sacrifer

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós

Proto-Italic *sakros

Old Latin sacros

Latin sacer

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós

Proto-Italic *-foros

Latin -fer

Latin sacrifer

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsa.krɪ.fɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.kri.fer]

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

• 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.