hic jacet
/hɪk ˈdʒeɪsɛt
/ /ˈjakɛt /noun literary
An epitaph.The true story of his death cannot now be known, of course. But…it is hard not to read his hic jacet as one of history's shorter suicide notes.
Origin
Latin, 'here lies', the first two words of a Latin epitaph.
Rhymes
- Indian physic
- Indian pink
- Indian pipe
- Indian plantain
- Indian plum
- Semite
- Semitic
- semitone
- semi-trailer
- semi-transparent
- semi-tropical
- semi-tropics
- semivowel
- semiweekly
- Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp
- semmit
- semolina
- semper fidelis
- sempervivum
- sempiternal
- sempiternally
- sempiternity
- semplice
- sempre
- sempstress