sacerdotium
Latin
Etymology
Derived from sacerdōs (“priest”) + -ium (“noun-forming suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sa.kerˈdoː.ti.um/, [s̠äkɛrˈd̪oːt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.t͡ʃerˈdot.t͡si.um/, [sät͡ʃerˈd̪ɔt̪ː͡s̪ium]
Noun
sacerdōtium n (genitive sacerdōtiī or sacerdōtī); second declension
- An office of priests, priesthood.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sacerdōtium | sacerdōtia |
| Genitive | sacerdōtiī sacerdōtī1 |
sacerdōtiōrum |
| Dative | sacerdōtiō | sacerdōtiīs |
| Accusative | sacerdōtium | sacerdōtia |
| Ablative | sacerdōtiō | sacerdōtiīs |
| Vocative | sacerdōtium | sacerdōtia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: sacerdoci
- French: sacerdoce
- Italian: sacerdozio
- Portuguese: sacerdócio
- Romanian: sacerdoțiu
- Spanish: sacerdocio
References
- “sacerdotium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sacerdotium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sacerdotium 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)
- sacerdotium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.