zacharizare

zacharizare [LL Zacharias < Ζαχαρίας], to imitate Zacharias, father of John the Baptist (in quot. w. ref. to response to his wife's miraculous fertility). ecce! [Lundonia] sterilis letare ‥ que nullos parturis vel habes sanctos ‥. jam secure ~abis cum Zacharia: visitavit oriens ex alto nostra [cf. Luc. i 78] Herm. Arch. 12.