sacrarius

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [saˈkraː.ri.ʊs]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [saˈkraː.ri.us]^[1]

Forms

sacrārius m (genitive sacrāriī or sacrārī); second declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin sacer (“sacred, holy”) + -ārius.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is known from inscriptions, as of a sacristan of Juno.^[4][5][3]

Semantic evolution

It was the keeper of a shrine, a sacristan.^[2][4]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it was a sacristan.^[6]

Meanings

Noun

1. The keeper of a shrine, sacristan.^[2][4][6]

Related words

• sacer
• sacrārium

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson