sacro

Learned borrowing from Latin sacer, sacrum. Cf. also the inherited sagro.

sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras)

1. sacred

   Synonym: sagrado

sacro m (plural sacros)

1. (anatomy) sacrum

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kro/
• Rhymes: -akro
• Hyphenation: sà‧cro

From Latin sacrum, from Proto-Italic *sakros, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós, derived from the root *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).

• sagro (obsolete)

sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacri, feminine plural sacre)

1. sacred

• sacrale

sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacri, feminine plural sacre)

1. (literary, rare) Synonym of sacrato, past participle of sacrare

• sacro¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Late Latin ōs sacrum, calque of Ancient Greek ἱερὸν ὀστέον (hieròn ostéon, “big bone”), with influence from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”).

sacro (invariable)

1. Only used in osso sacro

sacro m (plural sacri)

1. (anatomy) sacrum

   Synonym: osso sacro

• sacro² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Probably from Arabic صَقْر (ṣaqr), with influence from sacro (“sacred”).

• sagro

sacro m (plural sacri)

1. saker falcon (Falco cherrug)

   Hypernym: falco

• sacro³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Carso, corsa, scaro, scora, sorca

From sacer (“sacred, holy, sacrificial, doomed”) +‎ -ō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kroː/, [ˈs̠äkroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kro/, [ˈsäːkro]

sacrō (present infinitive sacrāre, perfect active sacrāvī, supine sacrātum); first conjugation

1. to declare or set apart as sacred; consecrate, dedicate, hallow or devote; sanctify, enshrine

   Synonyms: dēdicō, dicō, addīcō, cōnsecrō, sanciō, voveō

   Antonym: exaugurō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.200–201:

     [...] vigilemque sacrāverat ignem, / excubiās dīvom aeternās [...].

     [Iarbas] had consecrated ever-burning fire and eternal sentries of the gods [...].
     (See: Iarbas.)

2. to doom or devote to destruction, declare accursed, condemn
3. (of a deity) to hold, worship or honor as sacred
4. (by extension) to render imperishable, deify, immortalize

Conjugation of sacrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sacrō	sacrās	sacrat	sacrāmus	sacrātis	sacrant
	imperfect	sacrābam	sacrābās	sacrābat	sacrābāmus	sacrābātis	sacrābant
	future	sacrābō	sacrābis	sacrābit	sacrābimus	sacrābitis	sacrābunt
	perfect	sacrāvī	sacrāvistī, sacrāstī1	sacrāvit, sacrāt1	sacrāvimus, sacrāmus1	sacrāvistis, sacrāstis1	sacrāvērunt, sacrāvēre, sacrārunt1
	pluperfect	sacrāveram, sacrāram1	sacrāverās, sacrārās1	sacrāverat, sacrārat1	sacrāverāmus, sacrārāmus1	sacrāverātis, sacrārātis1	sacrāverant, sacrārant1
	future perfect	sacrāverō, sacrārō1	sacrāveris, sacrāris1	sacrāverit, sacrārit1	sacrāverimus, sacrārimus1	sacrāveritis, sacrāritis1	sacrāverint, sacrārint1
passive	present	sacror	sacrāris, sacrāre	sacrātur	sacrāmur	sacrāminī	sacrantur
	imperfect	sacrābar	sacrābāris, sacrābāre	sacrābātur	sacrābāmur	sacrābāminī	sacrābantur
	future	sacrābor	sacrāberis, sacrābere	sacrābitur	sacrābimur	sacrābiminī	sacrābuntur
	perfect	sacrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sacrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sacrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sacrem	sacrēs	sacret	sacrēmus	sacrētis	sacrent
	imperfect	sacrārem	sacrārēs	sacrāret	sacrārēmus	sacrārētis	sacrārent
	perfect	sacrāverim, sacrārim1	sacrāverīs, sacrārīs1	sacrāverit, sacrārit1	sacrāverīmus, sacrārīmus1	sacrāverītis, sacrārītis1	sacrāverint, sacrārint1
	pluperfect	sacrāvissem, sacrāssem1	sacrāvissēs, sacrāssēs1	sacrāvisset, sacrāsset1	sacrāvissēmus, sacrāssēmus1	sacrāvissētis, sacrāssētis1	sacrāvissent, sacrāssent1
passive	present	sacrer	sacrēris, sacrēre	sacrētur	sacrēmur	sacrēminī	sacrentur
	imperfect	sacrārer	sacrārēris, sacrārēre	sacrārētur	sacrārēmur	sacrārēminī	sacrārentur
	perfect	sacrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sacrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sacrā	—	—	sacrāte	—
	future	—	sacrātō	sacrātō	—	sacrātōte	sacrantō
passive	present	—	sacrāre	—	—	sacrāminī	—
	future	—	sacrātor	sacrātor	—	—	sacrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sacrāre	sacrāvisse, sacrāsse1	sacrātūrum esse	sacrārī	sacrātum esse	sacrātum īrī
participles		sacrāns	—	sacrātūrus	—	sacrātus	sacrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sacrandī	sacrandō	sacrandum	sacrandō	sacrātum	sacrātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

sacrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sacer

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sacrāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 37

• “sacro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sacro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sacro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• sacro in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Borrowed from Latin sacrum (“holy”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).

• Rhymes: -akɾu
• Hyphenation: sa‧cro

sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras)

1. sacred

   Synonyms: sagrado, santo, venerável

sacro m (plural sacros)

1. sacrum (bone)

• osso

Borrowed from Latin sacrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsakɾo/ [ˈsa.kɾo]
• Rhymes: -akɾo
• Syllabification: sa‧cro

sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras, superlative sacratísimo)

1. sacred

   Synonyms: sagrado, santo

2. (anatomy) sacral (of the sacrum)

sacro m (plural sacros)

1. (anatomy) sacrum

• “sacro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28