exsequia

Latin

Etymology

From exsequor +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈse.kʷi.a/, [ɛkˈs̠ɛkʷiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈse.kwi.a/, [eɡˈzɛːkwiä]

Noun

exsequia f (genitive exsequiae); first declension

1. (in the plural) funeral procession

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	exsequia	exsequiae
genitive	exsequiae	exsequiārum
dative	exsequiae	exsequiīs
accusative	exsequiam	exsequiās
ablative	exsequiā	exsequiīs
vocative	exsequia	exsequiae

Descendants

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

References

• “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