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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Ennius|origins=ine-pro *sh₂k-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [saˈkrɪ.fɪ.koː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [saˈkriː.fi.ko]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''sacrificō''' (present infinitive sacrificāre, perfect active sacrificāvī, supine sacrificātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ Also deponent ''sacrificor'', and the early by-form ''sacrufico''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[sacer]] “sacred” and [[m|la|-ficō]] from [[faciō]] “to make”, and Gaffiot derives it from [[sacrificus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan traces ⟨sacer⟩ to [[itc-pro|*sakro-|t=sacred]], with Oscan ⟨σακορο⟩ and Umbrian ⟨sacru⟩ as cognates.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are Ennius, of offering up, and Plautus, of sacrificing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC and Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant intransitively to perform a sacrifice, as in Plautus, Cicero and Livy's ''maiōribus hostiīs sacrificāre'' “to sacrifice with full-grown victims”, and transitively to offer up as a sacrifice, as in Ennius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to sacrifice, offer up, make an offering.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it transitively.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To perform a [[m|en|sacrifice]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # To offer up (as a sacrifice).^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[sacrificātiō]]
+ * [[sacrificātor]]
+ * [[sacrificātus]]
+ * [[sacrificulus]]
+ * [[sacrificus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[sacer]]
+ * [[sacerdōs]]
+ * [[sacerdōtālis]]
+ * [[sacerdōtium]]
+ * [[sacerdōtula]]
+ * [[sacrāmentālis]]
+ * [[sacrāmentum]]
+ * [[sacrārium]]
+ * [[sacrārius]]
+ * [[sacrātē]]
+ * [[sacrificium]]
+ * [[faciō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}