sacricola

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

să_crĭcŏla, ae, comm. [sacer-colo],

one who conducted the sacra, a sacrificer , sacrificing priest or priestess (post-Aug.), Tac. H. 3, 74 (for which, sacrificuli, Suet. Dom. 1); Ap. Flor. 4, p. 361, 36; Macr S. 5, 19; Amm. 22, 14, 3.—In apposition: reges sacricolae, i. e. sacrificing , Prud. adv. Symm. 1, praef. 47.

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