sanctus
See also: Sanctus
English
editProper noun
editsanctus
- Alternative letter-case form of Sanctus
- 1991, Bryan D. Spinks, The Sanctus in the Eucharistic Prayer, →ISBN, page 116:
- Egypt, however, developed its own unique supplicatory use of the sanctus.
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editLatin
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Italic *sanktos, perfect passive participle of *sankjō (“consecrate, appoint as sacred”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsaːnk.tus/, [ˈs̠äːŋkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsank.tus/, [ˈsäŋkt̪us]
Participle
editsānctus (feminine sāncta, neuter sānctum, comparative sānctior, superlative sānctissimus); first/second-declension participle
- sacred, made inviolable, having been established as sacred.
- venerable, august, divine, blessed, holy, saintly
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Tobit.3.25:Christian J. Wagner (ed.), Polyglotte Tobit-Synopse: Griechisch – Lateinisch – Syrisch – Hebräisch – Aramäisch, 2003 (publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, place: Göttingen)
- et missus est angelus Domini sanctus Rafahel ut curaret ambos, quorum uno tempore fuerat oratio in conspectu Domini recitata
- And the holy angel of the Lord, Raphael was sent to heal them both, whose prayers at one time were rehearsed in the sight of the Lord.
- et missus est angelus Domini sanctus Rafahel ut curaret ambos, quorum uno tempore fuerat oratio in conspectu Domini recitata
- (Late Latin) sainted (having been made a saint)
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | sānctus | sāncta | sānctum | sānctī | sānctae | sāncta | |
genitive | sānctī | sānctae | sānctī | sānctōrum | sānctārum | sānctōrum | |
dative | sānctō | sānctae | sānctō | sānctīs | |||
accusative | sānctum | sānctam | sānctum | sānctōs | sānctās | sāncta | |
ablative | sānctō | sānctā | sānctō | sānctīs | |||
vocative | sāncte | sāncta | sānctum | sānctī | sānctae | sāncta |
Noun
editsānctus m (genitive sānctī, feminine sāncta); second declension
- (Late Latin) A saint; person who lives a holy and virtuous life.
- "Dorothy Day erat sancta viva." (Dorothy Day was a living saint.)
- (Late Latin) A person who is officially proclaimed as having lived a life of heroic virtue.
- "Kateri Tekakwitha sancta proclamata est." (Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint.)
- (Late Latin) A title given to (2), usually capitalized, prefixed to the person's name.
- "Sanctus Stephanus Protomartyr"
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | sānctus | sānctī |
genitive | sānctī | sānctōrum |
dative | sānctō | sānctīs |
accusative | sānctum | sānctōs |
ablative | sānctō | sānctīs |
vocative | sāncte | sānctī |
Descendants
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- “sanctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sanctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sanctus 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)
- sanctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be an earnest worshipper of the gods: deos sancte, pie venerari
- the laws of Solon ordained that..: Solonis legibus sanctum erat, ut or ne
- to be an earnest worshipper of the gods: deos sancte, pie venerari
- sanctus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “sanctus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sanctus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 149
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