Latin edit

Etymology edit

From exsequor +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

exsequia f (genitive exsequiae); first declension

  1. (in the plural) funeral procession

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative exsequia exsequiae
Genitive exsequiae exsequiārum
Dative exsequiae exsequiīs
Accusative exsequiam exsequiās
Ablative exsequiā exsequiīs
Vocative exsequia exsequiae

Descendants edit

  • English: exequy
  • Italian: esequie
  • Portuguese: exéquias
  • Spanish: exequias

References edit

  • exsĕquĭae (exequ-)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exsequia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to attend a person's funeral: exsequias alicuius funeris prosequi
    • (ambiguous) to celebrate the obsequies: funus or exsequias celebrare
    • (ambiguous) to be deprived of the rites of burial: iustis exsequiarum carere