sacred Copy link Outline 1. săcer, cra, crum (most gen. term2. sanctus (denoting the quality which is the consequence of a thing being sacer or devoted to a deity; inviolate)3. sacrōsanctus (formally placed under the protection of religion, inviolate4. augustus (consecrated by due formalities and with proper auspices; hence, venerable, regarded with awe5. sometimes dīvīnus (relating to God, the gods); or expr. by religio, religiones, etc. • sacred: 1. săcer, cra, crum (most gen. term: set apart and religiously regarded): a s. grove, lucus s., Virg. Aen. 5, 761: et pass. (opp. profanus, not consecrated). 2. sanctus (denoting the quality which is the consequence of a thing being sacer or devoted to a deity; inviolate): the tribunes of the commons are to be s. (inviolate), trr. pl. ... sancti sunto, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9: a very s. day, dies sanctissimus, id. Verr. 4, 67, 151: Liv. Join: sanctus augustusque [fons], Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, fin.; sanctus integerque, id. R. Am. 38, 109. 3. sacrōsanctus (formally placed under the protection of religion, inviolate: legal term, and stronger than preced.): Cic. Bal. 14 (sacrosanctum esse nihil potest, nisi quod populus plebesve sanxisset): Liv. 2, 33, init. (of the tribunes). 4. augustus (consecrated by due formalities and with proper auspices; hence, venerable, regarded with awe: cf. Ov. F. 1, 609, augusta vocantur templa sacerdotum rite dicata manu): Join: [Eleusis] sancta et augusta, Cic. N. D. 1, 42, fin. 5. sometimes dīvīnus (relating to God, the gods); or expr. by religio, religiones, etc.: a s. poem, *carmen divinum: a s. war, *bellum pro religionibus susceptum (R. and A.): to regard a place as extremely s., locum summa caerimonia colere, Nep. Them. 8.