Sancus

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.kus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.kus/,

Proper noun

Sancus m sg (genitive Sancūs); fourth declension

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

Declension

Fourth-declension singular-only noun with second-declension dative.

	singular
nominative	Sancus
genitive	Sancūs
dative	Sancō
accusative	Sancum
ablative	Sancū
vocative	Sancus

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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