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English
Etymology
From Latin sagum, perhaps of Gaulish origin.
Noun
sagum (plural sagums or saga)
- (historical) A cloak, worn in ancient times by the Gauls, early Germans, and Roman soldiers, made of a rectangular piece of (usually red) coarse cloth and fastened on the right shoulder.
Translations
cloak worn by Gallic, Germanic and Roman soldiers
Anagrams
French
Noun
sagum m (plural sagums)
- sagum
Further reading
Latin
Etymology 1
From earlier sagus.
Pronunciation
Noun
sagum n (genitive sagī); second declension
- sagum, a military cloak
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
References
- “sagum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sagum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sagum 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)
- sagum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “sagum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “sagum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Etymology 2
Noun
sagum m
- singular accusative of sagus
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Adjective
sāgum
- inflection of sāgus:
- singular masculine accusative
- singular neuter nominative/accusative/vocative
Old English
Noun
sagum
- dative plural of sacu
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin or French sagum.
Noun
sagum n (plural sagumuri)
- sagum
Declension