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/, [ˈsaɡ.mɛn]

Noun

sagmen n (genitive sagminis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

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
  1. 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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