From Proto-Italic *sāgiō, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti (“to seek out, to track”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “I guide, lead”), Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan), and English seek.
sāgiō (present infinitive sāgīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
| Conjugation of sāgiō (fourth conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | sāgiō | sāgīs | sāgit | sāgīmus | sāgītis | sāgiunt |
| imperfect | sāgiēbam | sāgiēbās | sāgiēbat | sāgiēbāmus | sāgiēbātis | sāgiēbant | |
| future | sāgiam | sāgiēs | sāgiet | sāgiēmus | sāgiētis | sāgient | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | sāgiam | sāgiās | sāgiat | sāgiāmus | sāgiātis | sāgiant |
| imperfect | sāgīrem | sāgīrēs | sāgīret | sāgīrēmus | sāgīrētis | sāgīrent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | sāgī | — | — | sāgīte | — |
| future | — | sāgītō | sāgītō | — | sāgītōte | sāgiuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | sāgīre | — | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | sāgiēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| sāgiendī | sāgiendō | sāgiendum | sāgiendō | — | — | ||