LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

sacellum

sacellum n (genitive sacellī)
Classical[saˈkɛl.lũː]Ecclesiastical[saˈt͡ʃɛl.lum]

Meaning

  1. neuterA sanctuary dedicated to a deity, usually open to the sky
  2. neuterA chapel

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

parvum templum
sacellum -ī (n) — in Epistulae, ch. 7

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Templum · Fanum · Delubrum · Ædes · Sacellum

1. Templum, fanum, and delubrum, denote properly the temple, together with the consecrated environs, like ἱερόν; whereas ædes, the building only, like ναός; lastly, sacellum, a consecrated place without the building, with merely an altar. 2. In a narrower sense, templum denotes a great temple of one of the principal gods; whereas fanum and delubrum, a smaller temple of an inferior god, or of a hero, etc.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesacellumsacella
genitivesacellīsacellōrum
dativesacellōsacellīs
accusativesacellumsacella
ablativesacellōsacellīs
vocativesacellumsacella

săcellum, i, n. dim. sacrum,
I. a little sanctuary, i. e. a small uncovered place consecrated to a divinity; a chapel: sacellum est locus parvus deo sacratus cum āra, Trebatius ap. Gell. 6, 12, 5: sacella dicuntur loca diis sacrata sine tecto, Fest. p. 318, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 319 Müll.; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37: sunt loca publica urbis, sunt sacella, Cic. Agr. 2, 14, 36; cf. Liv. 40, 51 fin.: exaugurare fana sacellaque statuit, id. 1, 55: Caeciliam Metelli exisse in quoddam sacellum ominis capiendi causā, Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104: et quo—sed faciles Nymphae risere—sacello, Verg. E. 3, 9 Forbig. ad loc.: Atheniensium muros ex sacellis sepulchrisque constitisse, Nep. Them. 6, 6: flore sacella tego, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 57. incultum, id. 2, 19, 13: Quirini, Fest. s. v. Quirinalis porta, p. 254 Müll.; cf. Liv. 5, 40: Naeniae deae, Fest. p. 163 Müll.; Tac. H. 3, 74; Ov. F. 1, 275; Juv. 13, 232.

Origins

From sacrum (“a sacred place”) + -lus (diminutive suffix), from the neuter of sacer (“sacred, holy”).

Descendants
  • Italiansacello
  • Englishsacellum

In English words that came into English from sacellum

  • sacellumsacellum

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesSacellumSacellum a diminutive of sacer, signifies a small place consecrated to a deity with an altar in it (Trebon. ap. Gel. 7.12). Festus further defines it …

Quick answers

What does sacellum mean in Latin?
sacellum, a noun, means “A sanctuary dedicated to a deity, usually open to the sky; A chapel”.
What is the genitive of sacellum?
The genitive singular is sacellī. sacellum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce sacellum?
In classical Latin, [saˈkɛl.lũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [saˈt͡ʃɛl.lum].