sacro
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sacer, sacrum. Cf. also the inherited sagro.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin sacrum, accusative case form of sacer, from Proto-Italic *sakros, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós, derived from the root *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.kro/, [ˈs̪äːkr̺o̞]
- Stress: sàcro
- Hyphenation: sa‧cro
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Latin
Etymology
From sacer (“sacred, holy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.kroː/
Verb
sacrō (present infinitive sacrāre, perfect active sacrāvī, supine sacrātum); first conjugation
- I declare or set apart as sacred; consecrate, dedicate, hallow or devote; sanctify, enshrine
- I doom or devote to destruction, declare accursed, condemn
- (of a deity) I hold, worship or honor as sacred
- (by extension) I render imperishable, deify, immortalize
Inflection
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
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Descendants
Adjective
sacrō
References
- sacro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sacro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sacro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- sacro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sacrum (“holy”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsa.kɾu/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsa.kɾo/
- Hyphenation: sa‧cro
Adjective
sacro m (feminine singular sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras, comparable)
Derived terms
- sacro imperador
- Sacro Império Romano
Related terms
- sacramentado
- sacramental
- sacramentar
- sacramentário
- sacramento
- sacrário
- sacrificado
- sacrificador
- sacrifical
- sacrificante
- sacrificar
- sacrificável
- sacrifício
- sacrilégio
- sacrílego
- sacripanta
- sacristã
- sacristania
- sacristão
- sacristia
- sacrossanto
- sagração
- sagrado
- sagrar
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sacer, sacrum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsakɾo/
Adjective
sacro (feminine singular sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras) (superlative sacratísimo)
Derived terms
Related terms
- sagrado (“sacred”)
- sacramento (“sacrament”)
- sacrosanto (“sacrosanct”)
- consagrar (“to consecrate”)
Further reading
- “sacro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.