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piaculum.

expiatory offering or rite; sin; crime;

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[piˈaː.kʊ.ɫũː]Classical-Latin[piˈaː.ku.lum]
  1. propitiatory sacrifice, expiation, atonement

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  2. an animal offered up in sacrifice, a victim

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  3. sin, crime, guilt

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Where this word comes from

From piō (“to appease, purify, expiate”) + -culum (instrumental suffix). Given Umbrian pihaclu (abl. sg.), Proto-Italic *pīāklom can be reconstructed.

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