sacrificus

Latin

Etymology

From sacrificō (“make or offer a sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faciō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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

1. Of or pertaining to sacrificing, sacrificial.
2. (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

• sacrificiolus
• sacrificium

Related terms

Related terms

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

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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016