sacrilegus

sacrilegus

Latin

Alternative forms

• sacrilogos

Etymology

From sacer (“holy, sacred”) +‎ -legus (suffix indicating a gathering role).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈkri.le.ɡus/, [saˈkrɪ.ɫɛ.ɡʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈkri.le.ɡus/, [saˈkriː.le.ɡus]

Adjective

sacrilegus (feminine sacrilega, neuter sacrilegum); first/second declension

1. That steals sacred things or robs a temple; sacrilegious.
2. That violates or profanes sacred things; impious, godless, profane, sacrilegious.
3. (substantive) Someone who robs or steals from a temple or commits sacrilege.
4. (substantive) A wicked, impious, or profane person.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sacrilegus	sacrilega	sacrilegum		sacrilegī	sacrilegae	sacrilega
Genitive	sacrilegī	sacrilegae	sacrilegī		sacrilegōrum	sacrilegārum	sacrilegōrum
Dative	sacrilegō		sacrilegō		sacrilegīs
Accusative	sacrilegum	sacrilegam	sacrilegum		sacrilegōs	sacrilegās	sacrilega
Ablative	sacrilegō	sacrilegā	sacrilegō		sacrilegīs
Vocative	sacrilege	sacrilega	sacrilegum		sacrilegī	sacrilegae	sacrilega

Derived terms

• sacrilegē
• sacrilegium

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
• sacrificulus
• sacrificus
• sacrō
• sacrōsanctus
• sacrum

Descendants

• French: sacrilège
• Italian: sacrilego
• Portuguese: sacrílego
• Romanian: sacrileg
• Spanish: sacrílego

References

• sacrilegus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sacrilegus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sacrilegus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette