holocaustus

• holocaustos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hɔ.ɫɔˈkau̯s.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.loˈkau̯s.t̪us]

holocaustus (feminine holocausta, neuter holocaustum); first/second-declension adjective

1. burnt
   • 3rd century, Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus, Thasci Caecili Cypriani ad Quirinum (Testimoniorum libri tres), III, 15 and 20. In: Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum. Vol. III. Pars I. S. Thasci Caecili Cypriani Opera omnia ex recensione G. Hartelli., Vienna, 1868, p. 128 and 136:

     tamquam aurum in fornace probauit illos et quasi holocaustam hostiam accepit illos. [Contains the feminine accusative singular of holocaustus]
     [...] sed in anima et spiritu humilitatis acceptos nos habe ut holocaustos uictimas arietum et taurorum et quasi multa milia agnorum qui sunt pinguissimi. [Contains the feminine accusative plural of holocaustos]

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     • Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (editors), The Writings of the Fathers Down to a.d. 325. Ante-Nicene Fathers. Volume 5. Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian, Appendix., 1995 (reprint; originally published 1886), p. 537 and 540:

       As gold in the furnace He proved them, and as a burnt-offering He received them.

       And yet in the soul and spirit of lowliness let us be accepted as the burnt-offerings of rams and bulls, and as it were many thousands of lambs which are fattest.

First/second-declension adjective.

• holocaustum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 751.