sacellum

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English

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A view of the sacellum of the Anaunia Martyrs in the Basilica of San Simpliciano, Milan, Italy.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sacellum.

Noun

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sacellum (plural sacella)

  1. A small chapel, as a monument within a church.
  2. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a shrine open to the sky, sometimes used for sacrificial purposes, or in honor of the divine.

Latin

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Etymology

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From sacrum (a sacred place) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix), from the neuter of sacer (sacred, holy).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sacellum n (genitive sacellī); second declension

  1. A sanctuary dedicated to a deity, usually open to the sky
    Synonyms: dēlūbrum, templum, fānum, āra
  2. A chapel
    Synonym: aedicula

Declension

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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
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Descendants

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  • Italian: sacello
  • English: sacellum

References

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  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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