sacena

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Compare Latin secō (“I cut”) and saxum (“stone”)[1].

Pronunciation

Noun

sacēna f (genitive sacēnae); first declension

  1. A kind of axe used in sacrifices

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sacēna sacēnae
Genitive sacēnae sacēnārum
Dative sacēnae sacēnīs
Accusative sacēnam sacēnās
Ablative sacēnā sacēnīs
Vocative sacēna sacēnae

References
  • sacena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “sacena”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 459
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