different between sacrificial vs acerra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrifici?lis (“sacrificial”), from sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrificus (“sacrificial”), from sacrific? (“sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faci? (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sæk.??.f??.?l/, /?sæk.??.f??.?l/

Adjective

sacrificial (not comparable)

1. Relating to sacrifice

   The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.

2. Used as a sacrifice.

   The sacrificial coating protects the hull, but because it takes the damage the hull doesn't, we must replace it annually.

   The ceremony involves the ritual slaying of a sacrificial lamb.

Derived terms

• sacrificially
• sacrificial anode

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrifici?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /s?.k?i.fi.si?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sa.k?i.fi.si?al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

sacrificial (masculine and feminine plural sacrificials)

1. sacrificial

Related terms

• sacrificar
• sacrifici

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrifici?lis.

Adjective

sacrificial (plural sacrificiales)

1. sacrificial

Related terms

• sacrificar
• sacrificio

English

Etymology

Latin acerra

Noun

acerra (plural acerras or acerrae)

1. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a small box for holding incense.
2. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a small sacrificial altar.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

acerra f (plural acerre)

1. acerra (all senses)

Anagrams

• arreca

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?ker.ra/, [ä?k?r?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?t??er.ra/, [??t???r??]

Noun

acerra f (genitive acerrae); first declension

1. A small box in which was kept the incense used in sacrifices

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• acerra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acerra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette