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(P. a.v. a.) : consēcro (written CONSACRO in Monum. Ancyr. 2, 28; 4, 25; Inscr. Orell. 618 al.;
* V.infra, P. a.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.sacro, to dedicate, devote something as sacred to a deity (class., esp. in prose).
* Lit.
* In gen.
* Trop. (most freq. in Cic.).
* In partic.
* Of persons, to elevate to the rank of deity, to place among the gods, to deify: Liberum,Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; 3, 15, 39; id. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Tac. A. 13, 14; Suet. Tib. 51; id. Ner. 9; id. Calig. 35; * Hor. C. 4, 8, 27 al.: Olympiadem matrem immortalitati,Curt. 9, 6, 26; 10, 5, 30.—And of animals: videat ... cujusque generis beluas numero consecratas deorum, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 14.
* To devote or doom to destruction, to execrate, in laws, vows, and oaths, Cic. Balb. 14, 33 (v. consecratio, II.): caput alicujus,Liv. 3, 48, 5; Plin. Pan. 64, 3.—And an old formula in declaring war: Dis pater, Vejovis, manes ... exercitum hostium, urbes agrosque, capita aetatesque eorum devotas consecratasque habeatis,Macr. S. 3, 9, 10.
* To surrender to the vengeance of any one: esse (se) jam consecratum Miloni,Cic. Har. Resp. 4, 7.
* In gen., to devote, dedicate, consecrate.
* With dat.: qui certis quibusdam sententiis quasi addicti et consecrati sunt,Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5: (corporis curandi) ars deorum immortalium inventioni consecrata,id. ib. 3, 1, 1.
* To hallow, recognize as holy (eccl. Lat.): sit Deus nobis non in templis sed in corde consecratus, Lact. de Ira Dei, 23, 28: secum habeat Deum semper in corde consecratum, quoniam ipse est Dei templum,id. 6, 25, 15: Deum in nostro pectore,Min. Fel. Oct. 32, 2.
* To make immortal, immortalize: ratio disputandi (sc. Socratis) Platonis memoriā et litteris consecrata,Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 11: amplissimis monumentis consecrare memoriam nominis tui,id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 44: orator cum jam secretus et consecratus, liber invidiā, famam in tuto collocarit,Quint. 12, 11, 7: beneficium elegantissimo carmine,Val. Max. 1, 7, ext. 3. —Hence, consēcrātus (-sācr-), a, um, P. a., consecrated, holy; in sup.: CONSACRATISSIMVS, Inscr. ap. Bellerm. Vig. Rom. Laterc. p. 72, n. 283.
* V.infra, P. a.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.sacro, to dedicate, devote something as sacred to a deity (class., esp. in prose).
* Lit.
* In gen.
* Trop. (most freq. in Cic.).
* In partic.
* Of persons, to elevate to the rank of deity, to place among the gods, to deify: Liberum,Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; 3, 15, 39; id. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Tac. A. 13, 14; Suet. Tib. 51; id. Ner. 9; id. Calig. 35; * Hor. C. 4, 8, 27 al.: Olympiadem matrem immortalitati,Curt. 9, 6, 26; 10, 5, 30.—And of animals: videat ... cujusque generis beluas numero consecratas deorum, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 14.
* To devote or doom to destruction, to execrate, in laws, vows, and oaths, Cic. Balb. 14, 33 (v. consecratio, II.): caput alicujus,Liv. 3, 48, 5; Plin. Pan. 64, 3.—And an old formula in declaring war: Dis pater, Vejovis, manes ... exercitum hostium, urbes agrosque, capita aetatesque eorum devotas consecratasque habeatis,Macr. S. 3, 9, 10.
* To surrender to the vengeance of any one: esse (se) jam consecratum Miloni,Cic. Har. Resp. 4, 7.
* In gen., to devote, dedicate, consecrate.
* With dat.: qui certis quibusdam sententiis quasi addicti et consecrati sunt,Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5: (corporis curandi) ars deorum immortalium inventioni consecrata,id. ib. 3, 1, 1.
* To hallow, recognize as holy (eccl. Lat.): sit Deus nobis non in templis sed in corde consecratus, Lact. de Ira Dei, 23, 28: secum habeat Deum semper in corde consecratum, quoniam ipse est Dei templum,id. 6, 25, 15: Deum in nostro pectore,Min. Fel. Oct. 32, 2.
* To make immortal, immortalize: ratio disputandi (sc. Socratis) Platonis memoriā et litteris consecrata,Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 11: amplissimis monumentis consecrare memoriam nominis tui,id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 44: orator cum jam secretus et consecratus, liber invidiā, famam in tuto collocarit,Quint. 12, 11, 7: beneficium elegantissimo carmine,Val. Max. 1, 7, ext. 3. —Hence, consēcrātus (-sācr-), a, um, P. a., consecrated, holy; in sup.: CONSACRATISSIMVS, Inscr. ap. Bellerm. Vig. Rom. Laterc. p. 72, n. 283.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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