sacrificiolus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from sacrificus (“sacrificial”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /sa.kri.fiˈki.o.lus/, [s̠äkrɪfɪˈkiɔɫ̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.kri.fiˈt͡ʃi.o.lus/, [säkrifiˈt͡ʃiːolus]

Noun

sacrificiolus m (genitive sacrificiolī); second declension

Someone who sacrifices; sacrificer, sacrificator, sacrificant.
(with rex) The priest who makes offerings made by the king; a high priest.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sacrificiolus	sacrificiolī
Genitive	sacrificiolī	sacrificiolōrum
Dative	sacrificiolō	sacrificiolīs
Accusative	sacrificiolum	sacrificiolōs
Ablative	sacrificiolō	sacrificiolīs
Vocative	sacrificiole	sacrificiolī

Synonyms

(high priest): sacrificulus
(sacrificer): sacricola, sacrificātor, sacrificulus

Related terms

References

“sacrificiolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sacrificiolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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