bury Copy link Outline I. To inter a corpse1. sĕpĕlĭo, īvi, and ĭi, sĕpultum, 4 (the most usual term; including all modes of sepulture)2. hŭmo, 1 (to b. in the ground; but also in gen. to inter)3. condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (prop. to store away; hence, with some qualifying word)4. effĕro, extŭli, ēlātum, 3 (lit. to carry out; i. e. to attend to the grave)5. pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to place; chiefly poet., and in epitaphs)6. compōno, 37. dēfŏdĭo, fōdi, fossum, 3 (prob. never of proper interment)8. infŏdĭo, 3 (similar to No. 7)9. contĕgo, texi, tectum, 3 (to cover)II. To cover or overwhelm1. obrŭo, ui, ŭtum, 32. sĕpĕlĭo, 4 (fig.)3. dēfŏdĭo, 34. infŏdĭo, 35. abdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3III. To withdraw from public life • bury: I. To inter a corpse: 1. sĕpĕlĭo, īvi, and ĭi, sĕpultum, 4 (the most usual term; including all modes of sepulture): arise and b. your son, surge et sepeli natum, Cic.: to b. bodies, corpora s., Liv.: to b. bones, ossa s., Ov. 2. hŭmo, 1 (to b. in the ground; but also in gen. to inter): to b. a dead man, mortuum h., Cic.: Virg.: to be covered with earth and b.'d, obrutos terra humari, Plin. 3. condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (prop. to store away; hence, with some qualifying word): to b. the dead in a tomb, mortuos sepulcro c., Cic.: to b. the bones of a parent in the earth, ossa parentis terra c., Virg. 4. effĕro, extŭli, ēlātum, 3 (lit. to carry out; i. e. to attend to the grave): Maximus b.'d his son who had been consul, Maximus extulit filium consularem, Cic.: Hor. 5. pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to place; chiefly poet., and in epitaphs): Lucr: Virg. 6. compōno, 3: I have b.'d all my relations, cognatos omnes composui, Hor.: Tac. 7. dēfŏdĭo, fōdi, fossum, 3 (prob. never of proper interment): to b. a slain guest, hospitem necatum d., Pl.: to b. a Vestal virgin alive, Vestalem vivam d., Plin. Ep. (cf. Ov. M. 4, 239). 8. infŏdĭo, 3 (similar to No. 7): to b. bodies in the earth, corpora terrae in., Virg.: Nep. 9. contĕgo, texi, tectum, 3 (to cover): to b. those who had fallen in battle in one grave, qui in acie ceciderant eos uno tumulo c., Liv.: Ov. Phr.: Simonides seemed to be warned by the man whom he had b.'d, Simonides moneri visus est ab eo quem sepultura affecerat, Cic. II. To cover or overwhelm: 1. obrŭo, ui, ŭtum, 3: to b. a treasure, thesaurum ob., Cic.: to b. lupine-seed, lupinum ob., Col.: night b.s the earth in shadows, terram nox obruit umbris, Lucr. Fig.: to b. adversity as it were in perpetual oblivion, adversa quasi perpetua oblivione ob., Cic.: v. to overwhelm. 2. sĕpĕlĭo, 4 (fig.): these things were b.'d in the lap of your consulship, haec sunt in gremio sepulta consulatus tui, Cic.: they march into the city b.'d in sleep and wine, invadunt urbem somno vinoque sepultam, Virg. 3. dēfŏdĭo, 3: to b. a razor in the comitium, novaculam in comitium d., Cic.: Liv. 4. infŏdĭo, 3: the stakes were entirely buried in the earth, taleae totae in terram infodiebantur, Caes. 5. abdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: he b.'d the sword in his side, lateri abdidit ensem, Virg.: Lucr. Phr.: to b. in perpetual oblivion the remembrance of discord, memoriam discordiae oblivione sempiterna delere, Cic.: v. TO BLOT OUT. III. To withdraw from public life: abdo, 3: he has b.'d himself in the heart of Macedonia, abdidit se in intimam Macedoniam, Cic.: I b. myself in my library, abdo me in bibliothecam, Cic.: to b. oneself in an island, se in insulam ab., Tac.