sacer, sacra, sacrum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 2nd · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Field:
- Religion
sacred, holy, consecrated; accursed, horrible, detestable;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | sacer | sacri |
| Gen. | sacri | sacrorum |
| Dat. | sacro | — |
| Acc. | sacrum | sacros |
| Voc. | sacer | sacri |
| Abl. | sacro | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | sacra | sacrae |
| Gen. | sacrae | sacrarum |
| Dat. | sacrae | — |
| Acc. | sacram | sacras |
| Voc. | sacra | sacrae |
| Abl. | sacra | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | sacrum | sacra |
| Gen. | sacri | sacrorum |
| Dat. | sacro | — |
| Acc. | sacrum | sacra |
| Voc. | sacrum | sacra |
| Abl. | sacro | — |
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...certa uidendiNiliacos fontes, bellum ciuile relinquam.'finierat, contraque sacer sic orsus Acoreus: 'fas mihi magnorum, Caesar, secreta parentumedere..."Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tectum lino spargam per uolgus Osirim [et sacer in Magni cineres mactabitur Apis] suppositisque deis uram caput..."Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Parnasos gemino petit aethera colle,mons Phoebo Bromioque sacer, cui numine mixtoDelphica Thebanae referunt trieterica Bacchae.hoc solum fluctu..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...nexu,o rerum mixtique salus Concordia mundi 190et sacer orbis amor: magnum nunc saecula nostrauenturi discrimen habent. periere..."Themistocles
Cornelius Nepos
"...liberi, opus facerent neque ulli loco parcerent, sive sacer, sive privatus esset sive publicus, et undique, quod idoneum..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...saepe dolor dentes, oculos invadit in ipsos, existit sacer ignis et urit corpore serpens quam cumque arripuit partem..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Grande loci meritum testantur et altera dona: stat sacer et domitis gentibus arcus ouat. hic gemini currus numerant..."Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...criminatust? optimest: ego sum malus, ego sum sacer, scelestus. specta rem modo; ego verbum faciam . NIC. Etiam, carnufex..."