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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *sh₂k-ro-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkõː.sɛ.kroː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkɔn.se.kro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsecrō''' (present infinitive cōnsecrāre, perfect active cōnsecrāvī, supine cōnsecrātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''cōnsacrō'', as in the Monumentum Ancyranum and in inscriptions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|con-|t=together, thoroughly]] and [[m|la|sacrō|t=to make sacred]], from [[m|la|sacer|t=sacred]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨sacer⟩, Old Latin ⟨sakros⟩ on the Forum cippus, from [[itc-pro|*sakro-|t=sacred]] and [[ine-pro|*sh₂k-ro-|t=sacred]], cognate with [[xum|sacru|t=holy]] and [[osc|σακορο|tr=sakoro|t=holy]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest examples in the OLD are an elogium, of a man who dedicated the ''spolia opīma'' to Jupiter Feretrius, and Cicero;^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler gives Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to set something aside as sacred to a god, to dedicate, and to make a day a festival, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is to make holy, as Cicero's solemn prayer at elections “hallowed by the consuls' auspices”, and in Mela to hallow by burial, of the Phoenix burying the bones of its former body.^(OLD 2012) It is to deify or regard as divine, as Cicero's Egyptians who “count beasts among the gods”, and to attribute something to a god.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It is also to devote to the gods below or lay under a curse, as in a formula of devotion preserved by Macrobius, to devote to a person or cause, as Cicero's country to which “we ought to dedicate all we have”, and to make firm or immortalize a memory.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “consecrate, hallow, sanctify”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|consecrate]] comes from its past participle, from the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of hallowing, deifying and dedicating.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of a festival day.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43/44 AD – Mela of the Phoenix.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|consecrate]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|dedicate]] (to a god), [[m|en|consecrate]]; to make (a day) a festival.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To make holy, [[m|en|hallow]]; to hallow by burial.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|deify]]; to regard as divine; to ascribe to a god.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To devote (to the gods below), lay under a curse.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To devote, dedicate (to a person or cause).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To establish firmly; to immortalize.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sacer]]

+ * [[sacrō]]

+ * [[dēdicō]]

+ * [[sanciō]]

+ * [[en|consecrate]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''sacrāre'' and ''cōnsecrāre'', to hallow a thing so that its profane use is withdrawn from men, from ''dicāre'' and ''dēdicāre'', to make a thing over to a god as his property.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}