sacratio

Latin

Etymology

From sacrō (“consecrate, dedicate, devote”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saˈkraː.ti.oː/, [s̠äˈkräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈkrat.t͡si.o/, [säˈkrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

sacrātiō f (genitive sacrātiōnis); third declension

1. A dedication, consecration.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sacrātiō	sacrātiōnēs
genitive	sacrātiōnis	sacrātiōnum
dative	sacrātiōnī	sacrātiōnibus
accusative	sacrātiōnem	sacrātiōnēs
ablative	sacrātiōne	sacrātiōnibus
vocative	sacrātiō	sacrātiōnēs

Synonyms

• (consecration): cōnsecrātiō, dēdicātiō, dēvōtātiō

Related terms

• sacer
• sacerdōs
• sacerdōtālis
• sacerdōtium
• sacerdōtula
• sacrāmentālis
• sacrāmentum
• sacrārium
• sacrārius
• sacrātē
• sacrātor
• sacricola
• sacrifer
• sacrificālis
• sacrificātiō
• sacrificātor
• sacrificātus
• sacrificiolus
• sacrificium
• sacrificō
• sacrificulus
• sacrificus
• sacrilegē
• sacrilegium
• sacrilegus
• sacrō
• sacrōsanctus
• sacrum

Descendants

• English: sacration
• Portuguese: sagração

References

• “sacratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sacratio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sacratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.