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consē^cro (written CONSACRO in Monum. Ancyr. 2, 28; 4, 25; Inscr. Orell. 618 al.;
I.v. infra, P. a.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. sacro, to dedicate, devote something as sacred to a deity (class., esp. in prose).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.
B. In partic.
1. Of persons, to elevate to the rank of deity, to place among the gods, to deify: “Liberum,Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; 3, 15, 39; id. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Tac. A. 13, 14; Suet. Tib. 51; id. Ner. 9; id. Calig. 35; * Hor. C. 4, 8, 27 al.: “Olympiadem matrem immortalitati,Curt. 9, 6, 26; 10, 5, 30.—And of animals: videat ... cujusque generis beluas numero consecratas deorum, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 14.—
2. To devote or doom to destruction, to execrate, in laws, vows, and oaths, Cic. Balb. 14, 33 (v. consecratio, II.): “caput alicujus,Liv. 3, 48, 5; Plin. Pan. 64, 3.—And an old formula in declaring war: “Dis pater, Vejovis, manes ... exercitum hostium, urbes agrosque, capita aetatesque eorum devotas consecratasque habeatis,Macr. S. 3, 9, 10. —
3. To surrender to the vengeance of any one: “esse (se) jam consecratum Miloni,Cic. Har. Resp. 4, 7.—
II. Trop. (most freq. in Cic.).
A. In gen., to devote, dedicate, consecrate.
B. To hallow, recognize as holy (eccl. Lat.): “sit Deus nobis non in templis sed in corde consecratus, Lact. de Ira Dei, 23, 28: secum habeat Deum semper in corde consecratum, quoniam ipse est Dei templum,id. 6, 25, 15: “Deum in nostro pectore,Min. Fel. Oct. 32, 2.—
C. To make immortal, immortalize: “ratio disputandi (sc. Socratis) Platonis memoriā et litteris consecrata,Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 11: “amplissimis monumentis consecrare memoriam nominis tui,id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 44: “orator cum jam secretus et consecratus, liber invidiā, famam in tuto collocarit,Quint. 12, 11, 7: “beneficium elegantissimo carmine,Val. Max. 1, 7, ext. 3. —Hence, consē^crātus (-^cr- ), a, um, P. a., consecrated, holy; in sup.: CONSACRATISSIMVS, Inscr. ap. Bellerm. Vig. Rom. Laterc. p. 72, n. 283.
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