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consē^crātĭo , ōnis, f. consecro.
I. A religious dedication, consecration: “domūs,” Cic. Dom. 40, 106; 50, 128: “bonorum,” id. ib. 48, 125.—Also of the deification of the Roman emperor, * Tac. A. 13, 2 fin.; * Suet. Dom. 2: “falsae consecrationes,” Lact. 1, 20, 24; “and of the consecration of a priest,” Inscr. Grut. 303, 2.—*
II. An execration, in laws: “consecratione legis aut poenae, cum caput ejus, qui contra fecerit, consecratur,” Cic. Balb. 14, 33.—*
III. A magical incantation, Lampr. Elag. 9, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Cicero, On his House, 40.106
    • Cicero, For Cornelius Balbus, 14.33
    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 2
    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.2
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