sacena

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Traditionally linked to Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”), whence also Latin secō (“I cut”) and saxum (“stone”),^[1] but the root vowel /a/ and the suffix remain unexplained.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [saˈkeː.na]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [saˈt͡ʃɛː.na]

Noun

sacēna f (genitive sacēnae); first declension

A kind of axe used in sacrifices

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sacēna	sacēnae
genitive	sacēnae	sacēnārum
dative	sacēnae	sacēnīs
accusative	sacēnam	sacēnās
ablative	sacēnā	sacēnīs
vocative	sacēna	sacēnae

References

^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “sacena”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 459