noun · neutersecond declension
sepulcrum
sepulcrum n (genitive sepulcrī)
Classical[sɛˈpʊɫ.krũː]Ecclesiastical[seˈpul.krum]
№ 949 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- neutergrave; burial place
- neutertomb; sepulchre
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
locus ubi mortuus conditur; monumentum ex saxō.sepulcrum -ī n — in Mille Verba, ch. Vīta et Mors
locus ubi mortuī pōnuntursepulcrum -ī (n) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 6, 21 and Metamorphoses I, ch. 2, 19
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sepulcrum | sepulcra sepulchra |
| genitive | sepulcrī sepulchrī | sepulcrōrum sepulchrōrum |
| dative | sepulcrō sepulchrō | sepulcrīs sepulchrīs |
| accusative | sepulcrum | sepulcra sepulchra |
| ablative | sepulcrō sepulchrō | sepulcrīs sepulchrīs |
| vocative | sepulcrum | sepulcra sepulchra |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- elogium in sepulcro incisum
- the epitaph.
- mortuum in sepulcro condere
- to entomb a dead body.
- sepulcro (Dat.) or in sepulcro hoc inscriptum est
- this is the inscription on his tomb...
sĕpulcrum (less correctly sĕpul-chrum; cf. Charis. p. 56 P.), i, n. sepelio; cf. fulcrum, from fulcio; lavacrum, from lavo, etc..
I. Lit., a burial-place, grave, tomb, sepulchre (cf.:
monumentum, tumulus): sepulcri appellatione omnem sepulturae locum contineri existimandum est, Dig. 47, 12 (De sepulcro violato), 3, § 2: sepulcrum est ubi corpus ossave hominis condita sunt, ib. 11, 7, 2; cf. Fest. p. 339 Müll; Edict. Praet. ap. Dig. l. l.: qui sepulcrum violat, facit, quo quis minus sepultus sit, ib. 7: siti dicuntur hi, qui conditi sunt: nec tamen eorum ante sepulcrum est, quam justa facta et corpus ingestum est, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57: duae sunt leges de sepulcris, id. ib. 2, 24, 61: neque sepulcrum, quo recipiat, habeat portum corporis, Ubi corpus requiescat malis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.): (Ennius) in sepulcro Scipionum putatur esse constitutus ex marmore, Cic. Arch. 9, 22; cf.: cui (Africano) super Carthaginem Virtus sepulcrum condidit, Hor. Epod. 9, 26: in summo sepulcro (Archimedis) sphaeram esse positam cum cylindro, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64: sepulcri Mitte supervacuos honores, Hor. C. 2, 20, 23: monumento sepulcri donatus est, Nep. Dion, 10.—So in sing., Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 7; id. Bacch. 3, 4, 21; id. Mil. 2, 4, 19: terra rerum commune sepulcrum, Lucr. 5, 259; Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 24; id. Leg. 2, 25, 62; Verg. A. 2, 542; 2, 646; 3, 67; 4, 29; Hor. S. 2, 3, 84; 2, 5, 104.—Plur., Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55; id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; 1, 14, 31; Verg. E. 8, 98; id. G. 1, 497; Hor. Epod. 17, 47: sepulcra legens, while reading the sepulchres, i. e. the inscriptions on them, Cic. Sen. 7, 21: magnae moles sepulcrorum, Sen. Brev. Vit. 20, 5.—B. Esp., a place where a corpse is burned (cf. sepelio):
funus interim procedit: ad sepulcrum venimus, Ter. And. 1, 1, 101; cf.: aram sepulcri (i. e. rogus), Congerere, Verg. A. 6, 177: alta sepulcri ara, Sil. 15, 387.—Comically: clam uxorem ubi sepulcrum habeamus et hunc comburamus diem, etc., we may dig a grave for the day (v. comburo fin.), Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 43 sq.—Likewise, jestingly, of an old man: ex hoc sepulcro vetere viginti minas Effodiam ego hodie, Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 19.—II. Transf., grave, tomb, etc. (poet.); of a vulture's maw' (vultur) Heu quam crudeli condebat membra (hominis) sepulcro, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P (Ann. v. 142 Vahl.).—Of Troy:
Troja nefas, commune sepulcrum Europae Asiaeque, Cat. 68, 89.—Of the dead: gratum mutis sepulcris, Cat. 96, 1: placatis sepulcris, Ov F. 2, 33.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sepulcrum or sepulchrum ī, n
cf. sepelio, a place where a corpse is buried, burial-place, grave, tomb, sepulchre : leges de sepulcris: patrium: sepulcri Mitte supervacuos honores, H.: sepulcri monumento donatus est, N.: corpus exsangue sepulchro Reddidit, V.: sepulcrorum sanctitas: sepulcra legens, i. e. the epitaphs.—A place where a corpse is burned : ad sepulcrum venimus, T.: aram sepulcri Congerere (i. e. rogum), V.— A cenotaph : Absenti ferat inferias, decoretque sepulchro, V.—Plur, the dead : placatis sepulchris, O.: muta, Ct.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Italic *-klom Latin -crum Latin sepulcrum From sepeliō (“to bury, inter”) + -crum.
Descendants
- Catalansepulcre
- Italiansepolcro
- Englishsepulchrefrom Old French sepulcre
- Frenchsépulcrefrom Old French sepulcre
- Portuguesesepulcro
- Romaniansepulcru
- Spanishsepulcro
- Friuliansepulcri
- Piedmontesesepolcr
In English words that came into English from sepulcrum
- sepulchresepulchrum
- sepulchralsepulcralis