sacrilegium

să̄crĭlĕgĭum, ii, n. [sacrilegus] (not ante-Aug.).

• The robbing of a temple, stealing of sacred things, sacrilege: sacrilegium est, rem sacram de templo surripere, Quint. 7, 3, 10; cf. id. 7, 3, 22; 5, 10, 39; Liv. 29, 8; 29, 18; 32, 1; 42, 3 al.; Quint. 5, 14, 11; 7, 3, 21; Tac. Agr. 6 fin.; Phaedr. 4, 11, 3 al. —In plur., Suet. Caes. 54 fin. (with rapinae). —
• II Violation or profanation of sacred things, sacrilege (post-Aug.): cum in caelum insanitis, non dico sacrilegium facitis, sed operam perditis, Sen. Vit. Beat. 27, 1: non sine quodam sacrilegi metu, Flor. 2, 17, 12: aliquem sacrilegii damnare, Nep. Alcib. 6, 4: parum se grate gerere sacrilegium est, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 4; Curt. 4, 3, 23.

sacrilegium, iī, n. (sacrilegus), I) der Tempelraub, sacrilegium facere, admittere, Quint., committere, perpetrare, Iustin.: sacrilegium prohibere, Liv.: sacrilegium pervestigare, Liv.: fur onustus sacrilegio, mit den geraubten Heiligtümern, Phaedr.: sacrilegium (den Tempelraub, meton. = den Tempelräuber) deprehendere, Quint. 8, 6, 26. – im Plur. bei Suet. Caes. 54, 3 (wo synk. Abl. Plur. sacrilegis). Vulg. 2. Mach. 4, 39: sacrilegia minuta puniuntur, magna in triumphis feruntur, die kleinen Diebe hängt man, die großen läßt man laufen, Sen. ep. 87, 23. – II) die Religionsschändung, -entweihung, der Religionsfrevel, non sine quodam sacrilegii metu, Flor. 2, 17, 12: sacrilegium facere, Sen. de vit. beat. 27, 1: alqm sacrilegii damnare, Nep. Alcib. 6, 4: parum se grate gerere sacrilegium sit, Sen. de ben. 1, 4, 4: hoc enim sacrilegis (= sacrilegiis) simile, Ps. Apul. Ascl. 41 (wo viell. mit Koziol sacrilegi zu lesen).

sacrilegium [CL] 1 theft of consecrated property. capitalia crimina ‥ ~ium, id est sacrarum rerum furtum Egb. Pen. I. 2 profane or impious act, sacrilege; b (spec. w. ref. to worship of false god, idolatry). occidendo supra dictum uxoremque tuam aliquamdiu a te habitam velut summo ~ii tui culmine de imis ad inferiora curvatur Gildas EB 35; 956 (12c) quod si quisque ‥ hujusce privileium donationis infringere temptaverit se in perpetuo ~ii reum noscat CS 924; super omnia ‥ amicorum revelare secreta ~ium arbitremur Ailr. Spir. Amicit. III 27. 683A; urbis auspicia ~io parricidii et fraterni sanguinis cruore, numinibus suis Romulus consecravit J. Sal. Pol. 495D; quis sacrum esse dubitet quem tot ~iorum exemplaria, tot rerum malarum documenta ‥ ad similia constanter invitant Gir. TH III 24; populo ‥ ad sacram communionem accedenti utramque partem eucharistiae tradendam esse ‥ et si quis contra faciat, eum, ut Gelasius ait, committere ~ium Jewel Apol. B5v.  b c745 nec ipsos paganorum ritus et ~ia idolorum in Germania sine illius mandato et timore prohibere valeo Bonif. Ep. 63; ~ium enim est culturam Dei auferre et daemonibus dare Lanfr. Comment. Paul. 114A; [Ercomberhtus] omnia deorum sacella complanavit ad solum, ut nullum ~ii ad posteros manaret vestigium W. Malm. GR I 11; hoc est enim ydolum abhominari in verbo et ~ium committere in operatione T. Chobham Praed. 27. 3 profane nature, unholiness. Judeus quidam Romam veniens ‥ in quodam templo Apollinis ad manendum se contulit. qui loci ~ium pertimescens ‥ signo tamen crucis se munire curavit (Brithunus) NLA I 161.

săcrĭlĕgĭum, (12) ĭī, n. (sacrilegus), ¶ 1 sacrilège, vol dans un temple : Quint. 7, 3, 10 ; Liv. 29, 8, 9, etc. ¶ 2 sacrilège, profanation, impiété : Sen. Vita b. 27, 1 ; Ben. 1, 3, 4 ; sacrilegii damnare aliquem Nep. Alc. 6, 4, condamner qqn pour profanation [des mystères].

sacrilegium , ii. n.
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sacrilegium ī, n

• sacrilegus, the robbing of a temple, stealing of sacred things, sacrilege: Cum magno piaculo sacrilegi sui manubias rettulit, L.: onustus sacrilegio, i. e. the spoil of sanctuaries, Ph. —Violation of sacred things, profanation, sacrilege: eum sacrilegii damnare, N.

SACRILEGIUM

SACRILE´GIUMthe robbery of sacred things (Sen. de Ben. 7, 7; Isid. Orig. 5.26), is that form of peculatus which affects sacred property not in private hands: i. e. it is the robbery of anything publicly dedicated to the service of the gods. Hence the theft of anything from a private dwelling, though it might be dedicated to the gods, would be a furtum, not a sacrilegium (cf. Cic. de Invent. 8, 11). According to the Twelve Tables, Sacrum sacroque commendatum qui cleperit rapsitque parricida esto (Cic. de Leg. 2.9, 22), which does not mean that it was reckoned as parricidium, but that the sacrilegus was tried by the quaestores parricidii. In later times there were changes both in the procedure and in the definition of the crime. It was tried under the quaestiones perpetuae [PECULATUS; cf. Cic. Ver. 1.5, 14), and the crime of sacrilege, besides meaning robbery of temples, was extended to include damage or insult to anything consecrated, and so was made to refer to damage of the city walls, which were sacred (Cic. N. D. 3.4. 0, 94; Plut. Rom. 11), and even to climbing over them (Dig. 1, 8, 11); and further, under the Empire, to want of respect for the emperor or his appointments (Capit. Ant. Phil. 18; Cod. 9, 21, 1), though such offences were sufficiently dealt with under the law of Majestas. For the conception of what was sacrum, see Macrob. 3.3, 2; Dig. 1, 8, 6.3. The punishment of sacrilegium under the Lex Julia was interdictio aqua et igni, for which banishment (deportatio) was substituted: under the Empire heavier penalties were affixed--for breaking into temples by night, damnatio ad bestias or burning alive; for the same act by day, labour in the mines or banishment (Dig. 48, 13, 6). Compare Rein, Criminalrecht, 691; Rein in Pauly, Real Encyclop. s. v. Sacrilegium. (For sacrilege among the Greeks, see HIEROSYLIA.)

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Sacrilegium

(sacra+lego, cf. Hor. Sat. i. 3, 117). The Roman name for the crime of stealing objects consecrated to some god or deposited in a consecrated place (Sen. De Ben. 7, 7). In Cicero's time the word was extended to cover also any damage or insult to sacred things (Cic. N. D. iii. 40, 94), and later still, to want of respect to the emperor. (See maiestas.) A Lex Iulia punished sacrilege with interdictio aqua et igni, but for this deportatio was ultimately substituted; and under the Empire the heavier penalties of burning alive and damnatio ad bestias were inflicted (Dig. xlviii. 13, 6). Cf. hierosylias graphe.