sanctus
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See also: Sanctus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perfect passive participle of sanciō (“consecrate, appoint as sacred”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
sānctus m (feminine sāncta, neuter sānctum); first/second declension
- sacred, made inviolable, having been established as sacred.
- venerable, august, divine, blessed, holy, saintly
- 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:25
- et missus est angelus Domini sanctus Rafahel ut curaret ambos quorum uno tempore fuerat oratio in conspectu Domini recitata (And the holy angel of the Lord, Raphael was sent to heal them both, whose prayers at one time were rehearsed in the sight of the Lord.)
- 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:25
Inflection[edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | sānctus | sāncta | sānctum | sānctī | sānctae | sāncta | |
| genitive | sānctī | sānctae | sānctī | sānctōrum | sānctārum | sānctōrum | |
| dative | sānctō | sānctō | sānctīs | ||||
| accusative | sānctum | sānctam | sānctum | sānctōs | sānctās | sāncta | |
| ablative | sānctō | sānctā | sānctō | sānctīs | |||
| vocative | sāncte | sāncta | sānctum | sānctī | sānctae | sāncta | |
Noun[edit]
sānctus m (genitive sānctī); second declension
- (Late Latin) A saint; person who lives a holy and virtuous life.
- "Dorothy Day erat sancta viva." (Dorothy Day was a living saint.)
- (Late Latin) A person who is officially proclaimed as having lived a life of heroic virtue.
- "Kateri Tekawitha sancta proclamata est." (Kateri Tekawitha was proclaimed a saint.)
- (Late Latin) A title given to (2), usually capitalized, prefixed to the person's name.
- "Sanctus Stephanus Protomartyr"
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sānctus | sānctī |
| genitive | sānctī | sānctōrum |
| dative | sānctō | sānctīs |
| accusative | sānctum | sānctōs |
| ablative | sānctō | sānctīs |
| vocative | sāncte | sānctī |
Descendants[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- sanctus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sanctus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SANCTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sanctus in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be an earnest worshipper of the gods: deos sancte, pie venerari
- the laws of Solon ordained that..: Solonis legibus sanctum erat, ut or ne
- to be an earnest worshipper of the gods: deos sancte, pie venerari
- “sanctus” in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- sanctus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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