Sancus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”). See also Latin sanciō (“I decree”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.kus/, [ˈs̠äŋkʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.kus/, [ˈsäŋkus]

Proper noun

Sancus m sg (genitive Sancī); second declension

(Roman mythology) A deity of the Sabines, worshipped also in Rome

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sancus
Genitive	Sancī
Dative	Sancō
Accusative	Sancum
Ablative	Sancō
Vocative	Sance

See also

Semō

References

“Sancus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Sancus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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