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Latin
Etymology
From bi- + saccus.
Pronunciation
Noun
bisaccium n (genitive bisacciī or bisaccī); second declension
- double saddlebag, twofold horse-holdall, wallet
- Synonyms: hippopērae, bulgae
c. 27 CE – 66 CE,
Petronius,
Satyricon 31.9:
- Ceterum in promulsidari asellus erat Corinthius cum bisaccio positus, qui habebat olivas in altera parte albas, in altera nigras.
- And in the foretray there was a Corinthian asslet with a wallet having olives in one end light and in one end dark.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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