Contents
- 1 Latin
- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Etymology
- 1.3 Pronunciation
- 1.4 Adjective
- 1.4.1 Declension
- 1.4.2 Derived terms
- 1.5 Noun
- 1.5.1 Declension
- 1.5.2 Related terms
- 1.5.3 Descendants
- 1.6 References
Latin
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Alternative forms
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Etymology
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From sacer (“holy, sacred”) + -legus (suffix indicating a gathering role).
Pronunciation
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- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /saˈkri.le.ɡus/, [s̠äˈkrɪɫ̪ɛɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /saˈkri.le.ɡus/, [säˈkriːleɡus]
Adjective
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sacrilegus (feminine sacrilega, neuter sacrilegum, adverb sacrilegē); first/second-declension adjective
- That steals sacred things or robs a temple; sacrilegious.
- That violates or profanes sacred things; impious, godless, profane, sacrilegious.
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sacrilegus | sacrilega | sacrilegum | sacrilegī | sacrilegae | sacrilega | |
| Genitive | sacrilegī | sacrilegae | sacrilegī | sacrilegōrum | sacrilegārum | sacrilegōrum | |
| Dative | sacrilegō | sacrilegō | sacrilegīs | ||||
| Accusative | sacrilegum | sacrilegam | sacrilegum | sacrilegōs | sacrilegās | sacrilega | |
| Ablative | sacrilegō | sacrilegā | sacrilegō | sacrilegīs | |||
| Vocative | sacrilege | sacrilega | sacrilegum | sacrilegī | sacrilegae | sacrilega | |
Derived terms
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Noun
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sacrilegusm (genitive sacrilegī); second declension
Declension
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Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sacrilegus | sacrilegī |
| Genitive | sacrilegī | sacrilegōrum |
| Dative | sacrilegō | sacrilegīs |
| Accusative | sacrilegum | sacrilegōs |
| Ablative | sacrilegō | sacrilegīs |
| Vocative | sacrilege | sacrilegī |
Related terms
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Related terms
Descendants
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References
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- “sacrilegus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sacrilegus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sacrilegus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
