sarcina
See also: sarcină and Sarcina
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *serḱ- (“to mend”), whence also sarciō (“I patch, mend”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsar.ki.na/, [ˈs̠ärkɪnä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsar.t͡ʃi.na/, [ˈsärt͡ʃinä]
Noun
sarcina f (genitive sarcinae); first declension
- A package, pack
- (figuratively) burden, weight, sorrow
- (in the plural) baggage, luggage
- Synonyms: vāsum, impedimentum
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sarcina | sarcinae |
| Genitive | sarcinae | sarcinārum |
| Dative | sarcinae | sarcinīs |
| Accusative | sarcinam | sarcinās |
| Ablative | sarcinā | sarcinīs |
| Vocative | sarcina | sarcinae |
Derived terms
- sarcinālis
- sarcinārius
- sarcinātor
- sarcinātrīx
- sarcinātus
- sarcinōsus
- sarcinula
Descendants
- Aromanian: sartsinã
- Barese: sarcene
- Istro-Romanian: sårcirĕ
- Italian: sarcina
- Neapolitan: sarcina
- Romanian: sarcină
- Spanish: sarcina
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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