"here lies" meaning in English

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Phrase

Etymology: Calque of Latin hīc jacet (whence also English hic jacet, a direct borrowing). Etymology templates: {{clq|en|la|hīc jacet}} Calque of Latin hīc jacet, {{cog|en|hic jacet}} English hic jacet Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} here lies
  1. A phrase written on gravestones followed by the buried person's name. Categories (topical): Burial Translations (epitaph): aquí jeu (Catalan), hier rust (Dutch), ĉi tie ripozas (Esperanto), tässä lepää (Finnish), ici repose (French), ci-gît (French), ενθάδαι κείται (enthádai keítai) (Greek), פ"נ (Hebrew), itt nyugszik (Hungarian), hike jacas (Ido), qui giace (Italian), qui riposa (Italian), ここに眠る (koko ni nemuru) (alt: ここにねむる) (Japanese), hīc jacet (Latin), tu spoczywa (Polish), tu leży (Polish), aqui jaz (Portuguese), aici zace (Romanian), овде почива [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), овдје почива [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), а се лежи [Cyrillic, archaic] (Serbo-Croatian), ovde počiva [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ovdje počiva [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), a se leži [Roman, archaic] (Serbo-Croatian), aquí yace (Spanish), här vilar (Swedish)

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