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|lshtext=<b>consē&#774;cro</b>: (written CONSACRO in Monum. Ancyr. 2, 28; 4, 25; Inscr. Orell. 618 al.;<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. [[infra]], P. a.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [[sacro]], to [[dedicate]], [[devote]] [[something]] as [[sacred]] to a [[deity]] ([[class]]., esp. in [[prose]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: [[candelabrum]] [[dare]], donare, dicare, consecrare Jovi Optimo Maximo, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 29, § 67: manubias Martis Musis, id. Arch. 11, 27: totam Siciliam Cereri et Liberae, id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106: aedem Tonanti Jovi, Suet. Aug. 29: [[tres]] gladios Marti Ultori, id. Calig. 24: locum castrorum Neptuno ac Marti, id. Aug. 18: barbam Capitolio, id. Ner. 12: hunc lucum [[tibi]] ([[with]] [[dedico]]), * Cat. 18, 1 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Without dat.: [[quia]] consecrabantur [[aedes]], non privatorum domicilia, sed quae sacra nominantur, consecrabantur agri ... ut [[imperator]] agros de hostibus captos consecraret, Cic. Dom. 49, 128: aram, id. ib. 55, 140; 53, 137; id. Har. Resp. 5, 9: [[video]] [[etiam]] consecrata simulacra, id. N. D. 3, 24, 61: locum certis [[circa]] terminis, Liv. 1, 44, 4: lucos ac nemora, Tac. G. 9 fin.: agrum Campanum, Suet. Caes. 20: eam partem domūs, id. Aug. 5: [[simulacrum]] in parte aedium, id. Galb. 4 al.: [[locus]] consecratus, a [[consecrated]], [[holy]] [[place]], Caes. B. G. 6, 13; 6, 17 al.; opp. [[profanus]], Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: tuum [[caput]] [[sanguine]] hoc, Liv. 3, 48, 6: Gracchi bona, id. 43, 16, 10: veterem Carthaginem nudatam tectis ac moenibus, Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of persons, to [[elevate]] to the [[rank]] of [[deity]], to [[place]] [[among]] the gods, to [[deify]]: Liberum, Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; 3, 15, 39; id. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Tac. A. 13, 14; Suet. Tib. 51; id. Ner. 9; id. Calig. 35; * Hor. C. 4, 8, 27 al.: Olympiadem matrem immortalitati, Curt. 9, 6, 26; 10, 5, 30.—And of animals: videat ... cujusque generis beluas [[numero]] consecratas deorum, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[devote]] or [[doom]] to [[destruction]], to [[execrate]], in laws, vows, and oaths, Cic. Balb. 14, 33 (v. [[consecratio]], II.): [[caput]] alicujus, Liv. 3, 48, 5; Plin. [[Pan]]. 64, 3.—And an old [[formula]] in declaring [[war]]: Dis [[pater]], Vejovis, manes ... exercitum hostium, urbes agrosque, capita aetatesque eorum devotas consecratasque habeatis, Macr. S. 3, 9, 10. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[surrender]] to the [[vengeance]] of [[any]] one: esse (se) jam consecratum Miloni, Cic. Har. Resp. 4, 7.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop. ([[most]] freq. in Cic.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[devote]], [[dedicate]], [[consecrate]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: qui certis quibusdam sententiis [[quasi]] addicti et consecrati sunt, Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5: (corporis curandi) ars deorum immortalium inventioni consecrata, id. ib. 3, 1, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: cui patriae nos totos dedere et in quā nostra omnia ponere et [[quasi]] consecrare debemus, to [[lay]] [[upon]] the [[altar]] of one's [[country]], Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 5; cf.: consecrare opinionem in [[illo]] sanctissimo Hercule, id. Sest. 68, 143: vocabula, Quint. 1, 6, 41: Herculem [[modo]] et Patrem Liberum Consecratae immortalitatis exempla referebas, i. e. adduced as instances of deification, Curt. 8, 5, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[hallow]], recognize as [[holy]] (eccl. Lat.): [[sit]] Deus nobis non in templis sed in corde consecratus, Lact. de Ira Dei, 23, 28: [[secum]] habeat Deum [[semper]] in corde consecratum, [[quoniam]] [[ipse]] est Dei [[templum]], id. 6, 25, 15: Deum in nostro pectore, Min. Fel. Oct. 32, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[make]] [[immortal]], immortalize: [[ratio]] disputandi (sc. Socratis) Platonis memoriā et litteris consecrata, Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 11: amplissimis monumentis consecrare memoriam nominis tui, id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 44: [[orator]] cum jam [[secretus]] et consecratus, [[liber]] invidiā, famam in [[tuto]] collocarit, Quint. 12, 11, 7: [[beneficium]] elegantissimo carmine, Val. Max. 1, 7, ext. 3. —Hence, consē&#774;crātus (-sā&#774;cr-), a, um, P. a., [[consecrated]], [[holy]]; in [[sup]].: CONSACRATISSIMVS, Inscr. ap. Bellerm. Vig. Rom. Laterc. p. 72, n. 283.