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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σάττω (sáttō, “I cram, I stuff”) and the suffix -μα (-ma). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to press, squeeze”) (Proto-Germanic *þwangiz).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sáŋ.ma/ → /ˈsaɣ.ma/ → /ˈsaɣ.ma/
Noun
σάγμᾰ • (ságmă) n (genitive σάγμᾰτος); third declension
- A covering, a clothing; the covering of a shield
- A packsaddle
Inflection
Descendants
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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