piaculum

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English

Etymology

Latin piāculum

Noun

piaculum (plural piacula)

  1. An expiatory sacrifice.
  2. The victim in such a sacrifice.
  3. An act requiring expiation.

Related terms

Latin

Etymology

From piō (“I appease, purify, expiate”) +‎ -culum (instrumental suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

piāculum n (genitive piāculī); second declension

  1. propitiatory sacrifice
    Synonym: lūstrum
  2. an animal offered up in sacrifice, a victim
  3. sin, crime, guilt

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative piāculum piācula
Genitive piāculī piāculōrum
Dative piāculō piāculīs
Accusative piāculum piācula
Ablative piāculō piāculīs
Vocative piāculum piācula

References

  • “piaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “piaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • piaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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