Sacrum Romanum Imperium

Latin

Alternative forms

• SRI, S.R.I., S. R. I. (initialisms)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsa.krũː roːˈmaː.nũː ɪmˈpɛ.ri.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.krum roˈmaː.num imˈpɛː.ri.um]

Proper noun

Sacrum Rōmānum Imperium n sg (genitive Sacrī Rōmānī Imperiī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Holy Roman Empire (a former polity and medieval empire forming a loose conglomeration of largely independent mostly Germanic entities in Central Europe from at least 962 C.E. until 1806)

Usage notes

Also found simply as Rōmānum Imperium, as in the Praefatio to Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum.

Declension

Second-declension adjective with a second-declension adjective with a second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sacrum Rōmānum Imperium
genitive	Sacrī Rōmānī Imperiī
dative	Sacrō Rōmānō Imperiō
accusative	Sacrum Rōmānum Imperium
ablative	Sacrō Rōmānō Imperiō
vocative	Sacrum Rōmānum Imperium