sepulcretum
Latin
editEtymology
editsepulcrum (“grave, tomb”) + -ētum (“place of”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /se.pulˈkreː.tum/, [s̠ɛpʊɫ̪ˈkreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /se.pulˈkre.tum/, [sepulˈkrɛːt̪um]
Noun
editsepulcrētum n (genitive sepulcrētī); second declension
- cemetery, graveyard
- Synonym: coemētērium
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sepulcrētum | sepulcrēta |
Genitive | sepulcrētī | sepulcrētōrum |
Dative | sepulcrētō | sepulcrētīs |
Accusative | sepulcrētum | sepulcrēta |
Ablative | sepulcrētō | sepulcrētīs |
Vocative | sepulcrētum | sepulcrēta |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “sepulcretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sepulcretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sepulcretum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- sepulcretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “sepulcretum”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press