sacrificus Latin · revision 9388

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Ovid|origins=la sacer, la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [saˈkrɪ.fɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [saˈkriː.fi.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sacrificus''' (feminine sacrifica, neuter sacrificum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[sacer]] “sacred” with the suffix [[-ficus]] “making”, from [[faciō]] “to make, do”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD and Lewis & Short cite Ovid, of the sacrificial axe.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant performing priestly functions, of persons, and of things belonging to sacrifices, as in Ovid's ''sacrifica secūris'' “the axe of sacrifice”, and Lewis & Short call it poetic and not before Augustus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it as a noun for a sacrificing priest, a priest who celebrates Mass.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''sacrifico''.^(Wiktionary) The related noun [[sacrificium]] is the source of [[en|sacrifice]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1500 – a British document uses it of priests.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Performing priestly functions, [[m|en|sacrificing]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of sacrifices, [[m|en|sacrificial]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A sacrificing priest.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sacrificiolus]]

+ * [[sacrificium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sacer]]

+ * [[sacerdōs]]

+ * [[sacerdōtālis]]

+ * [[sacerdōtium]]

+ * [[sacerdōtula]]

+ * [[sacrāmentālis]]

+ * [[sacrāmentum]]

+ * [[sacrārium]]

+ * [[sacrārius]]

+ * [[sacrātē]]

+ * [[sacrificō]]

+ * [[en|sacrifice]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}