holocaustus

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Adjective

 * 1) burnt
 * 2) * 3rd century, Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus, Thasci Caecili Cypriani ad Quirinum (Testimoniorum libri tres), III, 15 and 20. In: Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum. Vol. III. Pars I. S. Thasci Caecili Cypriani Opera omnia ex recensione G. Hartelli., Vienna, 1868, p. 128 and 136:
 * "la"

- tamquam aurum in fornace probauit illos et quasi holocaustam hostiam accepit illos. [Contains the feminine accusative singular of holocaustus] [...] sed in anima et spiritu humilitatis acceptos nos habe ut holocaustos uictimas arietum et taurorum et quasi multa milia agnorum qui sunt pinguissimi. [Contains the feminine accusative plural of holocaustos]


 * 1) ** Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (editors), The Writings of the Fathers Down to a.d. 325. Ante-Nicene Fathers. Volume 5. Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian, Appendix., 1995 (reprint; originally published 1886), p. 537 and 540:
 * As gold in the furnace He proved them, and as a burnt-offering He received them.
 * And yet in the soul and spirit of lowliness let us be accepted as the burnt-offerings of rams and bulls, and as it were many thousands of lambs which are fattest.