sepelio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sep-el-ie/o- (“to honor”), originally meaning in Latin “to perform rituals on a corpse,” from Proto-Indo-European *sep- (“to care for, honor”). Cognate with Sanskrit सप् (sap, “to honor”), सपर्यति (saparyati, “honors”), and Ancient Greek ἕπω (hépō, “to busy oneself with”).

Pronunciation

Verb

sepeliō (present infinitive sepelīre, perfect active sepelīvī, supine sepultum); fourth conjugation

  1. to bury, inter
    Synonyms: obruō, dēmergō, mergō
  2. to burn on a funeral pyre
  3. (figuratively) to destroy, ruin, overwhelm
    Synonyms: ruīnō, ēvāstō, dēvāstō, dēstruō, aboleō, dīruō, exscindō, perdō, occīdō, tollō, vāstō, populor, impellō, interimō, accīdō, perimō, absūmō, trucīdō
    Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor
  4. to suppress
    Synonyms: supprimō, opprimō, reprimō, comprimō, dēprimō, cohibeō, premō, angō
  5. to submerge
    Synonyms: dēmergō, summergō, immergō, dēmittō, prōcumbō, supprimō, mergō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sepeliō (fourth conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sepeliō sepelīs sepelit sepelīmus sepelītis sepeliunt
imperfect sepeliēbam sepeliēbās sepeliēbat sepeliēbāmus sepeliēbātis sepeliēbant
future sepeliam sepeliēs sepeliet sepeliēmus sepeliētis sepelient
perfect sepelīvī sepelīvistī sepelīvit sepelīvimus sepelīvistis sepelīvērunt,
sepelīvēre
pluperfect sepelīveram sepelīverās sepelīverat sepelīverāmus sepelīverātis sepelīverant
future perfect sepelīverō sepelīveris sepelīverit sepelīverimus sepelīveritis sepelīverint
passive present sepelior sepelīris,
sepelīre 		sepelītur sepelīmur sepelīminī sepeliuntur
imperfect sepeliēbar sepeliēbāris,
sepeliēbāre 		sepeliēbātur sepeliēbāmur sepeliēbāminī sepeliēbantur
future sepeliar sepeliēris,
sepeliēre 		sepeliētur sepeliēmur sepeliēminī sepelientur
perfect sepultus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect sepultus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect sepultus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sepeliam sepeliās sepeliat sepeliāmus sepeliātis sepeliant
imperfect sepelīrem sepelīrēs sepelīret sepelīrēmus sepelīrētis sepelīrent
perfect sepelīverim sepelīverīs sepelīverit sepelīverīmus sepelīverītis sepelīverint
pluperfect sepelīvissem sepelīvissēs sepelīvisset sepelīvissēmus sepelīvissētis sepelīvissent
passive present sepeliar sepeliāris,
sepeliāre 		sepeliātur sepeliāmur sepeliāminī sepeliantur
imperfect sepelīrer sepelīrēris,
sepelīrēre 		sepelīrētur sepelīrēmur sepelīrēminī sepelīrentur
perfect sepultus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect sepultus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — sepelī — — sepelīte —
future — sepelītō sepelītō — sepelītōte sepeliuntō
passive present — sepelīre — — sepelīminī —
future — sepelītor sepelītor — — sepeliuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present sepelīre sepelīrī sepeliēns —
future sepultūrum esse sepultum īrī sepultūrus sepeliendus,
sepeliundus
perfect sepelīvisse sepultum esse — sepultus
future perfect — sepultum fore — —
perfect potential sepultūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
sepeliendī sepeliendō sepeliendum sepeliendō sepultum sepultū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Vulgar Latin: sepelliō (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: sepelir
  • → Spanish: sepelir

References

  • “sepelio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sepelio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sepelio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • sepelio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 555

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sepelīre, sepelio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈpeljo/ [seˈpe.ljo]
  • Rhymes: -eljo
  • Syllabification: se‧pe‧lio

Noun

sepelio m (plural sepelios)

  1. burial
    Synonym: entierro

Further reading

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