sepulcrum

Alternative forms

• sepulchrum

Etymology

From sepultum, supine of sepeliō (“I inter”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈpul.krum/, [sɛˈpʊɫ.krũ]

Noun

sepulcrum n (genitive sepulcrī); second declension

1. grave, burial place
2. tomb, sepulchre

References

• sepulcrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sepulcrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sepulcrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to entomb a dead body: mortuum in sepulcro condere
    
  • the epitaph: elogium in sepulcro incisum
    
  • this is the inscription on his tomb..: sepulcro (Dat.) or in sepulcro hoc inscriptum est
    
• sepulcrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sepulcrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin