sacrificulus

Latin

Etymology

From sacrificō (“make or offer a sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faciō (“do, make”).

Noun

sacrificulus (genitive sacrificulī); m, second declension

1. Someone who conducts a sacrifice; sacrificer, sacrificator, sacrificant.
2. (with rex) The priest who makes offerings made by the king; a high priest.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	sacrificulus	sacrificulī
genitive	sacrificulī	sacrificulōrum
dative	sacrificulō	sacrificulīs
accusative	sacrificulum	sacrificulōs
ablative	sacrificulō	sacrificulīs
vocative	sacrificule	sacrificulī

Synonyms

• (high priest): sacrificiolus
• (sacrificer): sacricola, sacrificātor, sacrificiolus

Related terms

Related terms

sacer sacerdōs sacerdōtālis sacerdōtium sacerdōtula sacrāmentālis sacrāmentum

sacrārium sacrārius sacrātē sacrātiō sacrātor sacricola sacrifer

sacrificālis sacrificātiō sacrificātor sacrificātus sacrificiolus sacrificium sacrificō

sacrificus sacrilegē sacrilegium sacrilegus sacrō sacrōsanctus sacrum

Descendants

• Portuguese: sacrifículo

References

• sacrificulus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879