grave (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit., a place of burial1. sĕpulcrum (including every kind of burial place)2. bustum (strictly, the place of cremation)II. Fig., the regions or stote of death1. infĕri, orum (the infernal regions)2. Orcus (strictly = Pluto3. Ăvernus (a lake identified with the infernal regions) • grave (subs.): I. Lit., a place of burial: 1. sĕpulcrum (including every kind of burial place): Ter.: Cic. 2. bustum (strictly, the place of cremation): v. tomb. II. Fig., the regions or stote of death 1. infĕri, orum (the infernal regions): to rise from one's g., ab inf. exsistere, Liv. 26, 32, med.: to call up from the g., ab inf. excitare, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20. 2. Orcus (strictly = Pluto: poet.): to dispatch to the g., Orco demittere, Virg. Aen. 2, 398: the pitiless g., nil miserans O., Hor. 3. Ăvernus (a lake identified with the infernal regions): easy is the descent to the g., facilis descensus Averni, Virg. See also death.