obsequiae

Latin

Etymology

From obsequor. Compare Classical Latin exsequiae. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

obsequiae f pl (genitive obsequiārum); first declension (Late Latin)

1. funeral rites, obsequies

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	obsequiae
genitive	obsequiārum
dative	obsequiīs
accusative	obsequiās
ablative	obsequiīs
vocative	obsequiae

Descendants

• → French: obsèques (learned)
• → Italian: obsequia, obsequie, osequie (learned)

References

• “obsequiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "obsequiae", 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)
• “obsequiae”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.