sacrilegium

Latin

Etymology

Derived from sacrilegus (“sacrilegious”) +‎ -ium (nominalizing suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sa.kriˈle.ɡi.um/, [sa.krɪˈɫɛ.ɡi.ũ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.kriˈle.d͡ʒi.um/, [sa.kriˈleː.d͡ʒi.um]

Noun

sacrilegium n (genitive sacrilegiī); second declension

  1. The robbing of a temple, stealing of sacred objects, sacrilege.
  2. Violation of sacred things, profanation, sacrilege.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sacrilegium sacrilegia
Genitive sacrilegiī sacrilegiōrum
Dative sacrilegiō sacrilegiīs
Accusative sacrilegium sacrilegia
Ablative sacrilegiō sacrilegiīs
Vocative sacrilegium sacrilegia
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Descendants

References
  • sacrilegium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sacrilegium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sacrilegium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • sacrilegium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • sacrilegium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sacrilegium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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