exequiarum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →exequia, exequiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
funeral procession/rites/services (pl.), obsequies; [~ ire => attend funeral];
gen. pl.
Examples
- M
X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...sepultus est, qui poterat reverti. scitis ipsi, quo exequiarum die labore extracta sit, quamdiu filium tenuerit a lambentibus..." - P
Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...insuper invidia Nero complevit prohibendo C. Cassium officio exequiarum, quod primum indicium mali. neque in longum dilatum..."