sagus

See also: sagús

Latin

Etymology 1

Uncertain; possibly of Celtic origin and borrowed from Gaulish *sagos, *sagom (“wool coat”), (compare Breton and Welsh sae (“robe, cloak”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seg- (“to sow, weave”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡus/, [ˈs̠äɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡus/, [ˈsäːɡus]

Noun

sagus m (genitive sagī); second declension

1. Archaic form of sagum.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sagus	sagī
genitive	sagī	sagōrum
dative	sagō	sagīs
accusative	sagum	sagōs
ablative	sagō	sagīs
vocative	sage	sagī

Derived terms

• sagum

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: σάγος (ságos)
  • → Hebrew: סָגוֹס (sagos)
• → Latvian: sãgė (“wool shawl”)
• → Lithuanian: sagis (“women's travel coat”)
• → Spanish: sayo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gos, from *seh₂g- (whence sāgiō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.ɡus/, [ˈs̠äːɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡus/, [ˈsäːɡus]

Adjective

sāgus (feminine sāga, neuter sāgum); first/second-declension adjective

1. divining, prophetic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sāgus	sāga	sāgum		sāgī	sāgae	sāga
genitive	sāgī	sāgae	sāgī		sāgōrum	sāgārum	sāgōrum
dative	sāgō	sāgae	sāgō		sāgīs
accusative	sāgum	sāgam	sāgum		sāgōs	sāgās	sāga
ablative	sāgō	sāgā	sāgō		sāgīs
vocative	sāge	sāga	sāgum		sāgī	sāgae	sāga

References

• “sagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sagus 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)
• sagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.