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Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
sacerrimus (feminine sacerrima, neuter sacerrimum, positive sacer); first/second declension
- superlative degree of sacer; most or very sacred
Seneca the Elder,
Suasoriae 6.1:
- M Catō, sōlus maximum vīvendī moriendīque exemplum, morī māluit quam rogāre (nec erat Antōnium rogātūrus), et illās usque ad ultimum diem pūrās ā cīvīlī sanguine manūs in pectus sacerrimum armavit.
- Marcus Cato, alone our noblest pattern in life and in death, chose to die rather than beg for mercy - yet it was no Antony he had to petition - and armed those hands of his, to the last unstained by Roman blood, against his own noble breast.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.