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sacro

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See also: sacro-

Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin sacer, sacrum. Cf. also the inherited sagro.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsakɾo/ [ˈs̺ɑ.kɾʊ]
  • Rhymes: -akɾo
  • Hyphenation: sa‧cro

Adjective

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sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras)

  1. sacred
    Synonym: sagrado

Noun

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sacro m (plural sacros)

  1. (anatomy) sacrum

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.kro/
  • Rhymes: -akro
  • Hyphenation: sà‧cro

Etymology 1

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From Latin sacrum, from Proto-Italic *sakros, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós, derived from the root *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacri, feminine plural sacre)

  1. sacred
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Participle

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sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacri, feminine plural sacre)

  1. (literary, rare) synonym of sacrato, past participle of sacrare

Further reading

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  • sacro1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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From Late Latin ōs sacrum, calque of Ancient Greek ἱερὸν ὀστέον (hieròn ostéon, “big bone”), with influence from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”).

Adjective

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sacro (invariable)

  1. only used in osso sacro

Noun

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sacro m (plural sacri)

  1. (anatomy) sacrum
    Synonym: osso sacro

Further reading

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  • sacro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

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Probably from Arabic صَقْر (ṣaqr), with influence from sacro (“sacred”).

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Noun

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sacro m (plural sacri)

  1. saker falcon (Falco cherrug)
    Hypernym: falco

Further reading

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  • sacro3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *sakrāō. By surface analysis, sacer (“sacred, holy, sacrificial, doomed”) +‎ -ō.

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    Verb

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    sacrō (present infinitive sacrāre, perfect active sacrāvī, supine sacrātum); first conjugation

    1. to declare or set apart as sacred; consecrate, dedicate, hallow or devote; sanctify, enshrine
      Synonyms: dēdicō, dicō, addīcō, cōnsecrō, sanciō, voveō
      Antonym: exaugurō
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.200–201:
        [...] vigilemque sacrāverat ignem, / excubiās dīvom aeternās [...].
        [Iarbas] had consecrated ever-burning fire and eternal sentries of the gods [...].
        (See: Iarbas.)
    2. to doom or devote to destruction, declare accursed, condemn
    3. (of a deity) to hold, worship or honor as sacred
    4. (by extension) to render imperishable, deify, immortalize

    Conjugation

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       Conjugation of sacrō (first conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present sacrō sacrās sacrat sacrāmus sacrātis sacrant
    imperfect sacrābam sacrābās sacrābat sacrābāmus sacrābātis sacrābant
    future sacrābō sacrābis sacrābit sacrābimus sacrābitis sacrābunt
    perfect sacrāvī sacrāvistī,
    sacrāstī1     		sacrāvit,
    sacrāt1     		sacrāvimus,
    sacrāmus1     		sacrāvistis,
    sacrāstis1     		sacrāvērunt,
    sacrārunt,
    sacrāvēre1
    pluperfect sacrāveram,
    sacrāram1     		sacrāverās,
    sacrārās1     		sacrāverat,
    sacrārat1     		sacrāverāmus,
    sacrārāmus1     		sacrāverātis,
    sacrārātis1     		sacrāverant,
    sacrārant1
    future perfect sacrāverō,
    sacrārō1     		sacrāveris,
    sacrāris1     		sacrāverit,
    sacrārit1     		sacrāverimus,
    sacrārimus1     		sacrāveritis,
    sacrāritis1     		sacrāverint,
    sacrārint1
    passive present sacror sacrāris,
    sacrāre     		sacrātur sacrāmur sacrāminī sacrantur
    imperfect sacrābar sacrābāris,
    sacrābāre     		sacrābātur sacrābāmur sacrābāminī sacrābantur
    future sacrābor sacrāberis,
    sacrābere     		sacrābitur sacrābimur sacrābiminī sacrābuntur
    perfect sacrātus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect sacrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect sacrātus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present sacrem sacrēs sacret sacrēmus sacrētis sacrent
    imperfect sacrārem sacrārēs sacrāret sacrārēmus sacrārētis sacrārent
    perfect sacrāverim,
    sacrārim1     		sacrāverīs,
    sacrārīs1     		sacrāverit,
    sacrārit1     		sacrāverīmus,
    sacrārīmus1     		sacrāverītis,
    sacrārītis1     		sacrāverint,
    sacrārint1
    pluperfect sacrāvissem,
    sacrāssem1     		sacrāvissēs,
    sacrāssēs1     		sacrāvisset,
    sacrāsset1     		sacrāvissēmus,
    sacrāssēmus1     		sacrāvissētis,
    sacrāssētis1     		sacrāvissent,
    sacrāssent1
    passive present sacrer sacrēris,
    sacrēre     		sacrētur sacrēmur sacrēminī sacrentur
    imperfect sacrārer sacrārēris,
    sacrārēre     		sacrārētur sacrārēmur sacrārēminī sacrārentur
    perfect sacrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect sacrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — sacrā — — sacrāte —
    future — sacrātō sacrātō — sacrātōte sacrantō
    passive present — sacrāre — — sacrāminī —
    future — sacrātor sacrātor — — sacrantor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present sacrāre sacrārī sacrāns —
    future sacrātūrum esse sacrātum īrī sacrātūrus sacrandus
    perfect sacrāvisse,
    sacrāsse1     		sacrātum esse — sacrātus
    future perfect — sacrātum fore — —
    perfect potential sacrātūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    sacrandī sacrandō sacrandum sacrandō sacrātum sacrātū

    1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Inherited forms: (but possibly semi-learned)
      • Catalan: sagrar
      • Italian: sacrare
      • Old Occitan: sagrar
      • Portuguese: sagrar
      • Spanish: sagrar
    • Borrowings:

    Adjective

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    sacrō

    1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sacer

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    Further reading

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    • “sacro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “sacro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “sacro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • sacro in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin sacrum (“holy”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).

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    • Rhymes: -akɾu
    • Hyphenation: sa‧cro

    Adjective

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    sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras)

    1. sacred
      Synonyms: sagrado, santo, venerável

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    Noun

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    sacro m (plural sacros)

    1. sacrum (bone)

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    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin sacrum.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈsakɾo/ [ˈsa.kɾo]
    • Rhymes: -akɾo
    • Syllabification: sa‧cro

    Adjective

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    sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras, superlative sacratísimo)

    1. sacred
      Synonyms: sagrado, santo
    2. (anatomy) sacral (of the sacrum)

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    Noun

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    sacro m (plural sacros)

    1. (anatomy) sacrum
      Synonym: hueso sacro

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