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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

 
sacratus,-a,-um (part.A): hallowed, consecrated, holy, sacred [> L. sacro,-avi,-atum, 1, sacer to declare or set apart as sacred; to consecrate, dedicate, or devote to a divinity; to set apart, consecrate, devote, give, dedicate a thing to anyone; to render sacred or inviolable by consecration; to hallow, consecrate; (of a deity) to hold sacred, to worship or honor as sacred; to render imperishable, to immortalize (Lewis & Short).

Sacratissimus “an epithat of the emperors, ‘Most Worshipful’ (Lewis & Short).

sacraverit:

1. third-person singular future perfect active indicative: [he/she] it will have consecrated, dedicated.

2. third-person singular perfect active subjunctive: [he/she] it would have been dedicated, consecrated.

- [Maundia] Genus hinc Triglochin et Cycnogetonem (cui Triglochin dubium R. Br. pertinet), inde Aponogetonem et Ouvirandram attingens, suavi memoriae Joannis Maund, M.D., viri benignitate et doctrina praestantis, scientiae et amicis suis numerosis nunc praematura morte erepti, pia mente sacratum (F. Muell.), the genus on the one hand (touching) Triglochin and Cycnogetonem (in regard to which Triglochin, R. Br. is doubtful), on the other touching Aponogeton and Ouvirandra, is dedicated with an affectionate purpose, to the sweet memory of John Maund, M.D., for the good nature and learning of this distinguished man, for his erudition and now snatched away by a premature death from his own, many friends.

 

A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.
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