Latin

Noun

sacrilegium n ‎(genitive sacrilegiī); second declension

1. The robbing of a temple, stealing of sacred objects, sacrilege.
2. Violation of sacred things, profanation, sacrilege.

Inflection

Second declension.

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Descendants

References

• sacrilegium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sacrilegium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SACRILEGIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sacrilegium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• sacrilegium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sacrilegium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin