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sacro

See also: sacro-

Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin sacer, sacrum. Cf. also the inherited sagro.

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sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras)

  1. sacred
    Synonym: sagrado

Noun

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sacro m (plural sacros)

  1. (anatomy) sacrum

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.kro/
  • Rhymes: -akro
  • Hyphenation: sà‧cro

Etymology 1

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From Latin sacrum, from Proto-Italic *sakros, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós, derived from the root *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).

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Adjective

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sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacri, feminine plural sacre)

  1. sacred
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Participle

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sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacri, feminine plural sacre)

  1. (literary, rare) Synonym of sacrato, past participle of sacrare

Further reading

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  • sacro1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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From Late Latin ōs sacrum, calque of Ancient Greek ἱερὸν ὀστέον (hieròn ostéon, “big bone”), with influence from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”).

Adjective

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sacro (invariable)

  1. Only used in osso sacro

Noun

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sacro m (plural sacri)

  1. (anatomy) sacrum
    Synonym: osso sacro

Further reading

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  • sacro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

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Probably from Arabic صَقْر (ṣaqr), with influence from sacro (“sacred”).

 

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Noun

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sacro m (plural sacri)

  1. saker falcon (Falco cherrug)
    Hypernym: falco

Further reading

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  • sacro3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Etymology

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From sacer (“sacred, holy, sacrificial, doomed”) +‎ -ō.

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Verb

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sacrō (present infinitive sacrāre, perfect active sacrāvī, supine sacrātum); first conjugation

  1. to declare or set apart as sacred; consecrate, dedicate, hallow or devote; sanctify, enshrine
    Synonyms: dēdicō, dicō, addīcō, cōnsecrō, sanciō, voveō
    Antonym: exaugurō
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.200–201:
      [...] vigilemque sacrāverat ignem, / excubiās dīvom aeternās [...].
      [Iarbas] had consecrated ever-burning fire and eternal sentries of the gods [...].
      (See: Iarbas.)
  2. to doom or devote to destruction, declare accursed, condemn
  3. (of a deity) to hold, worship or honor as sacred
  4. (by extension) to render imperishable, deify, immortalize

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of sacrō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sacrō sacrās sacrat sacrāmus sacrātis sacrant
imperfect sacrābam sacrābās sacrābat sacrābāmus sacrābātis sacrābant
future sacrābō sacrābis sacrābit sacrābimus sacrābitis sacrābunt
perfect sacrāvī sacrāvistī,
sacrāstī1 		sacrāvit,
sacrāt1 		sacrāvimus,
sacrāmus1 		sacrāvistis,
sacrāstis1 		sacrāvērunt,
sacrāvēre,
sacrārunt1
pluperfect sacrāveram,
sacrāram1 		sacrāverās,
sacrārās1 		sacrāverat,
sacrārat1 		sacrāverāmus,
sacrārāmus1 		sacrāverātis,
sacrārātis1 		sacrāverant,
sacrārant1
future perfect sacrāverō,
sacrārō1 		sacrāveris,
sacrāris1 		sacrāverit,
sacrārit1 		sacrāverimus,
sacrārimus1 		sacrāveritis,
sacrāritis1 		sacrāverint,
sacrārint1
passive present sacror sacrāris,
sacrāre 		sacrātur sacrāmur sacrāminī sacrantur
imperfect sacrābar sacrābāris,
sacrābāre 		sacrābātur sacrābāmur sacrābāminī sacrābantur
future sacrābor sacrāberis,
sacrābere 		sacrābitur sacrābimur sacrābiminī sacrābuntur
perfect sacrātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect sacrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect sacrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sacrem sacrēs sacret sacrēmus sacrētis sacrent
imperfect sacrārem sacrārēs sacrāret sacrārēmus sacrārētis sacrārent
perfect sacrāverim,
sacrārim1 		sacrāverīs,
sacrārīs1 		sacrāverit,
sacrārit1 		sacrāverīmus,
sacrārīmus1 		sacrāverītis,
sacrārītis1 		sacrāverint,
sacrārint1
pluperfect sacrāvissem,
sacrāssem1 		sacrāvissēs,
sacrāssēs1 		sacrāvisset,
sacrāsset1 		sacrāvissēmus,
sacrāssēmus1 		sacrāvissētis,
sacrāssētis1 		sacrāvissent,
sacrāssent1
passive present sacrer sacrēris,
sacrēre 		sacrētur sacrēmur sacrēminī sacrentur
imperfect sacrārer sacrārēris,
sacrārēre 		sacrārētur sacrārēmur sacrārēminī sacrārentur
perfect sacrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect sacrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — sacrā — — sacrāte —
future — sacrātō sacrātō — sacrātōte sacrantō
passive present — sacrāre — — sacrāminī —
future — sacrātor sacrātor — — sacrantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives sacrāre sacrāvisse,
sacrāsse1 		sacrātūrum esse sacrārī sacrātum esse sacrātum īrī
participles sacrāns — sacrātūrus — sacrātus sacrandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
sacrandī sacrandō sacrandum sacrandō sacrātum sacrātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

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  • Inherited forms: (but possibly semi-learned)
    • Catalan: sagrar
    • Italian: sacrare
    • Old Occitan: sagrar
    • Portuguese: sagrar
    • Spanish: sagrar
  • Borrowings:

Adjective

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sacrō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sacer

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Further reading

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  • “sacro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sacro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sacro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • sacro in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sacrum (“holy”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -akɾu
  • Hyphenation: sa‧cro

Adjective

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sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras)

  1. sacred
    Synonyms: sagrado, santo, venerável

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Noun

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sacro m (plural sacros)

  1. sacrum (bone)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sacrum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsakɾo/ [ˈsa.kɾo]
  • Rhymes: -akɾo
  • Syllabification: sa‧cro

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sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras, superlative sacratísimo)

  1. sacred
    Synonyms: sagrado, santo
  2. (anatomy) sacral (of the sacrum)

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Noun

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sacro m (plural sacros)

  1. (anatomy) sacrum

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