See also: sacro-

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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

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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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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).

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sacro (invariable)

  1. Only used in osso sacro

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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) +‎ .

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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

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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:

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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).

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  • Rhymes: -akɾu
  • Hyphenation: sa‧cro

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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.

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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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