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Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Traditionally linked to Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”), whence also Latin secō (“I cut”) and saxum (“stone”),[1] but the root vowel /a/ and the suffix remain unexplained.
Pronunciation
Noun
sacēna f (genitive sacēnae); first declension
- A kind of axe used in sacrifices
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
Further reading
- sacena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.