sacellum
English
Noun
sacellum (plural sacella)
- A small chapel, as a monument within a church.
- (historical) In Ancient Rome, a shrine open to the sky, sometimes used for sacrificial purposes, or in honor of the divine.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /saˈkel.lum/, [saˈkɛl.lʊ̃]
Noun
sacellum n (genitive sacellī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sacellum | sacella |
Genitive | sacellī | sacellōrum |
Dative | sacellō | sacellīs |
Accusative | sacellum | sacella |
Ablative | sacellō | sacellīs |
Vocative | sacellum | sacella |
Synonyms
- (chapel): aedicula
Related terms
Descendants
- English: sacellum
References
- sacellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sacellum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sacellum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sacellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- sacellum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sacellum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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