persanctus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

per-sanctus, a, um, adj.,

very sacred or holy : CONIVX, Inscr. Afr. ap. Rénier, 4414.—Hence, adv.: per-sanctē , very sacredly or religiously : dejerare, to swear solemnly , Ter. Hec. 771: jurare, Suet. Tib. 10; id. Ner. 35.