sacrium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kri.um/, [ˈs̠äkriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kri.um/, [ˈsäːkrium]

Noun

sacrium n (genitive sacriī or sacrī); second declension

1. Scythian amber

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sacrium	sacria
Genitive	sacriī sacrī1	sacriōrum
Dative	sacriō	sacriīs
Accusative	sacrium	sacria
Ablative	sacriō	sacriīs
Vocative	sacrium	sacria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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