LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjective

hĭĕrātĭcus

Meaning

  1. belonging to sacred uses

hĭĕrātĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἱερατικός,
I. belonging to sacred uses, hieratic: charta hieratica appellatur antiquitus religiosis tantum voluminibus dicata, quae ablutione Augusti nomen accepit, sicut secunda Liviae, a conjuge ejus. Ita descendit hieratica in tertium nomen, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 74.

In English words that came into English from hĭĕrātĭcus

  • hieratichĭĕrātĭcus

Quick answers

What does hĭĕrātĭcus mean in Latin?
hĭĕrātĭcus, a adjective, means “belonging to sacred uses”.