ashes in the proper way, to bury or inter, and also to burn on a pyre.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Usually in the passive it is to be overcome or sunk, as Ennius' enemies “subdued by wine and buried in sleep”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Figuratively it is to consign to oblivion or suppress, as Cicero's war that Pompey's arrival “buried”, and to ruin.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+

+ Church Latin glosses it “bury”.^(Stelten 1995)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 450 BC – The Twelve Tables.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of being buried.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of enemies buried in sleep.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a war buried.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|bury]], inter; to burn on a funeral pyre.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(usually passive)'' To submerge, overcome (with sleep, wine).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To consign to oblivion, [[m|en|suppress]]; to ruin.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnsepeliō]]

+ * [[īnsepultus]]

+ * [[praesepultus]]

+ * [[sēmisepultus]]

+ * [[sepelībilis]]

+ * [[sepulcrum]]

+ * [[sepultō]]

+ * [[sepultor]]

+ * [[sepultūra]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sepulcrālis]]

+ * [[sepulcrētum]]

+ * [[sepultūrārius]]

+ * [[humō]]

+

+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein notes that ''sepelīre'' and ''condere'' denote the complete, more or less solemn burial of the dead, with or without burning, ''sepelīre'' being the proper and technical term.^(Döderlein 1874)

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}