σάγμα

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

 

Noun

σάγμᾰ • (ságmă) n (genitive σάγμᾰτος); third declension

  1. A covering, a clothing; the covering of a shield
  2. A packsaddle

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σᾰ́γμᾰ; τοῦ σᾰ́γμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σᾰ́γμᾰ
tò sắgmă 		τὼ σᾰ́γμᾰτε
tṑ sắgmăte 		τᾰ̀ σᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ
tằ sắgmătă
Genitive τοῦ σᾰ́γμᾰτος
toû sắgmătos 		τοῖν σᾰγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn săgmắtoin 		τῶν σᾰγμᾰ́των
tôn săgmắtōn
Dative τῷ σᾰ́γμᾰτῐ
tōî sắgmătĭ 		τοῖν σᾰγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn săgmắtoin 		τοῖς σᾰ́γμᾰσῐ / σᾰ́γμᾰσῐν
toîs sắgmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ σᾰ́γμᾰ
tò sắgmă 		τὼ σᾰ́γμᾰτε
tṑ sắgmăte 		τᾰ̀ σᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ
tằ sắgmătă
Vocative σᾰ́γμᾰ
sắgmă 		σᾰ́γμᾰτε
sắgmăte 		σᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ
sắgmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Latin: sagma

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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