sagus

See also: sagús

Latin

Etymology 1

Uncertain; possibly of Celtic origin and borrowed from Gaulish *sagos, *sagom (“wool coat”),^[1]^[2] (compare Breton and Welsh sae (“robe, cloak”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seg- (“to sow, weave”).^[3]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsa.ɡʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.ɡus]

Noun

sagus m (genitive sagī); second declension

archaic form of sagum

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sagus	sagī
genitive	sagī	sagōrum
dative	sagō	sagīs
accusative	sagum	sagōs
ablative	sagō	sagīs
vocative	sage	sagī

Derived terms

sagum

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: σάγος (ságos)
- → Hebrew: סָגוֹס (sagos)^[4]
→ Italian: sago
→ Latvian: sãgė (“wool shawl”)
→ Lithuanian: sagis (“women's travel coat”)^[5]

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gos, from *seh₂g- (whence sāgiō).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.ɡʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.ɡus]

Adjective

sāgus (feminine sāga, neuter sāgum); first/second-declension adjective

divining, prophetic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	sāgus	sāga	sāgum	sāgī	sāgae	sāga
genitive	sāgī	sāgae	sāgī	sāgōrum	sāgārum	sāgōrum
dative	sāgō	sāgae	sāgō	sāgīs
accusative	sāgum	sāgam	sāgum	sāgōs	sāgās	sāga
ablative	sāgō	sāgā	sāgō	sāgīs
vocative	sāge	sāga	sāgum	sāgī	sāgae	sāga

Descendants

→ Italian: sago

References

“sagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“sagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"sagus", 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)
sagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sagum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 534
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, pages sagon–265
^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
^ Klein, Ernest (1987) “סָגוֹס”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 434
^ Bender, Harold H. (1921) “sagis”, in A Lithuanian Etymological Index, Princeton: Princeton University Press, page 215

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sagum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 534

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, pages sagon–265

[3] Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

[4] Klein, Ernest (1987) “סָגוֹס”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 434

[5] Bender, Harold H. (1921) “sagis”, in A Lithuanian Etymological Index, Princeton: Princeton University Press, page 215

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