sacena

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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

  1. A kind of axe used in sacrifices

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sacēna sacēnae
genitive sacēnae sacēnārum
dative sacēnae sacēnīs
accusative sacēnam sacēnās
ablative sacēnā sacēnīs
vocative sacēna sacēnae

References

  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “sacena”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 459

Further reading

  • sacena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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