SACRED Copy link • SACREDPROP., sacer (opposed to profanus; ἱερός, consecrated): sanctus (under divine guardianship, ὄσιος, not to be violated or polluted, pure, spotless): divinus, religiosus (to be regarded with veneration). A sacred place, locus sacer, religiosus. Sacred groves, luci sacri or sancti. A sacred war, bellum pro religionibus susceptum. Figuratively, (1) Inviolable, sanctus (e.g., fides, officium); sacrosanctus: inviolabilis (Lucr.). To regard as sacred, sanctum habere aliquid (Nep., Liv.). The persons of the tribunes were sacred at Rome, tribuni plebis Romae sancti (Cic.), or sacrosancti (Liv.), erant. Nothing is more sacred to me than our friendship, nihil est mihi antiquius nostra amicitia. (2) Venerable, sanctus: augustus: venerandus: sollemnis. A sacred day, dies festus ac sollemnis.