saccus

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin saccus (a sack, bag), from Ancient Greek σᾰ́κκος (sákkos, coarse cloth of hair; sack, bag), from Semitic. Doublet of sac, sack, saco, and sakkos.

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saccus (plural sacci)

  1. (botany) A bladder or winglike 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.
  2. Alternative form of sac.

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from Ancient Greek σᾰ́κκος (sákkos, coarse cloth of hair; sack, bag), from Semitic.

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saccus m (genitive saccī); second declension

  1. a sack, bag
    1. a purse, wallet, moneybag
      Synonyms: sacculus, marsūpium, alūta, crumēna, fiscus, follis
  2. (transferred sense, Ecclesiastical Latin) a garment of sackcloth or haircloth
    • 1979, Bible (Nova Vulgata), Apocalypsis Ioannis:
      Et vidi, cum aperuisset sigillum sextum, et terraemotus factus est magnus, et sol factus est niger tamquam saccus cilicinus, et luna tota facta est sicut sanguis,
      I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,
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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative saccus saccī
Genitive saccī saccōrum
Dative saccō saccīs
Accusative saccum saccōs
Ablative saccō saccīs
Vocative sacce saccī

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  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 and Roman 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