Translation
to sacrifice, to offer up
Examples
vivon .
He sacrificed his life for the country.
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The people sacrificed an animal to the gods.
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She sacrificed many years to that work.
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We will not sacrifice our freedom.
ofero , .
The sacrifice was great, but necessary.
covers both the altar and the metaphor: giving something up to a god, and giving something up for a cause. The thing sacrificed is the object; the recipient or the cause takes or . Watch the false friend with English "offer" - to offer someone a chair or a job is , not , and getting that wrong turns a job offer into a human sacrifice. Ofero is the sacrifice itself, sin is to sacrifice oneself, and oferbesto names the animal on the altar.
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Start your free weekThis word is part of lesson 18.