sarcina

See also: sarcină and Sarcina

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *serk- (“to fence”), whence also sarciō (“I patch, mend”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsar.ki.na/, [ˈsar.kɪ.na]

Noun

sarcina f (genitive sarcinae); first declension

  1. A package, pack
  2. (figuratively) burden, weight, sorrow
  3. (plural) baggage, luggage

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sarcina sarcinae
Genitive sarcinae sarcinārum
Dative sarcinae sarcinīs
Accusative sarcinam sarcinās
Ablative sarcinā sarcinīs
Vocative sarcina sarcinae

Derived terms

Descendants

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