sacrificiolus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from sacrificus (“sacrificial”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sa.kri.fiˈki.o.lus/, [s̠äkrɪfɪˈkiɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.kri.fiˈt͡ʃi.o.lus/, [säkrifiˈt͡ʃiːolus]

Noun

sacrificiolus m (genitive sacrificiolī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sacrificiolus	sacrificiolī
Genitive	sacrificiolī	sacrificiolōrum
Dative	sacrificiolō	sacrificiolīs
Accusative	sacrificiolum	sacrificiolōs
Ablative	sacrificiolō	sacrificiolīs
Vocative	sacrificiole	sacrificiolī

Synonyms

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

Related terms

Related terms

• sacer
• sacerdōs
• sacerdōtālis
• sacerdōtium
• sacerdōtula
• sacrāmentālis
• sacrāmentum

• sacrārium
• sacrārius
• sacrātē
• sacrātiō
• sacrātor
• sacricola
• sacrifer

• sacrificālis
• sacrificātiō
• sacrificātor
• sacrificātus
• sacrificium
• sacrificō
• sacrificulus

• sacrificus
• sacrilegē
• sacrilegium
• sacrilegus
• sacrō
• sacrōsanctus
• sacrum

References

• “sacrificiolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sacrificiolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.