sacellum Latin · revision 32771

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=ine-pro *sh₂k-ro-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [saˈkɛl.lũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [saˈt͡ʃɛl.lum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sacellum''' ''n'' (genitive sacellī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive, [[af|la|sacrum|-lum|t1=sacred place]], from the neuter of [[m|la|sacer|t=sacred]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|sacer]] to [[itc-pro|*sakro-|t=sacred]] and [[ine-pro|*sh₂k-ro-|t=sacred]], comparing [[xum|sacru]] and [[osc|σακορο|tr=sakoro]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Terence.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a shrine, a small place consecrated to a god.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Trebatius, quoted by Gellius, defined it as a small place sacred to a god with an altar, and Festus as places consecrated to the gods without a roof.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein contrasts it with [[templum]], [[fanum]] and [[delubrum]]: a consecrated place without a building, with only an altar.^(Döderlein 1874) Later it came to mean a chapel.^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius quotes Trebatius' definition.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small [[m|en|shrine]] or sanctuary, usually open to the sky, with an [[m|en|altar]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|chapel]].^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sacer]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}