exsequia

Latin

Etymology

From exsequor +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈse.kʷi.a/, [ɛkˈsɛ.kᶣi.a]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈse.kwi.a/, [ekˈseː.kwi.a]

Noun

exsequia f (genitive exsequiae); first declension

  1. (in the plural) funeral procession

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative exsequia exsequiae
Genitive exsequiae exsequiārum
Dative exsequiae exsequiīs
Accusative exsequiam exsequiās
Ablative exsequiā exsequiīs
Vocative exsequia exsequiae

Descendants

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, 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
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