consecro

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

cōnsecrō āvī, ātus, āre

com- + sacro, to dedicate, devote, offer as sacred, consecrate : agros: locum certis circa terminis, L.: lucos ac nemora, Ta.: Caesaris statuam, Cs.: candelabrum Iovi: Siciliam Cereri: fratribus aras, S.— To honor as a deity, place among gods, deify, glorify : Liberum: beluae numero consecratae deorum: Aeacum divitibus insulis, consign , i. e. immortalize , H.— To doom to destruction, devote, make accursed, execrate : caput eius, qui contra fecerit: tuum caput sanguine hoc, L.— To surrender : esse (se) iam consecratum Miloni, to the vengeance of . — Fig., to devote, attach devotedly, ascribe as sacred : certis quibusdam sententiis quasi consecrati: utilitas (artis) deorum inventioni consecrata: (viros) ad inmortalitatis memoriam. — To make immortal, immortalize : ratio disputandi (Socratis) Platonis memoriā consecrata: amplissimis monumentis memoriam nominis tui.

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