sacrifer

Latin

Etymology

From sacer (“sacred, holy”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kri.fer/, [ˈs̠äkrɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kri.fer/, [ˈsäːkrifer]

Adjective

sacrifer (feminine sacrifera, neuter sacriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. bearing sacred things

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sacrifer	sacrifera	sacriferum		sacriferī	sacriferae	sacrifera
genitive	sacriferī	sacriferae	sacriferī		sacriferōrum	sacriferārum	sacriferōrum
dative	sacriferō	sacriferae	sacriferō		sacriferīs
accusative	sacriferum	sacriferam	sacriferum		sacriferōs	sacriferās	sacrifera
ablative	sacriferō	sacriferā	sacriferō		sacriferīs
vocative	sacrifer	sacrifera	sacriferum		sacriferī	sacriferae	sacrifera

Related terms

Related terms

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

References

• “sacrifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sacrifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sacrifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.