sacculus
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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin sacculus (“a little sack or bag”), diminutive of saccus (“a sack, bag, purse”). Doublet of saccule.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsak.jʊl.əs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsæk.jəl.əs/
- Rhymes: -ækjʊləs
Noun
sacculus (plural sacculi)
- (obsolete) A small bag of herbs or medicinal substances, applied to the body.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection v:
- Sacculi, or little bags of herbs, flowers, seeds, roots, and the like, applied to the head […].
- (anatomy) UK form of saccule.
References
- “sacculus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “sacculus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
Etymology
From saccus (“a sack, bag, purse”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsak.ku.lus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsak.ku.lus/,
Noun
sacculus m (genitive sacculī); second declension
- diminutive of saccus:
Inflection
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sacculus | sacculī |
| Genitive | sacculī | sacculōrum |
| Dative | sacculō | sacculīs |
| Accusative | sacculum | sacculōs |
| Ablative | sacculō | sacculīs |
| Vocative | saccule | sacculī |
Derived terms
- sacculārius (noun)
Related terms
Descendants
Descendants
References
- “sacculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sacculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sacculus 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)
- sacculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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