Lemma 1sānctus
adjective
consecrated, sacred, inviolable; venerable, august, divine, holy, pious, justMorphology
masculine nominative singularsanct + us · regular
Lewis & Short
sanctus, a, um, P. a., and of sancio.
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Lemma 2sancio, sancire, sanxi, sanctus
verb
to confirm, ratify; to sanction; to fulfill (prophesy); to enact (law); to ordain; to dedicateMorphology
participle perfect passive masculine nominative singularsanct + us · regular
Lewis & Short
sancĭo, xi, ctum, 4, [ root sac, sak, to accompany, honor ( sequor); whence also sacer; ]pluperf. sancierat, Pompon. P.; ; sancitum; Cass. Sev. Diom. l. l., to render sacred or inviolable by a religious act; to appoint as sacred or inviolable.
, mostly of legal ordinances or other public proceedings, to fix unalterably; to establish, appoint, decree, ordain; also, to make irrevocable or unalterable; to enact, confirm, ratify, sanction ( and ; caveo, scisco).
Sancire legem (jus, foedus, ); and — jus utile civitati, Pompon. ;
Sancire lege (edicto, ) aliquid, de aliquā re, ut, ne,
Without
With and
Lex sancit, decrees, ordains (with or obj.-clause)
, with relative-clause.
To render sacred to any one, to devote, consecrate, dedicate; templum.
, to forbid under pain of punishment, to enact a penalty against (very rare) — With of fine. — Hence, sanc-tus, a, um, P. a.
Orig., rendered sacred, established as inviolable, sacred, inviolable whereas sacer signifies consecrated to a deity. Thus, , a temple, grove, or the like, is sacer locus; ( sacrosanctus) — Hence, aerarium sanctius, a special treasure of the State, which was only to be used in cases of extreme necessity ( aerarium). — Of persons. — Because to the idea of inviolability is readily attached that of exalted worth, of sacredness, or divinity (as, on the contrary, our word sacred afterward received the meaning of inviolable, sacred rights, a sacred promise, sacred honor, ), sanctus denotes.
Venerable, august, divine, sacred, pure, holy (very and ); of a divinity, and of things in any way belonging to one: Saturno sancte create, Enn. (Ann. 607 Vahl.): Juno Saturnia sancta dearum, (Ann. 65 ): teque pater Tiberine (veneror) tuo cum flumine sancto, (Ann. 55 ) — (al. aevi).
Of character, morally pure, good, innocent, pious, holy, just, ( and ): cum esset ille vir exemplum innocentiae, cumque illo nemo neque integrior esset in civitate neque sanctior; veteres et sancti viri, Sall. Fragm. ; ;
In , substt.
sanctus, i, , a saint, holy man.
sanctum, i, , a holy place; — Also in : : violare sancta, Judith, 9, 11. — : sanctē ( B.), solemnly, conscientiously, scrupulously, religiously, with holy awe,
Lemma 3Sānctus
nounmasculine
consecrated, sacred, inviolable; venerable, august, divine, holy, pious, justMorphology
nominative singularsanct + us · regular
Lewis & Short
sanctus, a, um, P. a., and of sancio.
Lemma 4sānctus
nounmasculine
a saint, holy man · consecrated, sacred, inviolable; venerable, august, divine, holy, pious, justMorphology
nominative singularsanct + us · regular
Lewis & Short
sanctus, a, um, P. a., and of sancio.
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