consecro

Latin

Alternative forms

• cōnsacrō (Late Latin)

Etymology

From con- +‎ sacrō (“to make sacred", consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred", "holy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkõː.sɛ.kroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔn.se.kro]

Verb

cōnsecrō (present infinitive cōnsecrāre, perfect active cōnsecrāvī, supine cōnsecrātum); first conjugation

1. To consecrate or dedicate

   Synonyms: dicō, addīcō, sacrō, dēdicō, sanciō, voveō

   Antonym: exaugurō

2. To hallow or sanctify
3. To deify

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnsecrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnsecrō		cōnsecrās		cōnsecrat		cōnsecrāmus		cōnsecrātis		cōnsecrant
	imperfect	cōnsecrābam		cōnsecrābās		cōnsecrābat		cōnsecrābāmus		cōnsecrābātis		cōnsecrābant
	future	cōnsecrābō		cōnsecrābis		cōnsecrābit		cōnsecrābimus		cōnsecrābitis		cōnsecrābunt
	perfect	cōnsecrāvī		cōnsecrāvistī, cōnsecrāstī1		cōnsecrāvit, cōnsecrāt1		cōnsecrāvimus, cōnsecrāmus1		cōnsecrāvistis, cōnsecrāstis1		cōnsecrāvērunt, cōnsecrārunt, cōnsecrāvēre1
	pluperfect	cōnsecrāveram, cōnsecrāram1		cōnsecrāverās, cōnsecrārās1		cōnsecrāverat, cōnsecrārat1		cōnsecrāverāmus, cōnsecrārāmus1		cōnsecrāverātis, cōnsecrārātis1		cōnsecrāverant, cōnsecrārant1
	future perfect	cōnsecrāverō, cōnsecrārō1		cōnsecrāveris, cōnsecrāris1		cōnsecrāverit, cōnsecrārit1		cōnsecrāverimus, cōnsecrārimus1		cōnsecrāveritis, cōnsecrāritis1		cōnsecrāverint, cōnsecrārint1
passive	present	cōnsecror		cōnsecrāris, cōnsecrāre		cōnsecrātur		cōnsecrāmur		cōnsecrāminī		cōnsecrantur
	imperfect	cōnsecrābar		cōnsecrābāris, cōnsecrābāre		cōnsecrābātur		cōnsecrābāmur		cōnsecrābāminī		cōnsecrābantur
	future	cōnsecrābor		cōnsecrāberis, cōnsecrābere		cōnsecrābitur		cōnsecrābimur		cōnsecrābiminī		cōnsecrābuntur
	perfect	cōnsecrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsecrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnsecrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnsecrem		cōnsecrēs		cōnsecret		cōnsecrēmus		cōnsecrētis		cōnsecrent
	imperfect	cōnsecrārem		cōnsecrārēs		cōnsecrāret		cōnsecrārēmus		cōnsecrārētis		cōnsecrārent
	perfect	cōnsecrāverim, cōnsecrārim1		cōnsecrāverīs, cōnsecrārīs1		cōnsecrāverit, cōnsecrārit1		cōnsecrāverīmus, cōnsecrārīmus1		cōnsecrāverītis, cōnsecrārītis1		cōnsecrāverint, cōnsecrārint1
	pluperfect	cōnsecrāvissem, cōnsecrāssem1		cōnsecrāvissēs, cōnsecrāssēs1		cōnsecrāvisset, cōnsecrāsset1		cōnsecrāvissēmus, cōnsecrāssēmus1		cōnsecrāvissētis, cōnsecrāssētis1		cōnsecrāvissent, cōnsecrāssent1
passive	present	cōnsecrer		cōnsecrēris, cōnsecrēre		cōnsecrētur		cōnsecrēmur		cōnsecrēminī		cōnsecrentur
	imperfect	cōnsecrārer		cōnsecrārēris, cōnsecrārēre		cōnsecrārētur		cōnsecrārēmur		cōnsecrārēminī		cōnsecrārentur
	perfect	cōnsecrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsecrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnsecrā		—		—		cōnsecrāte		—
	future	—		cōnsecrātō		cōnsecrātō		—		cōnsecrātōte		cōnsecrantō
passive	present	—		cōnsecrāre		—		—		cōnsecrāminī		—
	future	—		cōnsecrātor		cōnsecrātor		—		—		cōnsecrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnsecrāre			cōnsecrārī			cōnsecrāns			—
future		cōnsecrātūrum esse			cōnsecrātum īrī			cōnsecrātūrus			cōnsecrandus
perfect		cōnsecrāvisse, cōnsecrāsse1			cōnsecrātum esse			—			cōnsecrātus
future perfect		—			cōnsecrātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnsecrātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnsecrandī		cōnsecrandō		cōnsecrandum		cōnsecrandō		cōnsecrātum		cōnsecrātū

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

Descendants

• Catalan: consagrar
• → English: consecrate
• French: consacrer
• Galician: consagrar
• Italian: consacrare
• Occitan: consagrar
• Portuguese: consagrar
• Sicilian: cunzacrari
• Romanian: consacra
• Spanish: consagrar
• → Old Irish: con·secra
  • Middle Irish: coisecraid, (with adjacent metathesis) coisercaid, (with long-distance metathesis) coisricid
    • Irish: coisric
    • Manx: casherick
    • Scottish Gaelic: coisrig
• → Proto-Brythonic: *kusegr (noun)
  • Middle Welsh: kyssegyr (“sanctuary”)
    • Welsh: cysegr

References

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