SANCTOS, sanctos
Sounds Like: SANK-tohs
Translations: holy, sacred, consecrated, pious, righteous, a holy one, a saint, holy ones, saints
From the root: SANCTUS
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: The word 'SANCTOS' is the masculine plural accusative form of the Latin adjective 'SANCTUS'. It describes something or someone as holy, sacred, consecrated, pious, or righteous. When referring to people, it often translates to 'saints' or 'holy ones'. In a sentence, it would typically function as an adjective modifying a masculine plural noun in the accusative case, or as a substantive noun referring to 'holy ones'.
Inflection: Masculine, Accusative, Plural
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 12:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, SANCTUS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- SANCTI — holy, sacred, saintly, pious, saints, holy ones
- SANCTIS — holy, sacred, pious, to/for the holy ones, by/with/from the holy ones, saints, to/for the saints, by/with/from the saints
- SANCTO — to the holy, for the holy, by the holy, with the holy, from the holy, to a holy one, for a holy one, by a holy one, with a holy one, from a holy one
- SANCTUS — holy, sacred, consecrated, saintly, pious, a saint, a holy person
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