Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *sakrodōts. Equivalent to sacer (sacred, holy) plus an affix derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁- (to do).

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Noun edit

sacerdōs m or f (genitive sacerdōtis); third declension

  1. priest, priestess, cleric

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sacerdōs sacerdōtēs
Genitive sacerdōtis sacerdōtum
Dative sacerdōtī sacerdōtibus
Accusative sacerdōtem sacerdōtēs
Ablative sacerdōte sacerdōtibus
Vocative sacerdōs sacerdōtēs

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References edit

  • sacerdos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sacerdos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sacerdos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sacerdos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • sacerdos”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sacerdos in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • sacerdos”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin