here lies

phrase

Etymology

Calque of Latin hīc jacet (whence also English hic jacet, a direct borrowing).

  1. calqued from hīc jacet

Definitions

  1. A phrase written on gravestones followed by the buried person's name.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for here lies. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA