Sacer
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| *The Latin for [[sacred]]; see [[Glossary of ancient Roman religion#sacer]] | *The Latin for [[sacred]]; see [[Glossary of ancient Roman religion#sacer]] | ||
| - | **[[Homo sacer]] is an obscure figure of Roman law who is banned. | + | **[[Homo sacer]] is an obscure figure of Roman law who is [[banned]]. |
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| *[[Apparatus sacer]] | *[[Apparatus sacer]] | ||
| - | ==Wiktionary== | + | ==Etymology== |
| - | # [[sacred|Sacred]], [[holy]], [[dedicate]]d to a [[divinity]], [[consecrated]], [[hallowed]] (translating Greek [[ἱερός]]). | + | From Proto-Indo-European ''[[*sak-]]'' (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”). |
| - | #* '''c. 254-184 {{B.C.E.}}''', [[Plautus]], ''Menaechmi'', 5.5.38 | + | ==See also== |
| - | #*: at ego te '''sacram''' coronam surrupuisse Iovi scio | + | *[[Sacred]] |
| - | #*:: And I know that you stole the '''sacred''' crown of Jupiter. | + | *[[Sacrament]] |
| - | # [[devoted|Devoted]] to a divinity for [[sacrifice]], [[fate]]d to [[destruction]], [[forfeited]], [[accursed]]. | + | *[[Sacrifice]] |
| - | #* '''c. 29-19 {{B.C.E.}}''', [[Virgil]], ''Aeneid'', 3.56 | + | |
| - | #*: quid non mortalia pectora cogis / auri '''sacra''' fames | + | |
| - | #*:: '''Accursed''' hunger for gold, what do you not compel the hearts of men to do! | + | |
| - | # [[divine|Divine]], [[celestial]]. | + | |
| - | #* '''c. 29-19 {{B.C.E.}}''', [[Virgil]], ''Aeneid'', 8.591 | + | |
| - | #*: / extulit os '''sacrum''' caelo tenebrasque resoluit / | + | |
| - | #:: lifts to the skies his countenance '''divine''', and melts the shadows of the night away. | + | |
| - | # only poetic and in post-Augustan ([[silver age|Silver Age]] [[Latin]]) [[execrable|Execrable]], [[detestable]], [[horrible]], [[infamous]]; [[criminal]], [[impious]], [[wicked]], [[abominable]], cursed. | + | |
| - | #* '''c. 254-184 {{B.C.E.}}''', [[Plautus]], ''Bacchides'', 4.6.14 | + | |
| - | #*: ego sum malus ego sum '''sacer''' scelestus | + | |
| - | #*:: I am a bad one, I am a '''cursed''' one--a wicked one. | + | |
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Sacer may refer to :
- The Latin for sacred; see Glossary of ancient Roman religion#sacer
- Homo sacer is an obscure figure of Roman law who is banned.
- Apparatus sacer
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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sak- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).
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See also
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