sacrifice (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit., the act of formally devoting something to a deity1. sacrĭfĭcium2. res dīvīna3. sacra, orum (esp. of stated religious services or s.s)II. The victimIII. Any loss, esp. one voluntarily incurred1. jactūra (strictly, the throwing of goods overboard to lighten a ship)2. dētrīmentum3. damnum (a heavier loss than detrimentum) • sacrifice (subs.): I. Lit., the act of formally devoting something to a deity: 1. sacrĭfĭcium: to offer or perform a s., s. [publicum] agere, Cic. Br. 14, 56; facere, id. Ph. 5, 9, 24: to forbid a person to take part in s.s, sacrificiis aliquem interdicere, Caes. B. G. 6, 13. 2. res dīvīna: esp. in phr., to offer s., rem d. facere, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47: Ter.: Suet. (Both the preced. phrr. are somewhat more comprehensive than Eng., including any formal act of devotion.) 3. sacra, orum (esp. of stated religious services or s.s): to worship with annual s.s, annuis sacris colere, Cic. Verr. 4, 39, 84: Curt. To offer s.: (1.) sacrĭfĭco, 1: Cic.: v. to sacrifice (A., I.). Also as pass. impers.: s. was offered by the matrons, a matronis sacrificatum est, Liv. 27, 37, med. (2.) immŏlo, 1; with like constr. to preced.: v. to sacrifice (A., I., 4). (3.) făcio, 3 (Gr. ῥέζειν), in the poets foll. by abl. of the victim offered: Virg. E. 3, 77 (quum faciam vitula, when I shall offer s. with a calf). (4.) ŏpĕror, 1; esp. in p. part.; engaged in offering s., operatus, Virg. G. 1, 339: Tac. A. 2, 14 (vidit se operatum, et sanguine sacro respersa praetexta ...). See also to sacrifice. II. The victim: victĭma, hostia: v. victim. Oft. best expr. by immŏlo, 1: what s.s should be offered to each deity, quibus hostiis immolandum cuique deo, Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29: to offer human s.s, homines immolare, Caes. B. G. 6, 16. III. Any loss, esp. one voluntarily incurred: 1. jactūra (strictly, the throwing of goods overboard to lighten a ship): (to do anything) at a heavy s. (or cost), magnis jacturis, Caes. B. G. 6, 12: also, magna jactura, Cic. Clu. 8. 2. dētrīmentum: v. loss. 3. damnum (a heavier loss than detrimentum): with the s. of her own blood (offspring), damno sanguinis, Phaedr. 1, 28, 10.