sanctifico

Latin

Etymology

From sānctus (“holy”) +‎ -ficō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saːnkˈti.fi.koː/, [s̠äːŋkˈt̪ɪfɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sankˈti.fi.ko/, [säŋkˈt̪iːfiko]

Verb

sānctificō (present infinitive sānctificāre, perfect active sānctificāvī, supine sānctificātum); first conjugation

1. to consecrate; make holy; set aside for sacred or ceremonial use
   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Genesis 2:3:

     et benedixit diei septimo et sanctificavit illum quia in ipso cessaverat ab omni opere suo quod creavit Deus ut faceret

     And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

2. to purify; to free from sin
   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 6:11:

     et haec quidam fuistis sed abluti estis sed sanctificati estis sed iustificati estis in nomine Domini nostri Iesu Christi et in Spiritu Dei nostri

     And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

3. to make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice
   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 4:4-5:

     quia omnis creatura Dei bona et nihil reiciendum quod cum gratiarum actione percipitur: sanctificatur enim per verbum Dei et orationem

     For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer

Conjugation

Conjugation of sānctificō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sānctificō	sānctificās	sānctificat	sānctificāmus	sānctificātis	sānctificant
	imperfect	sānctificābam	sānctificābās	sānctificābat	sānctificābāmus	sānctificābātis	sānctificābant
	future	sānctificābō	sānctificābis	sānctificābit	sānctificābimus	sānctificābitis	sānctificābunt
	perfect	sānctificāvī	sānctificāvistī	sānctificāvit	sānctificāvimus	sānctificāvistis	sānctificāvērunt, sānctificāvēre
	pluperfect	sānctificāveram	sānctificāverās	sānctificāverat	sānctificāverāmus	sānctificāverātis	sānctificāverant
	future perfect	sānctificāverō	sānctificāveris	sānctificāverit	sānctificāverimus	sānctificāveritis	sānctificāverint
passive	present	sānctificor	sānctificāris, sānctificāre	sānctificātur	sānctificāmur	sānctificāminī	sānctificantur
	imperfect	sānctificābar	sānctificābāris, sānctificābāre	sānctificābātur	sānctificābāmur	sānctificābāminī	sānctificābantur
	future	sānctificābor	sānctificāberis, sānctificābere	sānctificābitur	sānctificābimur	sānctificābiminī	sānctificābuntur
	perfect	sānctificātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sānctificātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sānctificātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sānctificem	sānctificēs	sānctificet	sānctificēmus	sānctificētis	sānctificent
	imperfect	sānctificārem	sānctificārēs	sānctificāret	sānctificārēmus	sānctificārētis	sānctificārent
	perfect	sānctificāverim	sānctificāverīs	sānctificāverit	sānctificāverīmus	sānctificāverītis	sānctificāverint
	pluperfect	sānctificāvissem	sānctificāvissēs	sānctificāvisset	sānctificāvissēmus	sānctificāvissētis	sānctificāvissent
passive	present	sānctificer	sānctificēris, sānctificēre	sānctificētur	sānctificēmur	sānctificēminī	sānctificentur
	imperfect	sānctificārer	sānctificārēris, sānctificārēre	sānctificārētur	sānctificārēmur	sānctificārēminī	sānctificārentur
	perfect	sānctificātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sānctificātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sānctificā	—	—	sānctificāte	—
	future	—	sānctificātō	sānctificātō	—	sānctificātōte	sānctificantō
passive	present	—	sānctificāre	—	—	sānctificāminī	—
	future	—	sānctificātor	sānctificātor	—	—	sānctificantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sānctificāre	sānctificāvisse	sānctificātūrum esse	sānctificārī	sānctificātum esse	sānctificātum īrī
participles		sānctificāns	—	sānctificātūrus	—	sānctificātus	sānctificandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sānctificandī	sānctificandō	sānctificandum	sānctificandō	sānctificātum	sānctificātū

Derived terms

• sānctificātiō
• sānctificus

Related terms

• sānctiō
• sānctitās
• sānctūdō
• sānctus

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Old French: saintefier
    • → Middle English: seintefien
  • Piedmontese: santifié
  • Portuguese: santigar, santiguar
  • Spanish: santiguar
• Borrowed:
  • → Catalan: santificar
  • → English: sanctificate
  • → French: sanctifier
    • → English: sanctify
  • → Italian: santificare
  • → Portuguese: sanctificar
  • → Romanian: sanctifica
  • → Spanish: santificar

References

• “sanctifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sanctifico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.