sacrificulus
Latin
Etymology
From sacrificō (“make or offer a sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faciō (“do, make”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sa.kriˈfi.ku.lus/, [s̠äkrɪˈfɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.kriˈfi.ku.lus/, [säkriˈfiːkulus]
Noun
sacrificulus m (genitive sacrificulī); second declension
- Someone who conducts a sacrifice; sacrificer, sacrificator, sacrificant.
- (with rex) The priest who makes offerings made by the king; a high priest.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sacrificulus | sacrificulī |
| Genitive | sacrificulī | sacrificulōrum |
| Dative | sacrificulō | sacrificulīs |
| Accusative | sacrificulum | sacrificulōs |
| Ablative | sacrificulō | sacrificulīs |
| Vocative | sacrificule | sacrificulī |
Synonyms
- (high priest): sacrificiolus
- (sacrificer): sacricola, sacrificātor, sacrificiolus
Related terms
Related terms
- sacer
- sacerdōs
- sacerdōtālis
- sacerdōtium
- sacerdōtula
- sacrāmentālis
- sacrāmentum
- sacrārium
- sacrārius
- sacrātē
- sacrātiō
- sacrātor
- sacricola
- sacrifer
- sacrificālis
- sacrificātiō
- sacrificātor
- sacrificātus
- sacrificiolus
- sacrificium
- sacrificō
- sacrificus
- sacrilegē
- sacrilegium
- sacrilegus
- sacrō
- sacrōsanctus
- sacrum
Descendants
- Portuguese: sacrifículo
References
- “sacrificulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sacrificulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sacrificulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- sacrificulus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016