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Latin
Etymology
From the Doric Greek σᾱ́κωμᾰ (sā́kōma) form of σήκωμα (sḗkōma, “standard weight, counterpoise”), from σηκός (sēkós, “enclosure, pen”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sācōma n (genitive sācōmatis); third declension
- counterpoise, counterweight
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
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References
- “sacoma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sacoma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.