sacrifice (v.) Copy link Outline A. Lit.I. Intrans.1. sacrĭfĭco, 12. sacrĭfĭcium, s. rem dīvīnam facio, 3 (the usu. phr. to denote religious services in general, public or private)3. also simply facio, in both cases with abl. of victim offered; and operor, esp. in p. part. operatus, id. (I., fin.).4. immŏlo, 1 (less freq. without a subs. denoting the victim)II. Trans.1. immŏlo, 12. sacrĭfĭco, 1 (not as verb trans. in Cic.)3. macto, 1 (archaic and poet.)4. caedo, 3 (simply, to slaughter; hence requiring something in context to define)5. făcio, 3 (intrans.)B. Fig.I. To surrender to destructionII. To incur any loss, give up out of regard to some one else1. expr. by jacturam facio, with depend. gen.2. condōno, 1 (to do something contrary to one's own feelings out of regard for another)3. concēdo, permitto, etc. • sacrifice (v.): A. Lit.: I. Intrans.: to offer sacrifice. 1. sacrĭfĭco, 1: Cic. N. D. 2, 27, init. (princeps in sacrificando): Pl. 2. sacrĭfĭcium, s. rem dīvīnam facio, 3 (the usu. phr. to denote religious services in general, public or private): v. preced. art. (I.). 3. also simply facio, in both cases with abl. of victim offered; and operor, esp. in p. part. operatus, id. (I., fin.). 4. immŏlo, 1 (less freq. without a subs. denoting the victim): as he was s.ing before the praetorium, quum immolaret ante p., Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72. Also as pass. impers., immolatur, s. is offered, they s.: v. preced. art. (I., 4). Other phrr. of general import may sometimes serve, e. g. sacris interesse, operam dare; deos sacris (sacrificiis) colere: ib. (I.); and comp. rite, worship. II. Trans.: 1. immŏlo, 1: to s. an ox to the Muses, Musis bovem i., Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88: Caes. 2. sacrĭfĭco, 1 (not as verb trans. in Cic.): to s. cattle with due formality, pecora rite s., Liv. 41, 18, med.: rarely with abl. of victim: Pl. 3. macto, 1 (archaic and poet.): to s. picked sheep according to custom, lectas m. de more bidentes, Virg. Aen. 4, 57: Cato: Lucr. 4. caedo, 3 (simply, to slaughter; hence requiring something in context to define): Cic. Clu. 68, fin., deorum mentes caesis hostiis placare (where hostiis indicates the act of s.ing): Virg. Aen. 5, 96 (caedit binas de more bidentes). 5. făcio, 3 (intrans.): usu. with abl.: v. sacrifice, subs. (I., fin.); supr. (A., I., 3). B. Fig.: I. To surrender to destruction: Phr.: to s. one's life for another, for the state, vitam pro aliquo [patria] profundere, cf. Cic. Off. 1, 24: pro patria occumbere, se morti tradere (v. behalf of): he s.d one half of his army in order to save the other, *exercitus alterius partis salutem alterius partis damno redemit (v. sacrifice, subs., III.). II. To incur any loss, give up out of regard to some one else: 1. expr. by jacturam facio, with depend. gen.: not to s. the very least portion of glory, ne minimam quidem gloriae j. facere, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84: v. preced. art. (III.). 2. condōno, 1 (to do something contrary to one's own feelings out of regard for another): to s. all private animosities to the good of the state, omnes inimicitias reipublicae c., Cic. Ph. 5, 18, 50: Sall. Jug. 79 (se vitamque suam reipublicae c.): Caes. 3. concēdo, permitto, etc.: v. to give up. Phr.: to be willing to s. one's own interest for another, prae commodo alicujus omnia sua posthabere [negligere], based on Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 9: to s. one's own interest to the good of the state, *privatas utilitates civitatis [patriae] saluti posthabere (or expr. by anteponere, anteferre, with reversed constr.): v. to prefer.