sacrilegus

Latin

Alternative forms

• sacrilogos

Etymology

From sacer (“holy, sacred”) +‎ -legus (suffix indicating a gathering role).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saˈkri.le.ɡus/, [s̠äˈkrɪɫ̪ɛɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈkri.le.ɡus/, [säˈkriːleɡus]

Adjective

sacrilegus (feminine sacrilega, neuter sacrilegum, adverb sacrilegē); first/second-declension adjective

1. That steals sacred things or robs a temple; sacrilegious.
2. That violates or profanes sacred things; impious, godless, profane, sacrilegious.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sacrilegus	sacrilega	sacrilegum		sacrilegī	sacrilegae	sacrilega
genitive	sacrilegī	sacrilegae	sacrilegī		sacrilegōrum	sacrilegārum	sacrilegōrum
dative	sacrilegō	sacrilegae	sacrilegō		sacrilegīs
accusative	sacrilegum	sacrilegam	sacrilegum		sacrilegōs	sacrilegās	sacrilega
ablative	sacrilegō	sacrilegā	sacrilegō		sacrilegīs
vocative	sacrilege	sacrilega	sacrilegum		sacrilegī	sacrilegae	sacrilega

Derived terms

• sacrilegē
• sacrilegium

Noun

sacrilegus m (genitive sacrilegī); second declension

1. Someone who robs or steals from a temple or commits sacrilege.
2. A wicked, impious, or profane person.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sacrilegus	sacrilegī
genitive	sacrilegī	sacrilegōrum
dative	sacrilegō	sacrilegīs
accusative	sacrilegum	sacrilegōs
ablative	sacrilegō	sacrilegīs
vocative	sacrilege	sacrilegī

Related terms

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Catalan: sacríleg
• French: sacrilège
• Galician: sacrílego
• Italian: sacrilego
• Portuguese: sacrílego
• Romanian: sacrileg
• Spanish: sacrílego

References

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