sepulcro

sepulcrō

1. dative/ablative singular of sepulcrum

Borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.

• IPA^(key): /seˈpulkɾo/

sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)

1. grave, tomb

   Synonym: sepultura f

   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r:

     depues eſt emp̠ador domicianus eſilio aſant iuan apoſtol e euangeliſta. euenos ala ẏſla de padmoᷤ e cõuertio grãd pũeblo. e aun dia de domingo entro biuo enel ſepulcro depues reguardarõ ſos om̃s el ſepulcro e noẏ trobarõ ſino magna q̃ bullie eolio.

     [Depués est, emperador Domicianus esilió a Sant Juan Apostol e Evangelista, e veno-s a la isla de Padmos e convertió grand pueblo. E aun día de domingo entró bivo en el sepulcro. Depués reguardaron sos omnes el sepulcro e no ý trobaron si no magna que bullíe e olio.]

     After this, the emperor Domitian exiled Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist, and he came to the island of Patmos and converted many people. And on a Sunday he entered the grave alive. Later, when his followers inspected the grave, they found there nothing but manna that bubbled and oil.

• Spanish: sepulcro

• sepulchro (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.

sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)

1. sepulchre (burial chamber)

Inherited from Old Spanish sepulcro, borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.

• IPA^(key): /seˈpulkɾo/ [seˈpul.kɾo]
• Rhymes: -ulkɾo
• Syllabification: se‧pul‧cro

sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)

1. sepulchre
2. grave, tomb

   Synonyms: tumba, entierro

• “sepulcro”, 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