sacro

== Galician == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin sacer, sacrum. Cf. also the inherited sagro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsakɾo/ [ˈs̺ɑ.kɾʊ] Rhymes: -akɾo Hyphenation: sa‧cro === Adjective === sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras) sacred Synonym: sagrado === Noun === sacro m (plural sacros) (anatomy) sacrum == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsa.kro/ Rhymes: -akro Hyphenation: sà‧cro === Etymology 1 === From Latin sacrum, from Proto-Italic *sakros, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós, derived from the root *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”). ==== Alternative forms ==== sagro (obsolete) ==== Adjective ==== sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacri, feminine plural sacre) sacred ===== Derived terms ===== sacrale ===== Related terms ===== ==== Participle ==== sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacri, feminine plural sacre) (literary, rare) synonym of sacrato, past participle of sacrare ==== Further reading ==== sacro1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Etymology 2 === From Late Latin ōs sacrum, calque of Ancient Greek ἱερὸν ὀστέον (hieròn ostéon, “big bone”), with influence from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”). ==== Adjective ==== sacro (invariable) only used in osso sacro ==== Noun ==== sacro m (plural sacri) (anatomy) sacrum Synonym: osso sacro ==== Further reading ==== sacro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Etymology 3 === Probably from Arabic صَقْر (ṣaqr), with influence from sacro (“sacred”). ==== Alternative forms ==== sagro ==== Noun ==== sacro m (plural sacri) saker falcon (Falco cherrug) Hypernym: falco ==== Further reading ==== sacro3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === Carso, corsa, scaro, scora, sorca == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *sakrāō. By surface analysis, sacer (“sacred, holy, sacrificial, doomed”) +‎ -ō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsa.kroː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsaː.kro] === Verb === sacrō (present infinitive sacrāre, perfect active sacrāvī, supine sacrātum); first conjugation to declare or set apart as sacred; consecrate, dedicate, hallow or devote; sanctify, enshrine Synonyms: dēdicō, dicō, addīcō, cōnsecrō, sanciō, voveō Antonym: exaugurō to doom or devote to destruction, declare accursed, condemn (of a deity) to hold, worship or honor as sacred (by extension) to render imperishable, deify, immortalize ==== Conjugation ==== 1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Adjective === sacrō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sacer === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “sacrāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 11: S–Si, page 37 === Further reading === “sacro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sacro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “sacro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. sacro in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin sacrum (“holy”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -akɾu Hyphenation: sa‧cro === Adjective === sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras) sacred Synonyms: sagrado, santo, venerável ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === sacro m (plural sacros) sacrum (bone) ==== Hypernyms ==== osso === Further reading === “sacro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “sacro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin sacrum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsakɾo/ [ˈsa.kɾo] Rhymes: -akɾo Syllabification: sa‧cro === Adjective === sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras, superlative sacratísimo) sacred Synonyms: sagrado, santo (anatomy) sacral (of the sacrum) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === sacro m (plural sacros) (anatomy) sacrum Synonym: hueso sacro === Further reading === “sacro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025