LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

sacrificō

sacrificō (present infinitive sacrificāre, perfect active sacrificāvī, supine sacrificātum)
Classical[saˈkrɪ.fɪ.koː]Ecclesiastical[saˈkriː.fi.ko]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. with ablativeto sacrifice (something)
    Haec ubi facta, decemviri Ardeae in foro maioribus hostiis sacrificaruntWhen this was done, the decemvirs held a sacrifice of full-grown victims in the forum at Ardea27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 22.1.19
  2. intransitiveto make or offer a sacrifice
    quod eo die in Latio Iunoni Caprotinae mulieres sacrificant116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 6.18
    Herculi, quem praecipue Tyrii colerent, sacrificare velle se dixitHe said that he wished to sacrifice to Hercules, whom the Tyrians specially worshipped1st century CE, Quintus Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander 4.2.3

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

deīs dōna dō in ārā: vīnum fundō, victimam offerō.
sacrificō -āre — in Mille Verba, Deī et Sacra

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.sacrificōsacrificābamsacrificābōsacrificāvīsacrificāveramsacrificāverō
sacrificārō
2nd sg.sacrificāssacrificābāssacrificābissacrificāvistī
sacrificāstī		sacrificāverās
sacrificārās		sacrificāveris
3rd sg.sacrificatsacrificābatsacrificābitsacrificāvitsacrificāverat
sacrificārat		sacrificāverit
sacrificārit
1st pl.sacrificāmussacrificābāmussacrificābimussacrificāvimussacrificāverāmussacrificāverimus
sacrificārimus
2nd pl.sacrificātissacrificābātissacrificābitissacrificāvistis
sacrificāstis		sacrificāverātis
sacrificārātis		sacrificāveritis
sacrificāritis
3rd pl.sacrificantsacrificābantsacrificābuntsacrificāvērunt
sacrificāvēre, sacrificārunt		sacrificāverant
sacrificārant		sacrificāverint
sacrificārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.sacrificemsacrificāremsacrificāverim
sacrificārim		sacrificāvissem
sacrificāssem
2nd sg.sacrificēssacrificārēssacrificāverīssacrificāvissēs
sacrificāssēs
3rd sg.sacrificetsacrificāretsacrificāverit
sacrificārit		sacrificāvisset
sacrificāsset
1st pl.sacrificēmussacrificārēmussacrificāverīmus
sacrificārīmus		sacrificāvissēmus
sacrificāssēmus
2nd pl.sacrificētissacrificārētissacrificāverītis
sacrificārītis		sacrificāvissētis
sacrificāssētis
3rd pl.sacrificentsacrificārentsacrificāverint
sacrificārint		sacrificāvissent
sacrificāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.sacrificorsacrificābarsacrificābor
2nd sg.sacrificāris
sacrificāre		sacrificābāris
sacrificābāre		sacrificāberis
sacrificābere
3rd sg.sacrificātursacrificābātursacrificābitur
1st pl.sacrificāmursacrificābāmursacrificābimur
2nd pl.sacrificāminīsacrificābāminīsacrificābiminī
3rd pl.sacrificantursacrificābantursacrificābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.sacrificersacrificārer
2nd sg.sacrificēris
sacrificēre		sacrificārēris
sacrificārēre
3rd sg.sacrificētursacrificārētur
1st pl.sacrificēmursacrificārēmur
2nd pl.sacrificēminīsacrificārēminī
3rd pl.sacrificentursacrificārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.sacrificāsacrificāre
pres. 2nd pl.sacrificātesacrificāminī
fut. 2nd sg.sacrificātōsacrificātor
fut. 3rd sg.sacrificātōsacrificātor
fut. 2nd pl.sacrificātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.sacrificantōsacrificantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesacrificāresacrificārī
perfect infinitivesacrificāvisse
sacrificāsse		sacrificātum esse
future infinitivesacrificātūrum essesacrificātum īrī
present participlesacrificāns—
perfect participle—sacrificātus
future participlesacrificātūrus
sacrificātūra, sacrificātūrā, sacrificātūrae, sacrificātūram, sacrificātūrārum, sacrificātūrās, sacrificātūre, sacrificātūrī, sacrificātūrīs, sacrificātūrō, sacrificātūrōrum, sacrificātūrōs, sacrificātūrum		sacrificandus
sacrificanda, sacrificandā, sacrificandae, sacrificandam, sacrificandārum, sacrificandās, sacrificande, sacrificandīs, sacrificandōrum, sacrificandōs
gerundsacrificandī, sacrificandō, sacrificandumsupinesacrificātum, sacrificātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

sacra, sacrificium facere (ἱερὰ ῥέζειν), sacrificare
to sacrifice.

să_crĭfĭco (ante-class. collat. form să_-crŭfĭco), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.
I. (dep. collat. form să_crĭfĭcor, āri, ante-class., Varr. L. L. 6, § 18 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 8, 1; 2, 11, 5; id. ap. Non. 480, 2 sq.; cf. Gell. 18, 12 fin., and Varr. L. L. 9, § 105 ib.; so, late Lat., sacrificati, Christians who sacrifice to the gods under persecution, Cypr. Ep. 52) [sacer-facio], to make or offer a sacrifice, to sacrifice (freq. and class.).
(a). Neutr. absol.: nunc sacruficabo, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 37; 1, 2, 44 sq.; id. Aul. 3, 6, 43; id. Mil. 3, 1, 117; id. Poen. 1, 2, 109; Ter.Phorm. 4, 4, 21: principem in sacrificando Janum esse voluerunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67; Liv. 25, 1 (repeatedly); 44, 14; Quint. 1, 10, 33; Ov. M. 14, 84 al.; cf.: noctu sacruficatum ire, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 107.—With dat.: si sacruficem summo Jovi, etc., Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 31: alicui deo, id. Am. 3, 3, 28; id. Truc. 2, 4, 69: Herculi sacrificare velle se dixit, Curt. 4, 2, 3.—With abl.: summo Jovi argento, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 84: Orco hostiis, id. Ep. 2, 1, 7: Junoni reginae majoribus hostiis, Liv. 22, 1, 17; 28, 38, 8; 32, 1, 13; 36, 21, 9; and so without a dat., id. 37, 47, 5; 40, 2, 4; 42, 20, 3.—With pro: pro populo, Liv. 4, 54, 7; 26, 33, 8; Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 1.— Impers. pass.: secundum segetes huic deo sacrificatur, Varr. L. L. 6, 3, 16: pure et caste a matronis sacrificatum, Liv. 27, 37: cui (Angeronae) sacrificatur a. d. XII. Kal. Januar., Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 65; 16, 6, 8, § 24. —
(b). Act., Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 97: ullum turis granum, id. Poen. 2, 3: pecora, Liv. 41, 18: ignavam suem, Ov. F. 4, 414: hoc poculum deis, Varr. L. L. 5, § 122 Müll.: lustra Apollini pro me exercitibusque et classibus, Liv. 45, 41.—Pass.: eo die Junoni mulieres sacrificantur, Varr.L.L. 6, 18: nec duobus nisi certis diis una sacrificari oportere, Val. Max. 1, 1, 8: editi dii quibus sacrificaretur, Liv. 30, 2, 13; 35, 43, 3; 37, 37, 2: in pelliculis sacrificatorum animalium, Plin. 36, 21, 39, § 151.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seh₂k-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sh₂krós
  3. Proto-Italic*sakros
  4. Archaic Latinsakros
  5. Old Latinsacros
  6. Old Latin*sakr̥s
  7. Old Latin*sakerr
  8. Latinsacrificō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin sacrificō From sacer (“sacred”) + -ficō (“to do, make”).

Descendants
  • Catalansacrificar
  • Englishsacrify
  • Frenchsacrifier
  • Italiansacrificare
  • Portuguesesacrificar
  • Romaniansacrifica
  • Spanishsacrificar
  • Albaniansakrifikoj
  • Asturiansacrificar
  • Friuliansacrificâ

In English words that came into English from sacrificō

  • sacrificialsacrificiālis
  • sacrificatorsacrificātor
  • sacrificationsacrificatio

Quick answers

What does sacrificō mean in Latin?
sacrificō, a verb, means “to sacrifice (something); to make or offer a sacrifice”.
What are the principal parts of sacrificō?
sacrificō, sacrificāre, sacrificāvī, sacrificātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce sacrificō?
In classical Latin, [saˈkrɪ.fɪ.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [saˈkriː.fi.ko].
Where does sacrificō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- → Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós → Proto-Italic *sakros → Archaic Latin sakros → Old Latin sacros → Old Latin *sakr̥s → Old Latin *sakerr → Latin sacrificō.
Which English words come from sacrificō?
English words that go back to Latin sacrificō include sacrificator, sacrification and sacrificial.