Significatio vocis sacer | Babel Free

Definitiones

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

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Exempla

“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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