sacrilegus - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

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Contents Latin Alternative forms Etymology Pronunciation Adjective Noun References

Contents

  • 1 Latin
    • 1.1 Alternative forms
    • 1.2 Etymology
    • 1.3 Pronunciation
    • 1.4 Adjective
      • 1.4.1 Declension
      • 1.4.2 Derived terms
    • 1.5 Noun
      • 1.5.1 Declension
      • 1.5.2 Related terms
      • 1.5.3 Descendants
    • 1.6 References

Latin

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Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sacrilegus (feminine sacrilega, neuter sacrilegum, adverb sacrilegē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. That steals sacred things or robs a temple; sacrilegious.
  2. That violates or profanes sacred things; impious, godless, profane, sacrilegious.

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

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NumberSingularPlural
Case / GenderMasculineFeminineNeuterMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativesacrilegussacrilegasacrilegumsacrilegīsacrilegaesacrilega
Genitivesacrilegīsacrilegaesacrilegīsacrilegōrumsacrilegārumsacrilegōrum
Dativesacrilegōsacrilegōsacrilegīs
Accusativesacrilegumsacrilegamsacrilegumsacrilegōssacrilegāssacrilega
Ablativesacrilegōsacrilegāsacrilegōsacrilegīs
Vocativesacrilegesacrilegasacrilegumsacrilegīsacrilegaesacrilega

Derived terms

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Noun

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sacrilegusm (genitive sacrilegī); second declension

  1. Someone who robs or steals from a temple or commits sacrilege.
  2. A wicked, impious, or profane person.

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativesacrilegussacrilegī
Genitivesacrilegīsacrilegōrum
Dativesacrilegōsacrilegīs
Accusativesacrilegumsacrilegōs
Ablativesacrilegōsacrilegīs
Vocativesacrilegesacrilegī

Related terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • “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.
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