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dē-sā^cro

dē-sā^cro · v. a

to consecrate, dedicate

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What it meant

dē-sā^cro — Lewis & Short

dē-sā^cro (also written desecro; cf. consecro), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (post-Aug. and rare for the class. consecro),

I to consecrate, dedicate.

I Prop.: quercum Triviae, Stat. Th. 9, 586.—

B (Acc. to consecro, no. I. B.) Of persons, to deify, Capitol. Anton. philos. 18.—*

II Trop., to devote, destine to any use: chamaeleon per singula membra desecratus, i. e. prescribed for particular diseases, Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 112.

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