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cōnsecrō āvī, ātus, āre

com- + sacro, to dedicate, devote, offer as sacred, consecrate: agros: locum certis circa terminis, L.: lucos ac nemora, Ta.: Caesaris statuam, Cs.: candelabrum Iovi: Siciliam Cereri: fratribus aras, S.—To honor as a deity, place among gods, deify, glorify: Liberum: beluae numero consecratae deorum: Aeacum divitibus insulis, consign, i. e. immortalize, H. — To doom to destruction, devote, make accursed, execrate: caput eius, qui contra fecerit: tuum caput sanguine hoc, L. — To surrender: esse (se) iam consecratum Miloni, to the vengeance of. — Fig., to devote, attach devotedly, ascribe as sacred: certis quibusdam sententiis quasi consecrati: utilitas (artis) deorum inventioni consecrata: (viros) ad inmortalitatis memoriam. — To make immortal, immortalize: ratio disputandi (Socratis) Platonis memoriā consecrata: amplissimis monumentis memoriam nominis tui.

Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.

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