exsequiae

Latin

Alternative forms

• exequiae
• obsequiae (Late Latin)

Etymology

Plural of exsequia, derived from exsequor (“I follow to the end”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈse.kʷi.ae̯/, [ɛkˈs̠ɛkʷiäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈse.kwi.e/, [eɡˈzɛːkwie]

Noun

exsequiae f pl (genitive exsequiārum); first declension

1. funeral rites

   Synonyms: fūnus, īnferiae

2. (Late Latin) earthly remains, relics

   Synonym: rēliquiae

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	exsequiae
genitive	exsequiārum
dative	exsequiīs
accusative	exsequiās
ablative	exsequiīs
vocative	exsequiae

Derived terms

• exsequiālis

Descendants

• English: exequies
• German: Exequien
• Italian: esequie
• Spanish: exequias

References

• “exsequiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exsequiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exsequiae 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
    
• “exsequiae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “exsequiae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin