saccus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin saccus (“sack, bag”), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Semitic.
Noun
saccus (plural sacci)
- (botany) A bladder or wing-like structure found on the pollen grains of many species of conifer. The shape or number of the sacci on a pollen grain can help identify the species it came from.
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsak.kus/, [ˈsak.kʊs]
Noun
saccus m (genitive saccī); second declension
Declension
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | saccus | saccī |
Genitive | saccī | saccōrum |
Dative | saccō | saccīs |
Accusative | saccum | saccōs |
Ablative | saccō | saccīs |
Vocative | sacce | saccī |
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
- saccātum
- saccellātiō
- sacculārius
Descendants
References
- saccus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- saccus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- saccus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- saccus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- saccus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- saccus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- saccus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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