sacrosanctus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • sacrō sānctus

Etymology

From sacer (“sacred, holy”) + sānctus (“consecrated, sacred”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sa.kroːˈsaːnk.tus/, [sa.kroːˈsaːŋk.tʊs]

Adjective

sacrōsānctus (feminine sacrōsāncta, neuter sacrōsānctum); first/second declension

  1. inaugurated or consecrated with religious ceremonies
  2. fixed or decreed as inviolable, sacred, sacrosanct
  3. (by extension) most holy, sacred or venerable

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sacrōsānctus sacrōsāncta sacrōsānctum sacrōsānctī sacrōsānctae sacrōsāncta
Genitive sacrōsānctī sacrōsānctae sacrōsānctī sacrōsānctōrum sacrōsānctārum sacrōsānctōrum
Dative sacrōsānctō sacrōsānctae sacrōsānctō sacrōsānctīs sacrōsānctīs sacrōsānctīs
Accusative sacrōsānctum sacrōsānctam sacrōsānctum sacrōsānctōs sacrōsānctās sacrōsāncta
Ablative sacrōsānctō sacrōsānctā sacrōsānctō sacrōsānctīs sacrōsānctīs sacrōsānctīs
Vocative sacrōsāncte sacrōsāncta sacrōsānctum sacrōsānctī sacrōsānctae sacrōsāncta

Descendants

References
  • sacrosanctus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sacrosanctus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sacrosanctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the plebeian tribunes, whose persons are inviolable: tribuni plebis sacrosancti (Liv. 3. 19. 10)
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