sagmen

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɡ.men/, [ˈs̠äɡmɛn]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɡ.men/, [ˈsäɡmen]

Noun

sagmen n (genitive sagminis); third declension

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

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sagmen	sagmina
Genitive	sagminis	sagminum
Dative	sagminī	sagminibus
Accusative	sagmen	sagmina
Ablative	sagmine	sagminibus
Vocative	sagmen	sagmina

References

“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

Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “sagmen”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 464

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