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): /seˈpe.li.oː/, [s̠ɛˈpɛlʲioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈpe.li.o/, [seˈpɛːlio]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sepelīre	sepelīvisse	sepultūrum esse	sepelīrī	sepultum esse	sepultum īrī
participles		sepeliēns	—	sepultūrus	—	sepultus	sepeliendus, sepeliundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sepeliendī	sepeliendō	sepeliendum	sepeliendō	sepultum	sepultū

Derived terms

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 (2016 July 16 (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], 2024 December 10