sanctus

Proper noun

sanctus

1. Alternative letter-case form of Sanctus
   • 1991, Bryan D. Spinks, The Sanctus in the Eucharistic Prayer, →ISBN, page 116:

     Egypt, however, developed its own unique supplicatory use of the sanctus.

See also

• black sanctus
• sanctus bell

Anagrams

• Tuscans, uncasts, cuntass, asscunt

Alternative forms

• sāntus

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *sanktos, perfect passive participle of *sankjō (“consecrate, appoint as sacred”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːnk.tus/, [ˈs̠äːŋkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsank.tus/, [ˈsäŋkt̪us]

Participle

sānctus (feminine sāncta, neuter sānctum, comparative sānctior, superlative sānctissimus); first/second-declension participle

1. sacred, made inviolable, having been established as sacred.
2. sanctified or made holy
3. venerable, august, divine, blessed, holy, saintly
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Tobit.3.25:Christian J. Wagner (ed.), Polyglotte Tobit-Synopse: Griechisch – Lateinisch – Syrisch – Hebräisch – Aramäisch, 2003 (publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, place: Göttingen)

     et missus est angelus Domini sanctus Rafahel ut curaret ambos, quorum uno tempore fuerat oratio in conspectu Domini recitata

     And the holy angel of the Lord, Raphael was sent to heal them both, whose prayers at one time were rehearsed in the sight of the Lord.

4. (Late Latin) sainted (having been made a saint)

Noun

sānctus m (genitive sānctī, feminine sāncta); second declension

1. (Late Latin) A saint; person who lives a holy and virtuous life.

   "Dorothy Day erat sancta viva." (Dorothy Day was a living saint.)

2. (Late Latin) A person who is officially proclaimed as having lived a life of heroic virtue.

   "Kateri Tekakwitha sancta proclamata est." (Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint.)

3. (Late Latin) A title given to (2), usually capitalized, prefixed to the person's name.

   "Sanctus Stephanus Protomartyr"

Derived terms

References

• “sanctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sanctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sanctus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sanctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be an earnest worshipper of the gods: deos sancte, pie venerari
    
  • the laws of Solon ordained that..: Solonis legibus sanctum erat, ut or ne
    
• sanctus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “sanctus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sanctus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 149