Latin

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Etymology

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sepulcrum (grave, tomb) +‎ -ētum (place of)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sepulcrētum n (genitive sepulcrētī); second declension

  1. cemetery, graveyard
    Synonym: coemētērium

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sepulcrētum sepulcrēta
Genitive sepulcrētī sepulcrētōrum
Dative sepulcrētō sepulcrētīs
Accusative sepulcrētum sepulcrēta
Ablative sepulcrētō sepulcrētīs
Vocative sepulcrētum sepulcrēta
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References

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  • 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