English → Latin
“obsequies” in Latin
iūstusjust, righteous; lawful, legal; justified, merited, well-deserved, duefūnebrisfunereal; deadly, mortal, fatal, cruelexsequiaefuneral rites; earthly remains, relics
The English word obsequies itself goes back to Latin obsequiae.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
obsequies
justa (plur.); justa funebria (Liv.); or simply, funebria (Plin.); exsequiae (Cic.). Vid: FUNERAL.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for obsequies?
- The usual Latin words for “obsequies” are iūstus, fūnebris, exsequiae. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.