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săgăpēnon
Săgăris
Săgăris
săgārĭus
Săgărĭus
săgātus
săgax
sagda
săgēna
sagēnon
săgīna
săgīnārĭum
săgīnātĭo
săgīnātus
săgīno
sāgĭo
săgitta
săgittārĭus
săgittātus
săgittĭfer
Săgittĭger
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săgīna
săgīna, ae, f. kindr. with σάττω, to stuff full, to cram; v. sagmen, a stuffing, cramming, fattening, feeding, feasting. Lit. In abstr. (class.): anserum, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 1; Col. 6, 27, 9; 8, 14, 11: gallinarum, Plin. 10, 50, 71, § 140: cochlearum, id. 9, 56, 82, § 174: vaccarum. Vulg. Ecclus. 38, 27: dies noctesque estur, Bibitur, neque quisquam parsimoniam adhibet: sagina plane est, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 79: in saginam se conicere, id. Trin. 3, 2, 96: qui multitudinem illam non auctoritate sed sagina tenebat, * Cic. Fl. 7, 17; cf. Tac. H. 2, 71.— In concr. Food, nourishment (postAug.). Lit.: gladiatoria sagina, Tac. H. 2, 88; cf., of gladiators' food, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 25. temulentus et sagina gravis, Tac. H. 1, 62: stomachum laxare saginae, Juv. 4, 67: sagina viva, i. e. small fish with which larger ones were fed, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7; cf. Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 14: ad saginam idonea, Col. 8, 9, 4: ferarum, Suet. Calig. 27: minuere saginam, Nemes. Cyn. 166: ad saginam pristinam revocare, to natural food, Veg. 2, 45, 3: bestiarum, App. M. p. 148, 27.— Transf.: herbae viridis coma dulciore saginā roris aut fluminis, rich nourishment, Pall. 7, 3 Mai: quemadmodum forensibus certaminibus exercitatos et quasi militantes reficit ac reparat haec velut sagina dicendi, nourishment of oratory, Quint. 10, 5, 17.—* A fatted animal: este, effercite vos, saginam caedite, kill the fatted beast, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 62.— Meton., fatness produced by much eating, corpulence (postAug.): saginam corporis ex nimiā luxuriā contraxit, Just. 21, 2, 1: sagina ventris non homini sed beluae similis, id. 38, 8, 9: qui colorem fuco et verum robur inani saginā mentiuntur, Quint. 2, 15, 25: nimio tendis mole saginam, Aus. Ephem. 1, 8: ursam quae ceteris saginā corporis praevalebat, App. M. 4, p. 149, 7.

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Headword:
săgīna
Headword (normalized):
săgīna
Headword (normalized/stripped):
sagina
IDX:
42293
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sagina

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