sepulcher的词源

英文词源

sepulchre (n.): also sepulcher, c. 1200, "tomb, burial place," especially the cave where Jesus was buried outside Jerusalem (Holy Sepulcher or Saint Sepulcher), from Old French sepulcre "tomb; the Holy Sepulchre" (11c.), from Latin sepulcrum "grave, tomb, place where a corpse is buried," from root of sepelire "to bury, embalm," originally "to perform rituals on a corpse," from PIE *sep-el-yo-, suffixed form of root *sep- (2) "to handle (skillfully), to hold (reverently);" cognates: Sanskrit saparyati "honors." No reason for the -ch- spelling, which dates to 13c. Whited sepulchre "hypocrite" is from Matt. xxiii.27.

一种在岩石上凿出或用石头堆成的坟墓，墓穴，来自古法语 sepulcre,坟墓，圣墓，尤指耶稣基督的墓，来自拉丁语 sepulcrum,坟墓，墓穴，来自 sepelire,埋葬，举行葬礼，来自 PIE*sep, 缅怀，悼念，表达尊重。

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