holocaustus

Latin

Alternative forms

• holocaustos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ho.loˈkau̯s.tus/, [hɔɫ̪ɔˈkäu̯s̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.loˈkau̯s.tus/, [oloˈkäu̯st̪us]

Adjective

holocaustus (feminine holocausta, neuter holocaustum); first/second-declension adjective

1. burnt
   • 3rd century, Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus, Thasci Caecili Cypriani ad Quirinum (Testimoniorum libri tres), III, 15 and 20. In: Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum. Vol. III. Pars I. S. Thasci Caecili Cypriani Opera omnia ex recensione G. Hartelli., Vienna, 1868, p. 128 and 136:

     tamquam aurum in fornace probauit illos et quasi holocaustam hostiam accepit illos. [Contains the feminine accusative singular of holocaustus]
     [...] sed in anima et spiritu humilitatis acceptos nos habe ut holocaustos uictimas arietum et taurorum et quasi multa milia agnorum qui sunt pinguissimi. [Contains the feminine accusative plural of holocaustos]

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     • Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (editors), The Writings of the Fathers Down to a.d. 325. Ante-Nicene Fathers. Volume 5. Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian, Appendix., 1995 (reprint; originally published 1886), p. 537 and 540:

       As gold in the furnace He proved them, and as a burnt-offering He received them.

       And yet in the soul and spirit of lowliness let us be accepted as the burnt-offerings of rams and bulls, and as it were many thousands of lambs which are fattest.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	holocaustus	holocausta	holocaustum		holocaustī	holocaustae	holocausta
genitive	holocaustī	holocaustae	holocaustī		holocaustōrum	holocaustārum	holocaustōrum
dative	holocaustō	holocaustae	holocaustō		holocaustīs
accusative	holocaustum	holocaustam	holocaustum		holocaustōs	holocaustās	holocausta
ablative	holocaustō	holocaustā	holocaustō		holocaustīs
vocative	holocauste	holocausta	holocaustum		holocaustī	holocaustae	holocausta

References

• holocaustum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 751.