sarcina

See also: sarcină and Sarcina

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *serḱ- (“to mend”), whence also sarciō (“to patch, mend”), see -nus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsar.kɪ.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsar.t͡ʃi.na]

Noun

sarcina f (genitive sarcinae); first declension

1. a package, pack
2. (figuratively) burden, weight, sorrow
3. (in the plural) baggage, luggage

   Synonyms: vāsum, impedīmentum

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sarcina	sarcinae
genitive	sarcinae	sarcinārum
dative	sarcinae	sarcinīs
accusative	sarcinam	sarcinās
ablative	sarcinā	sarcinīs
vocative	sarcina	sarcinae

Derived terms

• sarcinālis
• sarcinārius
• sarcinātor
• sarcinātrīx
• sarcinātus
• sarcinōsus
• sarcinula

Descendants

• Aromanian: sartsinã
• Barese: sarcene
• Istro-Romanian: sårcirĕ
• Italian: sarcina
• Neapolitan: sarcina
• Romanian: sarcină
• Spanish: sarcina

References

• “sarcina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sarcina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "sarcina", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “sarcina”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sarcina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers