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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”). See also Latin sanciō (“I decree”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sancus m sg (genitive Sancūs); fourth declension
- (Roman mythology) A deity of the Sabines, worshipped also in Rome
Declension
Fourth-declension noun with second-declension dative singular, singular only.
See also
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.