1. săgīna — Lewis & Short
săgīna, ae, f.kindr. with sa/ttw, to stuff full, to cram; v. sagmen,
I a stuffing, cramming, fattening, feeding, feasting.
I Lit.
A 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.—
B In concr.
1 Food, nourishment (postAug.).
a 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.—
b 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.—*
2 A fatted animal:
este, effercite vos, saginam caedite,kill the fatted beast, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 62.—
II 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.