consecro

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From con- +‎ sacrō (to make sacred", consecrate), from sacer (sacred, holy).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    cōnsecrō (present infinitive cōnsecrāre, perfect active cōnsecrāvī, supine cōnsecrātum); first conjugation

    1. To consecrate or dedicate
      Synonyms: dicō, addīcō, sacrō, dēdicō, sanciō, voveō
      Antonym: exaugurō
    2. To hallow or sanctify
    3. To deify

    Conjugation

    1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

    Descendants

    • Catalan: consagrar
    • English: consecrate
    • French: consacrer
    • Galician: consagrar
    • Italian: consacrare
    • Occitan: consagrar
    • Portuguese: consagrar
    • Sicilian: cunzacrari
    • Romanian: consacra
    • Spanish: consagrar
    • Old Irish: con·secra
      • Middle Irish: coisecraid, (with adjacent metathesis) coisercaid, (with long-distance metathesis) coisricid
    • Proto-Brythonic: *kusegr (noun)
      • Middle Welsh: kyssegyr (sanctuary)

    References

    • consecro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • consecro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • consecro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • consecro in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016