sacrarius

Latin

Etymology

From sacer (“sacred, holy”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /saˈkraː.ri.us/, [saˈkraː.ri.ʊs]

Noun

sacrārius m (genitive sacrāriī or sacrārī); second declension

  1. A sacrist, sacristan, priest
  2. A secret place (for private documents and/or valuable property)

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sacrārius sacrāriī
Genitive sacrāriī
sacrārī1		 sacrāriōrum
Dative sacrāriō sacrāriīs
Accusative sacrārium sacrāriōs
Ablative sacrāriō sacrāriīs
Vocative sacrārie sacrāriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

References
  • sacrarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sacrarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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