sagena

Italian

Etymology

From Russian са́же́нь (sážénʹ).

Noun

sagena f (plural sagene)

  1. sazhen

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sagēna f (genitive sagēnae); first declension

  1. seine (large fishing net)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sagēna sagēnae
Genitive sagēnae sagēnārum
Dative sagēnae sagēnīs
Accusative sagēnam sagēnās
Ablative sagēnā sagēnīs
Vocative sagēna sagēnae

References
  • sagena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sagena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • sagena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • sagena in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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