sepulcretum

Latin

Etymology

sepulcrum (“grave, tomb”) +‎ -ētum (“place of”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /se.pulˈkreː.tum/, [s̠ɛpʊɫ̪ˈkreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.pulˈkre.tum/, [sepulˈkrɛːt̪um]

Noun

sepulcrētum n (genitive sepulcrētī); second declension

1. cemetery, graveyard

   Synonym: coemētērium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	sepulcrētum	sepulcrēta
genitive	sepulcrētī	sepulcrētōrum
dative	sepulcrētō	sepulcrētīs
accusative	sepulcrētum	sepulcrēta
ablative	sepulcrētō	sepulcrētīs
vocative	sepulcrētum	sepulcrēta

Related terms

• sepeliō
• sepulcrālis
• sepulcrum
• sepultūra

References

• “sepulcretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sepulcretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sepulcretum 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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934) “sepulcretum”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
• “sepulcretum”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press