sacrificus
Latin
Etymology
From sacrificō (“make or offer a sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faciō (“do, make”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /saˈkri.fi.kus/, [s̠äˈkrɪfɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /saˈkri.fi.kus/, [säˈkriːfikus]
Adjective
sacrificus (feminine sacrifica, neuter sacrificum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to sacrificing, sacrificial.
- (of those sacrificing or praying) Mindful of sacrifices or of religion; prayerful, religious.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sacrificus | sacrifica | sacrificum | sacrificī | sacrificae | sacrifica | |
| Genitive | sacrificī | sacrificae | sacrificī | sacrificōrum | sacrificārum | sacrificōrum | |
| Dative | sacrificō | sacrificō | sacrificīs | ||||
| Accusative | sacrificum | sacrificam | sacrificum | sacrificōs | sacrificās | sacrifica | |
| Ablative | sacrificō | sacrificā | sacrificō | sacrificīs | |||
| Vocative | sacrifice | sacrifica | sacrificum | sacrificī | sacrificae | sacrifica | |
Synonyms
- (sacrificial): sacrificālis
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Italian: sacrifico
References
- “sacrificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sacrificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sacrificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- sacrificus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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