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sacro

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See also: sacro-

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. sacred
    Synonym: sagrado

Noun

sacro m (plural sacros)

  1. (anatomy) sacrum

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

  1. sacred
Derived terms

Participle

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

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

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

sacro (invariable)

  1. only used in osso sacro

Noun

sacro m (plural sacri)

  1. (anatomy) sacrum
    Synonym: osso sacro

Further reading

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

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

Noun

sacro m (plural sacri)

  1. saker falcon (Falco cherrug)
    Hypernym: falco

Further reading

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

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Latin

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    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

       Conjugation of sacrō (first conjugation)
    More information indicative, singular ...

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

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Inherited forms: (but possibly semi-learned)
      • Catalan: sagrar
      • Italian: sacrare
      • Old Occitan: sagrar
      • Portuguese: sagrar
      • Spanish: sagrar
    • Borrowings:
      • → Albanian: shëkroj (ancient borrowing)
      • → English: sacrate
      • → Old French: sacrer
        • → Breton: sakri
        • → Middle Dutch: sacreren
        • → Middle English: sacre
        • → Middle High German: sacrieren
      • → Old Occitan: sacrar

    Adjective

    sacrō

    1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sacer

    References

    Further reading

    • “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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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    Portuguese

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -akɾu
    • Hyphenation: sa‧cro

    Adjective

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

    1. sacred
      Synonyms: sagrado, santo, venerável

    Derived terms

    Noun

    sacro m (plural sacros)

    1. sacrum (bone)

    Hypernyms

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    Spanish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin sacrum.

    Pronunciation

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

    Adjective

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

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

    Derived terms

    Noun

    sacro m (plural sacros)

    1. (anatomy) sacrum

    Further reading

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