exsequiae Latin · revision 9532

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *sekʷ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɛksˈsɛ.kʷi.ae̯]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eksˈsɛː.kʷi.e]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exsequiae''' ''f pl'' (genitive exsequiārum); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''exequiae''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[exsequor]] “to follow to the end, follow out” with the suffix ⟨-ius⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces ⟨sequor⟩ to [[ine-pro|*sekʷ-|t=to follow]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Gaffiot cites his ''exsequiās fūneris prōsequī''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a funeral procession, funeral rites, obsequies, and ''exsequiās īre'' was to attend a funeral, and Lewis & Short note it is frequent and classical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was the funeral rites, funeral, burial.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it also for the commemorative office of the dead and for mortal remains.^(DMLBS) [[en|exequies]], and Italian ''esequie'' and Spanish ''exequias'', come from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # (plural) A funeral procession, funeral rites, [[m|en|obsequies]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The office of the dead.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exsequiālis]]

+ * [[exsequiārium]]

+ * [[exsequior]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[exsequor]]

+ * [[fūnus]]

+ * [[obsequium]]

+ * [[en|exequies]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}