sepelio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sep-el-ie/o- (“to honor”), originally meaning in Latin “to perform rituals on a corpse,” from Proto-Indo-European *sep- (“to care for, honor”). Cognate with Sanskrit सप् (sap, “to honor”), सपर्यति (saparyati, “honors”), and Ancient Greek ἕπω (hépō, “to busy oneself with”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛˈpɛ.li.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seˈpɛː.li.o]

Verb

sepeliō (present infinitive sepelīre, perfect active sepelīvī, supine sepultum); fourth conjugation

1. to bury, inter

   Synonyms: obruō, dēmergō, mergō

2. to burn on a funeral pyre
3. (figuratively) to destroy, ruin, overwhelm

   Synonyms: ruīnō, ēvāstō, dēvāstō, dēstruō, aboleō, dīruō, exscindō, perdō, occīdō, tollō, vāstō, populor, impellō, interimō, accīdō, perimō, absūmō, trucīdō

   Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor

4. to suppress

   Synonyms: supprimō, opprimō, reprimō, comprimō, dēprimō, cohibeō, premō, angō

5. to submerge

   Synonyms: dēmergō, summergō, immergō, dēmittō, prōcumbō, supprimō, mergō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sepeliō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sepeliō		sepelīs		sepelit		sepelīmus		sepelītis		sepeliunt
	imperfect	sepeliēbam		sepeliēbās		sepeliēbat		sepeliēbāmus		sepeliēbātis		sepeliēbant
	future	sepeliam		sepeliēs		sepeliet		sepeliēmus		sepeliētis		sepelient
	perfect	sepelīvī		sepelīvistī		sepelīvit		sepelīvimus		sepelīvistis		sepelīvērunt, sepelīvēre
	pluperfect	sepelīveram		sepelīverās		sepelīverat		sepelīverāmus		sepelīverātis		sepelīverant
	future perfect	sepelīverō		sepelīveris		sepelīverit		sepelīverimus		sepelīveritis		sepelīverint
passive	present	sepelior		sepelīris, sepelīre		sepelītur		sepelīmur		sepelīminī		sepeliuntur
	imperfect	sepeliēbar		sepeliēbāris, sepeliēbāre		sepeliēbātur		sepeliēbāmur		sepeliēbāminī		sepeliēbantur
	future	sepeliar		sepeliēris, sepeliēre		sepeliētur		sepeliēmur		sepeliēminī		sepelientur
	perfect	sepultus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sepultus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sepultus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sepeliam		sepeliās		sepeliat		sepeliāmus		sepeliātis		sepeliant
	imperfect	sepelīrem		sepelīrēs		sepelīret		sepelīrēmus		sepelīrētis		sepelīrent
	perfect	sepelīverim		sepelīverīs		sepelīverit		sepelīverīmus		sepelīverītis		sepelīverint
	pluperfect	sepelīvissem		sepelīvissēs		sepelīvisset		sepelīvissēmus		sepelīvissētis		sepelīvissent
passive	present	sepeliar		sepeliāris, sepeliāre		sepeliātur		sepeliāmur		sepeliāminī		sepeliantur
	imperfect	sepelīrer		sepelīrēris, sepelīrēre		sepelīrētur		sepelīrēmur		sepelīrēminī		sepelīrentur
	perfect	sepultus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sepultus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sepelī		—		—		sepelīte		—
	future	—		sepelītō		sepelītō		—		sepelītōte		sepeliuntō
passive	present	—		sepelīre		—		—		sepelīminī		—
	future	—		sepelītor		sepelītor		—		—		sepeliuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		sepelīre			sepelīrī			sepeliēns			—
future		sepultūrum esse			sepultum īrī			sepultūrus			sepeliendus, sepeliundus
perfect		sepelīvisse			sepultum esse			—			sepultus
future perfect		—			sepultum fore			—			—
perfect potential		sepultūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		sepeliendī		sepeliendō		sepeliendum		sepeliendō		sepultum		sepultū

Derived terms

• sepelībilis
• sepulcrum
• sepultō
• sepultor
• sepultūra

Related terms

• sepulcrālis
• sepulcrētum
• sepultūrārius

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: sepelliō (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: sepelir
• → Spanish: sepelir

References

• “sepelio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sepelio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sepelio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• sepelio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 555

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sepelīre, sepelio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈpeljo/ [seˈpe.ljo]
• Rhymes: -eljo
• Syllabification: se‧pe‧lio

Noun

sepelio m (plural sepelios)

1. burial

   Synonym: entierro

Further reading

• “sepelio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024