Meaning of sacer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. sacred, holy, dedicated (to a divinity), consecrated, hallowed (translating Greek ἱερός)
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2
2. sacred, holy, suitable to be sacrificed (found especially as an adjective applying to the noun porcus)
   declension-3, three-termination, uncommon
3. devoted (to a divinity for sacrifice), fated (to destruction), forfeited, accursed
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2
4. divine, celestial
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2
5. execrable, detestable, horrible, infamous; criminal, impious, wicked, abominable, cursed
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2, poetic

Equivalents

Examples

“at ego te sacram coronam surrupuisse Iovi scio”

And I know that you stole the sacred crown of Jupiter.

“quid non mortalia pectora cogis / auri sacra fames”

Accursed hunger for gold, what do you not compel the hearts of men to do!

“extulit os sacrum caelo tenebrasque resoluit”

lifts to the skies his countenance divine, and melts the shadows of the night away.

“Tres sunt autem linguae sacrae: Hebraea, Graeca, Latina, quae toto orbe maxime excellunt.”

Three are the sacred languages: Hebrew, Greek and Latin, all of which distinguish themselves in the whole world.

“ego sum malus ego sum sacer scelestus”

I am a bad one, I am a cursed one—a wicked one.

“responde mihi / adulescens: quibus hic pretiis porci veneunt / sacres sinceri?”

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“sunt domi agni et porci sacres.”

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