sepulcro

sepulcrō

1. dative/ablative singular of sepulcrum

Borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.

• IPA^(key): /seˈpulkɾo/

sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)

1. grave, tomb

   Synonym: sepultura f

   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r:

     depues eſt emp̠ador domicianus eſilio aſant iuan apoſtol e euangeliſta. euenos ala ẏſla de padmo^s e cõuertio grãd pũeblo. e aun dia de domingo entro biuo enel ſepulcro depues reguardarõ ſos om̃s el ſepulcro e noẏ trobarõ ſino magna q̃ bullie eolio.

     After this, the emperor Domitian exiled Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist, and he came to the island of Patmos and converted many people. And on a Sunday he entered the grave alive. Later, when his followers inspected the grave, they found there nothing but manna that bubbled and oil.

• Spanish: sepulcro

• sepulchro (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.

sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)

1. sepulchre (burial chamber)

Inherited from Old Spanish sepulcro, borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.

• IPA^(key): /seˈpulkɾo/ [seˈpul.kɾo]
• Rhymes: -ulkɾo
• Syllabification: se‧pul‧cro

sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)

1. sepulchre
2. grave, tomb

   Synonyms: tumba, entierro

• “sepulcro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024