sagum

sagum

English

Etymology

From Latin sagum, 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.

Translations

cloak worn by Gallic, Germanic and Roman soldiers

French: sayon (fr) m Portuguese: sago m

Anagrams

• gaums, magus

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French

Noun

sagum m (plural sagums)

1. sagum

Further reading

• “sagum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Etymology 1

From earlier sagus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡum/, [ˈs̠äɡʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡum/, [ˈsäːɡum]

Noun

sagum n (genitive sagī); second declension

1. sagum, a military cloak

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

Derived terms

• *saga
  • → Albanian: shag (“coarse linen fabric spread on the floor”)
• *sagia
• sagulum

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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

Noun

sagum m

1. singular accusative of sagus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.ɡum/, [ˈs̠äːɡʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡum/, [ˈsäːɡum]

Adjective

sāgum

1. inflection of sāgus:
   1. singular masculine accusative
   2. singular neuter nominative/accusative/vocative

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin [Term?] or French sagum.

Noun

sagum n (plural sagumuri)

1. sagum

Declension

Declension of sagum

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sagum	sagumul	(niște) sagumuri	sagumurile
genitive/dative	(unui) sagum	sagumului	(unor) sagumuri	sagumurilor
vocative	sagumule		sagumurilor