sacerrimus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saˈker.ri.mus/, [s̠äˈkɛrːɪmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈt͡ʃer.ri.mus/, [säˈt͡ʃɛrːimus]

Adjective

sacerrimus (feminine sacerrima, neuter sacerrimum, positive sacer); first/second declension

1. superlative degree of sacer; most or very sacred
   • Seneca the Elder, Suasoriae 6.1:

     M[ārcus] Catō, sōlus maximum vīvendī moriendīque exemplum, morī māluit quam rogāre (nec erat Antōnium rogātūrus), et illās usque ad ultimum diem pūrās ā cīvīlī sanguine manūs in pectus sacerrimum armavit.

     Marcus Cato, alone our noblest pattern in life and in death, chose to die rather than beg for mercy - yet it was no Antony he had to petition - and armed those hands of his, to the last unstained by Roman blood, against his own noble breast.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sacerrimus	sacerrima	sacerrimum		sacerrimī	sacerrimae	sacerrima
genitive	sacerrimī	sacerrimae	sacerrimī		sacerrimōrum	sacerrimārum	sacerrimōrum
dative	sacerrimō	sacerrimae	sacerrimō		sacerrimīs
accusative	sacerrimum	sacerrimam	sacerrimum		sacerrimōs	sacerrimās	sacerrima
ablative	sacerrimō	sacerrimā	sacerrimō		sacerrimīs
vocative	sacerrime	sacerrima	sacerrimum		sacerrimī	sacerrimae	sacerrima