sepulcro
Latin edit
Noun edit
sepulcrō
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)
- 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 padmos 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.
Descendants edit
- Spanish: sepulcro
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)
- sepulchre (burial chamber)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish sepulcro, borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)
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Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sepulcro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014