BURY Copy link • BURYsepelire (general term), humare (both, but especially sepelire, like θάπτειν, of any mode of disposing of a corpse: quod nunc communiter in omnibus sepultis ponitur, ut humati dicantur, id erat proprium tum in iis, quos humus injecta contegeret, Cic., Legg., 2, 22, 56): humo tegere: terra, humo contegere (bury): in sepulcro condere or condere only (poetical and post-Augustan tumulare, contumulare): corpus alicujus tumulo inferre (Ter.): funere efferre with or without foras (to carry out for burial) infodere (shuffle into the ground). To bury one alive, vivum aliquem defodere: to be buried alive, vivum terra obrui. To bury with military honors, militari honesto funere aliquem humare. To put in the ground, infodere (in terram), defodere (in terram), obruere (terra). To overwhelm, obruere, opprimere: to bury in oblivion, oblivione obruere: to be buried in oblivion, aeterna oblivione obrutum esse: to be buried in the ruins, ruina alicujus rei (domus, etc.) opprimi: in the waves, undis obrui, hauriri. To hide, etc., sepelire; ponere (dismiss; e.g., amorem): obruere. Bury in oblivion, oblivione obniere. To bury one’s self in one’s country seat, rua se abdere. More under FUNERAL.