sepultura Latin · revision 31935

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *sepel-ie/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sɛ.pʊɫˈtuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [se.pulˈtuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sepultūra''' ''f'' (genitive sepultūrae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sepeliō|-ūra|t1=to bury]], formed from the participle stem ⟨sepult-⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces [[m|la|sepeliō]] to [[itc-pro|*sepel-je/o-|t=to bury]] and [[ine-pro|*sepel-ie/o-|t=to honour]], and explains the participle with ⟨sepul-⟩ as analogical.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|सपर्यति|tr=saparyáti|t=honours, worships]] and [[grc|ἕπω|tr=hépō|t=to take care of]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lucretius speaks of the custom of burial,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Köbler's first source is Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the formal disposal of the dead, burial or interment, and the funeral rites;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it frequent and classical, and Cicero thinks the oldest kind of burial is the one Xenophon describes for Cyrus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) An inscription uses it of a place of burial,^(OLD 2012) and Church Latin has burial, burial place and grave.^(Stelten 1995) In medieval Latin it is also the right of burial, the dues paid for a funeral, and a tomb.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''sepulture'' (early 14th century) comes from Old French and directly from the Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the custom of burial.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the oldest kind of burial.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English [[m|en|sepulture]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|burial|alt=Burial]], [[m|en|interment]]; funeral rites.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A place of burial, [[m|en|grave]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The right of burial; burial dues.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sepultūrārius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sepelio|alt=sepeliō]]

+ * [[sepulcrum]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short give ''[[exsequiae]]'', ''[[funus|alt=fūnus]]'' and ''[[humatio|alt=humātiō]]'' as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}