Sacer
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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.
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- Sacred, holy, dedicated to a divinity, consecrated, hallowed (translating Greek ἱερός).
- c. 254-184 Template:B.C.E., Plautus, Menaechmi, 5.5.38
- at ego te sacram coronam surrupuisse Iovi scio
- And I know that you stole the sacred crown of Jupiter.
- at ego te sacram coronam surrupuisse Iovi scio
- c. 254-184 Template:B.C.E., Plautus, Menaechmi, 5.5.38
- Devoted to a divinity for sacrifice, fated to destruction, forfeited, accursed.
- c. 29-19 Template: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!
- quid non mortalia pectora cogis / auri sacra fames
- c. 29-19 Template:B.C.E., Virgil, Aeneid, 3.56
- Divine, celestial.
- c. 29-19 Template: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.
- c. 29-19 Template:B.C.E., Virgil, Aeneid, 8.591
- only poetic and in post-Augustan (Silver Age Latin) Execrable, detestable, horrible, infamous; criminal, impious, wicked, abominable, cursed.
- c. 254-184 Template: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.
- ego sum malus ego sum sacer scelestus
- c. 254-184 Template:B.C.E., Plautus, Bacchides, 4.6.14
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