sacerdotula

Latin

Etymology

From sacerdōs (“priest, priestess”) +‎ -ula f (diminutive suffix), from sacer (“sacred, holy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sa.kerˈdoː.tu.la/, [s̠äkɛrˈd̪oːt̪ʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.t͡ʃerˈdo.tu.la/, [sät͡ʃerˈd̪ɔːt̪ulä]

Noun

sacerdōtula f (genitive sacerdōtulae); first declension

1. A young, inferior or minor priestess.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sacerdōtula	sacerdōtulae
Genitive	sacerdōtulae	sacerdōtulārum
Dative	sacerdōtulae	sacerdōtulīs
Accusative	sacerdōtulam	sacerdōtulās
Ablative	sacerdōtulā	sacerdōtulīs
Vocative	sacerdōtula	sacerdōtulae

Related terms

Related terms

• sacer
• sacerdōs
• sacerdōtālis
• sacerdōtium
• sacrāmentālis
• sacrāmentum
• sacrārium
• sacrārius
• sacrātē
• sacrātiō
• sacrātor
• sacricola
• sacrifer
• sacrificālis
• sacrificātiō
• sacrificātor
• sacrificātus
• sacrificiolus
• sacrificium
• sacrificō
• sacrificulus
• sacrificus
• sacrilegē
• sacrilegium
• sacrilegus
• sacrō
• sacrōsanctus
• sacrum

References

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