sagum

English

Etymology

From Latin sagum, sagus, from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos), perhaps of Gaulish origin.

Noun

sagum (plural sagums or saga)

  1. (historical) A cloak, worn in ancient times by the Gauls, early Germans, and Roman soldiers, made of a rectangular piece of (usually red) coarse cloth and fastened on the right shoulder.

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Latin

Etymology 1

From earlier sagus, from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos, cloak”, “coat).

Pronunciation

Noun

sagum n (genitive sagī); second declension

  1. sagum, a military cloak
  2. singular accusative of sagum
  3. singular vocative of sagum
Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sagum saga
Genitive sagī sagōrum
Dative sagō sagīs
Accusative sagum saga
Ablative sagō sagīs
Vocative sagum saga
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Descendants

References

  • sagum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sagum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sagum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • sagum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • sagum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sagum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Etymology 2

Noun

sagum m

  1. singular accusative of sagus

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Adjective

sāgum

  1. singular masculine accusative of sāgus
  2. singular neuter nominative of sāgus
  3. singular neuter accusative of sāgus
  4. singular neuter vocative of sāgus
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