LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

vēr sacrum

vēr sacrum n

Meaning

  1. The religious practice of ancient Italic peoples carried out in times of crisis in which a generation of children born the following spring would, upon reaching adulthood, be sent to conquer a settlement and found their own in its place

Origins

From ver (“spring”) + sacer (“sacred”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesVer sacrumVer sacrum (ἔτος ἱερόν). It was a custom among the early Italian nations especially of the Umbro-Sabellian stock, in times great danger and distress, …

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What does vēr sacrum mean in Latin?
vēr sacrum, a noun, means “The religious practice of ancient Italic peoples carried out in times of crisis in which a generation of children born the following spring would, upon reaching adulthood, be sent to conquer a settlement and found their ”.