English → Latin
“sepulchre” in Latin
sepulcrumgrave; burial place; tomb; sepulchreconditōriumrepository; tomb, coffin, sarcophagustumulusmound; hill; knoll; hillock; heap of earth; barrow; grave' tumulus
The English word sepulchre itself goes back to Latin sepeliō, through sepulchrum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sepulchre
sepulcrum (Cic.); conditorium (Plin., Ep., Suet.): tumulus (a mound, barrow). SYN. and PHR., in GRAVE
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sepulchre?
- The usual Latin words for “sepulchre” are sepulcrum, conditōrium, tumulus. 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.