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6-letter words (1 found)

SACRUM,

5-letter words (16 found)

ARCUS,ARUMS,CAMUS,CAUMS,CRAMS,MARCS,MURAS,MUSAR,MUSCA,RAMUS,RUSMA,SCAUR,SCRAM,SCRUM,SUMAC,UMRAS,

4-letter words (28 found)

AMUS,ARCS,ARMS,ARUM,CAMS,CARS,CAUM,CRAM,CRUS,CUMS,CURS,MACS,MARC,MARS,MASU,MURA,RAMS,RUCS,RUMS,RUSA,SCAM,SCAR,SCUM,SCUR,SMUR,SURA,UMRA,URSA,

3-letter words (25 found)

AMU,ARC,ARM,ARS,CAM,CAR,CRU,CUM,CUR,MAC,MAR,MAS,MUS,RAM,RAS,RUC,RUM,SAC,SAM,SAR,SAU,SMA,SUM,SUR,UMS,

2-letter words (8 found)

AM,AR,AS,MA,MU,UM,UR,US,

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Definitions and meaning of sacrum

sacrum

Etymology

From Latin os sacrum (“holy bone”), a calque of Ancient Greek ἱερὸν ὀστέον (hieròn ostéon). Apparently so called either because the sacrum was the part of the animal offered in sacrifice or because of a putative belief that it is where a person's soul resides. A third explanation is that the term is a translation of Ancient Greek ἱερὸν (hieròn), which has two meanings: “holy, sacred”, and “big” — big being a more appropriate description of the sacrum — but compare.

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Noun

sacrum (plural sacra or sacrums)

  1. (anatomy) A large triangular bone at the base of the spine, located between the two ilia (wings of the pelvis) and formed from vertebrae that fuse in adulthood.
    Synonym: (obsolete) holy bone

Derived terms

  • sacral

Related terms

  • nomen sacrum

Translations

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Anagrams

  • Marcus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • sacrom (Early Latin)

Etymology

From sacer (“sacred, holy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.krum/, [ˈs̠äkrʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.krum/, [ˈsäːkrum]

Noun

sacrum n (genitive sacrī); second declension

  1. A holy or sacred object, e.g. statue, image, emblem, vessel, utensil.
  2. A holy or sacred place, e.g. sanctuary, shrine, temple.
  3. A religious act or observance, e.g. a sacrifice, festival, rite.
  4. Divine worship or religion.
    • c. 54-51 B.C.E., Cicero, De re publica, 2.7.13
      quo foedere et Sabinos in civitatem adscivit sacris conmunicatis et regnum suum cum illorum rege sociavit
      By this compact he admitted the Sabines into the city, gave them a participation in the religious ceremonies, and divided his power with their king.
  5. The private religious rites of a family.
    • c. 51 B.C.E., Cicero, De Legibus, 2.9.22
      sacra privata perpetua manento
      Let private devotions be perpetually practised.
  6. (only in plural) Poems (as sacred to the muse).
    • c. 8-18 AD, Ovid, Tristia, 4.10.19
      at mihi iam puero caelestia sacra placebant inque suum furtim Musa trahebat opus
      But even as a boy the heavenly poems delighted me, and the Muse was drawing me secretly to her work.
  7. (only in plural, post-Augustan) Secrets, mysteries.
    • 8 AD, Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.709
      sacra tori coitusque novos thalamosque recentes primaque deserti referebam foedera lecti
      I told Aurora of our wedding secrets and all refreshing mysteries of coition – and my first union on my now-deserted couch.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Adjective

sacrum

  1. inflection of sacer:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

Related terms

References

  • “sacrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sacrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sacrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sacrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “sacrum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin sacrum. Doublet of sakra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.krum/
  • Rhymes: -akrum
  • Syllabification: sa‧crum

Noun

sacrum n (indeclinable)

  1. (anthropology) sacrum (the sacred world)
    Antonym: profanum

Further reading

  • sacrum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sacrum.

Noun

sacrum n (uncountable)

  1. sacrum

Declension


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