sagmen

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).[1][2] Compare Latin sanciō and sacer.

Pronunciation

Noun

sagmen n (genitive sagminis); third declension

  1. the tuft of sacred herbs plucked within the citadel by the consul

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative sagmen sagmina
genitive sagminis sagminum
dative sagminī sagminibus
accusative sagmen sagmina
ablative sagmine sagminibus
vocative sagmen sagmina

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sacer (> Derivatives > (4) sagmen)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 532
  2. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “sagmen”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 464

Further reading

  • “sagmen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sagmen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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