sacerdos

Latin

Etymology

From sacer (“sacred, holy”) plus an affix derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁- (“to do”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /saˈker.doːs/, [saˈkɛr.doːs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /saˈt͡ʃer.dos/, [saˈt͡ʃer.dos], [saˈt͡ʃɛr.dɔs]

Noun

sacerdōs m, f (genitive sacerdōtis); third declension

  1. priest, priestess, cleric

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative sacerdōs sacerdōtēs
genitive sacerdōtis sacerdōtum
dative sacerdōtī sacerdōtibus
accusative sacerdōtem sacerdōtēs
ablative sacerdōte sacerdōtibus
vocative sacerdōs sacerdōtēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • sacerdos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sacerdos in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sacerdos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • sacerdos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • sacerdos in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sacerdos in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • sacerdos in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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